Which start? There are so many in that conflict.

> - Israel has been illegally occupying, enforcing apartheid, committing war crimes for decades.

So did the other sides. For outsiders, it's very hard to know what's really going on in that region; so many history, so many details, so many emotions, so many abuse and killing... It's a chain of reactions and counter-reactions which is going for over a century. Don't assume that everyone can know everything.

Israel was also very good at manipulating the Western World and building on their collective guilt. Even if a politician knew what was going on, it would have been political suicide to speak out too much about this. Even now, it's a delicate topic. And people still blindly spreading hate against all Jews, while it's mainly the fault of some factions, is also not really helping the cause here.

> - I don't hear any apology about the above

Apologize for what? At the end of the day, there are all trapped in a situation where they have very little control.