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The State shall promote the Zionist apartheid?

open letter Nelson Mandela , Premio Nobel per la Pace 1993
primo Presidente del Sudafrica dopo la fine dell'apartheid

"Caro Thomas ( Friedman, editorialista del NYT ),

so che entrambi desideriamo la pace in Medioriente, ma prima che tu continui a parlare di condizioni necessarie da una prospettiva israeliana, devi sapere quello che io penso.

Da dove cominciare? Che ne dici del 1964? Lascia che ti citi le mie parole durante il processo contro di me. Oggi esse are true as they were then: " I have fought against white domination and I have fought against the domination of blacks. I lived with the ideal of a free and democratic society in which all its members lived in harmony and with equal opportunities . It 'an ideal which I hope to achieve. But if any were needed, and' an ideal for which I am prepared to die .

Today the world, the white and black, acknowledges that ' apartheid has no future. In South Africa, and it 'done by the action of our masses, determined to build peace and security. Such a determination could not lead to the stabilization of democracy.

you probably think is weird to talk about apartheid in relation to the situation in Palestine or, more specifically, relations between Palestinians and Israelis. This is because you mistakenly believe that the Palestinian problem started in 1967. You seem to be amazed that we still solve the problems of 1948, the most important component of which is' the right of return of Palestinian refugees.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not 'a matter of military occupation and Israel is not' a country that has established "normally" and that, in 1967, has occupied another country. The Palestinians are not fighting for a "state" but for freedom, independence and equality, just as we South Africans .

few years ago, and especially during the Labor government, Israel has demonstrated that it had no intention of returning the territories occupied in 1967, that the settlements would remain, Jerusalem would be under exclusive Israeli sovereignty, and that Palestinians never had an independent state, but would be forever under Israeli economic domination with Israeli control over borders, land, air, water and sea.

Israel does not think of a "state" but the "separation ". Il valore della separazione e' misurato in termini di abilità, da parte di Israele, di mantenere ebraico lo Stato ebraico , senza avere una minoranza palestinese che potrebbe divenire maggioranza nel futuro. Se questo avvenisse, Israele sarebbe costretto a diventare o una democrazia secolare o uno Stato bi-nazionale, o a trasformarsi in uno Stato di apartheid non solo de facto , ma anche de jure .

Thomas, se vedi i sondaggi fatti in Israele negli ultimi trent'anni, scoprirai chiaramente che un terzo degli israeliani e' preda di un volgare razzismo e si dichiara apertamente racist. This racism and 'the nature of: "I hate Arabs " and "I wish the Arabs die." If you control

also judicial system in Israel, you will find many forms of discrimination against the Palestinians. And if you consider the territories occupied in 1967, you will discover that there are already two different judicial systems that represent two different approaches to human life: one for Palestinian life, another for Jews. And also, there are two different approaches to property and land. Palestinian property is not recognized as private property because it can be confiscated.

As concerns ' Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, there' an additional factor. The so-called "Palestinian autonomous areas " are Bantustans. Entities are restricted by the power structure of the system Israeli apartheid.

The Palestinian state can not be the only by-product of the Jewish state because Israel maintains its Jewish purity. The Israeli racial discrimination and 'the daily life of most Palestinians. Since Israel and 'a Jewish state, Jews have special rights not enjoyed by non-Jews. The Palestinians have no place in the Jewish state.

L' apartheid e' un crimine contro l'umanità . Israele ha privato milioni di palestinesi della loro proprietà e della loro libertà. Ha perpetuato un sistema di gravi discriminazioni razziali e di disuguaglianza. Ha sistematicamente incarcerato e torturato migliaia di palestinesi, contro tutte le regole della legge internazionale. In particolare, esso ha sferrato una guerra contro una popolazione civile, in particolare bambini.

La risposta data dal Sud Africa agli abusi dei diritti umani risultante dalla rimozione delle politiche di apartheid , fa luce su come la societa' israeliana debba modificarsi prima di poter parlare di una pace giusta and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Thomas, I'm not abandoning diplomacy. But I will not be lenient with you as are your supporters. If you want peace and democracy, I will support. Look for the ' formal apartheid, do not argue. If you want to support racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing, we will oppose you.

When you decide what to do, call me . "