Not just apartheid South Africa

Chilean Judge Juan Guzman, pursuer of Augusto Pinochet, Haaretz, February 11:

… The Palestinians’ lives under the occupation are reminiscent of the lives of Chile’s citizens under the dictatorship”¦I admire the Jewish people for the suffering it has endured and for its achievements in science, literature and music. I identify with the Israelis, but my heart is with the people living under occupation and whose rights are being violated. Israel feels it is the victim of terror, but when you are here, you realize that what the Palestinians are doing is resisting occupation. The Palestinians are the victims, they are being exploited, their homes are being demolished, they are being detained under administrative orders, their property is being damaged, they need permits to move from place to place and their cities are becoming large prisons. There is no doubt they are the victims.

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