Bishop TuTu .thank you for speaking the truth which is the truth only and does not mean being anti semitic or anti white .No wonder he won the nobel peace award.

How can the Palestinians be anti semitic when they are semitic too ?  This old trick to make critics feel bad will not stick anymore . The world is not asleep antmore  and finally in the end the truth will prevail.

No one sumarized  it better than Bishop Tutu. Exactly To the point. What a master piece!! 

Pa Samba you made my day with this posting

Best regards

Habib Diab Ghanim

>From: Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: TUTU CONDEMNS ISRAELI 'APARTHEID'/BBC >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:17:33 -0700 > >Tutu condemns Israeli 'apartheid' > > >Tutu said 'oppression' would not bring security > >South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused Israel of practicing apartheid in its policies towards the Palestinians. >The Nobel peace laureate said he was "very deeply distressed" by a visit to the Holy Land, adding that "it reminded me so much of what happened to us black people in South Africa". > > >The Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful. Well, so what? > >Archbishop Desmond Tutu >In a speech in the United States, carried in the UK's Guardian newspaper, Archbishop Tutu said he saw "the humiliation of the Palestinians at checkpoints and roadblocks, suffering like us when young white police officers prevented us from moving about". >The archbishop, who was a leading opponent of apartheid in South Africa, said Israel would "never get true security and safety through oppressing another people". >Archbishop Tutu said his criticism of the Israeli Government did not mean he was anti-Semitic. >"I am not even anti-white, despite the madness of that group," he said. >Jewish lobby >The archbishop attacked the political power of Jewish groups in the United States, saying: "People are scared in this country, to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful. Well, so what? >"The apartheid government was very powerful, but today it no longer exists. > >Tutu said Israeli checkpoints were humiliating Palestinians > >"Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pinochet, Milosevic, and Idi Amin were all powerful, but in the end they bit the dust," he said. >Speaking at a conference called Ending the Oppression in Boston, Archbishop Tutu told delegates Jewish people had been at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. >He asked: "Have our Jewish sisters and brothers forgotten their humiliation? Have they forgotten the collective punishment, the home demolitions, in their own history so soon? >"Have they turned their backs on their profound and noble religious traditions?" >The archbishop said that while he condemned suicide bombings by Palestinian militants against Israel, Israeli military action would not bring security to the Jewish state. >Israel must "strive for peace based on justice, based on withdrawal from all the occupied territories, and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state on those territories side by side with Israel, both with secure borders," he said.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~