Photos: Matts Svensson
Svensson is also critical of the international diplomacy that took him to Palestine. “We were docile, obedient as sheep”, he writes. “We worked to build a state under occupation, to revive an alreadydead peace process, support the Palestinians, security services, democratic elections and refugees. While we worked, Palestine was disappearing. Before us, Palestine became smaller and smaller. We knew it was too late …”. The nine chapters of Apartheid is a Crime won’t solve the problems facing the country as it faces a massive new Israeli land grab, aided and abetted by the Trump White House, but they should be enough to convince the observer that, yes, Israel is as guilty of the crime of apartheid as South Africa was. The main difference is that Black Africans knew that international sanctions would ensure that one day their suffering would end. Palestine has still to attain that small achievement. – TS
Dreaming of a way out. Abu Dis, June 2005
This view of the Mount of Olives is now hidden by the wall at Abu Dis.
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