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> # 'We've had 50 years of assault on Palestinian rights. I think they are the most terrorized: at least with the Iraqi people:. They're the most terrorized people on earth: and have been for so many years. Practically every Palestinian lives in constant harassment, threat of violence, humiliation It's been that way for a long long time:.' \[1\]

[Ramsey Clark](https://quotesby.net/Ramsey-Clark)\#13

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## About this quote

What does it mean?It describes the prolonged suffering and harassment faced by Palestinians.In plain termsPalestinians have lived under constant threat and humiliation for decades.What can you take from it?Recognize the long-term human cost of ongoing conflict.

### Where it applies

- humanitarian discussions
- geopolitics
- peace efforts

### Putting it to work

- advocate rights
- document abuse
- support aid

### Questions to consider

- How do we address long-term suffering?
- What ensures lasting peace?

### Another view

It focuses on one side without detailing the broader regional context.

## More from Ramsey Clark

1. > 'Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.'

[Permalink to quote \#12](https://quotesby.net/Ramsey-Clark/12/ "Permalink to quote 12")
2. > 'There is no conflict between liberty and safety. We will have both or neither.'

[Permalink to quote \#11](https://quotesby.net/Ramsey-Clark/11/ "Permalink to quote 11")
3. > 'All government studies show cocaine to be harmless, non-addictive, and benign.', spoken at the University of New Mexico in 1968

[Permalink to quote \#10](https://quotesby.net/Ramsey-Clark/10/ "Permalink to quote 10")

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2. > And I in terror but not in doubt of what I must do in anguish, in haste, wrenched from the earth root after root, the soil heaving and cracking, the moss teari…

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3. > Finally, she broke her silence and spelled it out to Dr. Burkley. Kneeling, John Kennedy's personal physician indicated her ghastly skirt with a trembling hand…

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