You have Palestinians living in Israel with full political rights. You don't have discriminatory laws against them, I mean not letting them swim on certain beaches or anything like that. I think it's unfair to call Israel an apartheid state. If Kerry did so, I think he made a mistake.

As quoted in "South Africa's de Klerk: Israel not an apartheid state", The Times of Israel, May 27, 2014

South Africa's de Klerk: Israel not an apartheid state | The Times of Israel[timesofisrael.com]