Tutu is a campaigner against all forms of injustice and oppression in the world. He is an inspiration to all peoples trying to break free from sujugation. BMK >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. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~