Archbishop Tutu: The West
Committed The Holocaust While Palestinians
Pay Historic Price”
By IMEMC News
In an interview with the
Palestinian Embassy in South Africa, and the
Palestinian delegation participating in the
Israeli Apartheid Week, Archbishop Desmond
Tutu said that the “west committed the
holocaust against the Jews in Europe, while
the Palestinians are still paying a historic
price for it.
Tutu, a senior religious,
intellectual and social figure who received
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, said that the
Palestinians should not be paying the price
of what the west did to the Jews in Europe.
In a meeting with the Palestine Embassy in
South Africa and the Palestinian media
delegation participating in the Israeli
Apartheid Week, Tutu said, “We support
Israel’s rights to exist, but at the same
time we denounce the ongoing Israeli
violations, its rejection to recognize the
legitimate Palestinian rights, and its
repeated wars on the Palestinians, where
innocent civilians end up paying a heavy
price.”
Archbishop Tutu also denounced Israel’s
persistence to force the Palestinians to
recognize it as a Jewish State, slammed the
attempts to hold Islam and all Muslims
responsible for terrorist groups such as
al-Qaeda and ISIS, and said such parallels
are not different from trying to hold all
Christians responsible for the crimes the Ku
Klux Klan committed.
“Those who founded, and maintained, the
apartheid regime in South Africa weren't
Muslims,” he added, “The current stage
requires us to have more faith, to be wiser
– we must be in full solidarity with the
Palestinian people, supporting their
legitimate struggle for freedom and
independence.”
Media officer of the Palestine Embassy,
Tamer al-Masry, handed the Archbishop a gift
in the name of the Palestinian people,
thanking him for his support, wishing him
well, and wishing him to be able to visit
Bethlehem soon.
The Israeli Apartheid Week started on March
2nd, and will continue through March 8, in
more than 250 cities around the world, and
in more than 20 South African Campuses and
45 South African cities and towns.
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Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual
international series of events (including
rallies, protests, lectures, cultural
performances, concerts, films and workshops)
held in over 250 cities, communities and
campuses across the globe. It is endorsed in
South Africa by more than 75 organizations,
trade unions, political parties and other
groups.
The aim of IAW is to raise awareness of
Israel's apartheid policies towards the
indigenous Palestinians and serves to garner
support for the non-violent Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against
Israel's campaign, which seeks to bring an
end to Israel's apartheid policies and
violations of international law.
http://www.iawsouthafrica.com/
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