Quote #7

My generation is haunted by the images of the Jewish children in the ghettos and the concentration camps. The crimes committed against them caused us grieve that haunts us through our lives. But for the very same raison d'etre we feel outraged by the images of persecuted Palestinian children, and this time it is Israel that is responsible for the offenses.

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