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"Interview on banning the term 'Israeli apartheid' at Macmaster University"
On the Web at:
http://www.linchpin.ca/vocab/Interview-banning-term-Israeli-apartheid-Macmaster-University
Posted 3/28/2008
Brief excerpts from the interview with Jamila Ghaddar, of MacMaster University's Students for Palestinian Human Rights:
Jamila Ghaddar: "Well as the Israeli officials have declared they have initiated a Holocaust against the Gazan people. I’m sure you’re aware of some of the massive massacring taking place in Gaza, and I think what this really shows is what does it mean to be a hate criminal.
"Because they always claim that to defend Palestinian rights as outlined in international law-- that this is a hate crime against Jewish people, because of the Holocaust, the Holocaust that was perpetuated by the Western powers against a Semitic population within their midst. Well it’s very interesting that now Israeli officials…Zionists…Euro-Zionists…people who come out of the 19th century Western ideological movement, that they think it’s ok to launch a Holocaust against the Palestinian people, and if I were to say anything maybe it’s not Israeli apartheid, maybe it’s Israeli genocide, maybe it’s just a little bit worse than apartheid..."
Jamila Ghaddar: "I think when you have the criminalization of dissent and when you have the criminalization of resistance it’s because they don’t want a solution to the problem-- they just want to implement the final solution..."
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