Arafat Urges WCAR to Resolve Tension Between Palestine, IsraelPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat Friday hoped that the ongoing World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) will be a major historical turning point in the Palestinian struggle for the right to self-determination.Speaking at the first roundtable discussion of the WCAR, Arafat said that Palestine is suffering abhorrent racism, discrimination and settler colonialism from Israel. "I hope this conference will say what is just, what is right, in the face of this bloody tragedy that has overtaken the Palestinian people," he said. The tension between Palestine and Israel is now escalating and the farms and factories of the Palestinian people are being destroyed, he added. Arafat pointed out that Israel's military solution will only bring about tragedy and catastrophe. Predicting the peace prospect between Palestine and Israel, he reaffirmed that Israel must withdraw their troops from the Palestinian territory and eliminate all the Jewish settlement in Palestine. "We still look forward to returning to the road of peace," he added. |
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