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[beljar]

The last paradox is that the tale of Palestine from the beginning until today is a simple story of colonialism and dispossession, yet the world treats it as a multifaceted and complex story—hard to understand and even harder to solve. Indeed, the story of Palestine has been told before: European settlers coming to a foreign land, settling there, and either committing genocide against or expelling the indigenous people. The Zionists have not invented anything new in this respect.

Noam Chomsky, from On Palestine, March 23, 2015

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[beljar]

We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences, and swallows rise from our broken chains. We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

Mahmoud Darwish, from Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems (Translated and Edited by Munir Akash and Carolyn Forché, with Sinan Antoon and A mira El-Zein)

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