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Israel still denies millions of Palestinian refugees their UN-sanctioned right to go back to their homes simply because they are not Jewish. Israel continues its 41-year old military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Israel continues to impose its savage blockade on the Gaza strip. Israel continues to build its illegal wall and settlements on occupied Palestinian land. And Israel continues to treat its own “non-Jewish” population as second-class citizens.
Can any conscientious person, then, celebrate Israel at 60?
When Israel has made reparations for its shameful past; when it has conformed to international law and universal human rights; when it has ended its brutal oppression of the indigenous people of Palestine, and when it has allowed Palestinians to practice their right to self-determination on their own land as equal humans, we can all celebrate.
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