Russell Tribunal on Palestine

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu		Views on Israel

		Comparing Israel to Hitler and Mussolini – “Hitler was powerful. Mussolini was powerful. Stalin was powerful. Idi Amin was powerful. Pinochet was powerful.. An unjust Israeli government, however, powerful will fall in the world of this kind of God.” Keynote address on April 13, 2002, Old South Church, Boston, MA - USA
		Has stated that Zionisim has “very many parallels with racism” (American Jewish Year Book 1998).
		In a BBC interview he stated: “People are scared in this country, to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful. Well, so what?”
		Has supported various BDS Campaigns including: University of Johannesburg cutting its ties to Ben Gurion University. Marrickville council BDS actions. Olympia Food Co-op decision to boycott Israeli products.
Further Reading:		Alan M. Dershowitz - Tutu and the Jews: "Among the world’s most respected figures is South Africa’s Bishop Desmond. His recognizable face—with its ever present grin—has become a symbol of reconciliation and goodness. But it masks a long history of ugly hatred toward the Jewish people, the Jewish religion and the Jewish state. Bishop Desmond Tutu is no mere anti-Zionist (though Martin Luther King long ago recognized that anti- Zionism often serves as a cover for deeper anti-Jewish bigotry)" Giulio Meotti- Tutu's war on Israel, Jews : “Archbishop Tutu leads vile, racist campaign against Israel and Jewish people”