No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State

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No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State
Omar Barghouti interviewed by
Silvia Cattori

Omar Barghouti belongs to a new generation of Palestinians who never adhered to the solution of « Two States, Two peoples ». They are advocating, instead, the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) of Israel as well as a «secular, democratic state» solution, where Palestinians and Israelis would share equal rights, after historic injustices are redressed and the refugees are allowed to return. ...

..... Thanks to the resistance in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, this neocon vision of empire is on its way to ultimate defeat. ....

.......the Zionist movement has played a key role in frantically promoting this "clash of civilizations" theory, based on the false premise that September 11th was a fight between Muslims and the rest of the world, between Islam and the so-called "Judaeo-Christian" civilization. This neocon, Zionist-espoused concept has gained a lot of pre-eminence in the West, sadly, and has influenced many Europeans.

.....The "two states for two peoples" slogan has turned into dogma

.......The Israeli "left" is largely a fraud. It is a big lie. There is no Israeli left, by any international standards of the term, and I challenge anybody to show me otherwise. I spoke about this at a conference in Bil'in, in May, where I said: "With its rejection of Palestinian refugee rights and its insistence on Jewish supremacy and racial discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel, the Israeli 'left' makes the xenophobic right in Europe look as moral as Mother Teresa, in comparison."

........- the regime of institutionalized racism against Palestinian citizens of Israel. Even if Israel ended the occupation tomorrow, it will not end this colonial conflict. The solidarity movement in Europe and the rest of the world has to respect the genuine voice of Palestinian civil society, rather than promote Palestinian quislings or little bureaucrats who tour the world to say anything as long as they are paid well. They do not represent the Palestinian people; they do not speak on behalf of the Palestinians.

....http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=1 4513

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