tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post110161157003607620..comments2024-02-23T17:09:12.957-05:00Comments on bethquick.com: wesley blogBeth Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-64376698409916079572007-02-19T15:09:00.000-05:002007-02-19T15:09:00.000-05:00In remembrance of Black History month: (3/28/01 Ne...In remembrance of Black History month: (3/28/01 Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Prize letter)“If you follow the polls in Israel for the last 30 or 40 years, you clearly find a vulgar racism that includes a third of the population who openly declare themselves to be racist. This racism is of the nature of "I hate Arabs" and "I wish Arabs would be dead". If you also follow the judicial system in Israel you will see there is discrimination against Palestinians, and if you further consider the 1967 occupied territories you will find there are already two judicial systems in operation that represent two different approaches to human life: one for Palestinian life and the other for Jewish life. Additionally there are two different approaches to property and to land. Palestinian property is not recognised as private property because it can be confiscated. Palestinians are not struggling for a "state" but for freedom, liberation and equality, just like we were struggling for freedom in South Africa. Israel's racial discrimination is daily life of most Palestinians. Since Israel is a Jewish state, Israeli Jews are able to accrue special rights which non-Jews cannot do. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system of gross racial discrimination and inequality. It has systematically incarcerated and tortured thousands of Palestinians, contrary to the rules of international law. It has, in particular, waged a war against a civilian population, in particular children.” (3/28/01 Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Prize letter)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com