A billboard declaring that Israel is an apartheid state has been put up by human rights group B’Tselem in the occupied West Bank ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East. “Mr President, this is apartheid” the black and white billboard read. The organisation posted an image of the billboard on social media with a statement urging Biden to recognise that Israel is conducting a policy of apartheid against Palestine. “President Biden, this is apartheid. The US presidential visit perpetuates reality instead of changing it”, the statement read. “False symmetry, of visiting West Jer…