Palestine and Kashmir are the moral litmus test of our times. It’s not just that these occupations have lasted more than 70 years, or that generations of indigenous peoples have been exposed to extreme oppression and violence, it’s also the systemic censorship imposed on any call for justice and human rights. Those who speak up are ruthlessly silenced and punished.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke up and compared the apartheid in Palestine/Israel to the structural racial segregation that existed in South Africa.
He wrote:
“Those who continue to do business with Israel, who contribute to a sense of ‘normalcy’ in Israeli society, are doing the people of Israel and Palestine a disservice. They are contributing to the perpetuation of a profoundly unjust status quo.”
Rest in power Desmond Tutu.