Desmond Tutu
South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said Wednesday that Israel and other parties have no other choice but to negotiate with Hamas, while calling on the Islamic terrorist group to halt attacks on Israeli territory.
Drawing parallels between the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and that of the ANC’s battle against Apartheid in South Africa, Tutu said, “you don’t make peace with friends. You negotiate with those who are regarded as pariahs.”
“It’s the same thing that happened in South Africa for a very long time,” Tutu said during an exclusive interview with the Ma’an News Agency in Ramallah. “The Apartheid government said they wouldn’t negotiate with Nelson Mandela, and so on – and they had to.”
The Elders
Tutu continued the parallel by noting that as he was critical of Spear of the Nation (Umkhonto We Sizwe), the militant wing of the ANC, he has also told Hamas to stop its launching of missiles into Israel. “When I met with [Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail] Haniyeh I said, quite categorically, that the firing of Qassam rockets into Sderot were as much a gross violation as Israel’s incursions,” Tutu said.
Tutu gave the interview during the final leg of a West Bank tour of The Elders, a group of world leaders that includes former US president Jimmy Carter and former Irish president Mary Robinson. Both Carter and Robinson have been harshly criticized for their views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and viewed as anti-Semitic by some Israeli supporters.
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Oh REALLY? This is no surprise at all considering who this person is. All of this is just another step closer to what is Prophesied for the endtimes in the Bible.
I mean…. C’MON…look at the company this person is keeping. Jimmy Carter??
We all know how he Adores the terrorists that strike at Israel. He is an anti-semitic his own self.
Desmond Tutu is a Catholic Clergyman whose own religion has tarred and feathered Jews since its creation. The Catholic Church whose policies allowed for slavery and apartheid to flourish in this world.
This same Desmond Tutu has an opinion on Israel/Palestine? Oh for goodness sakes let’s listen. Not.
He has no moral authority outside his pew. Keep a lid on it … Desmond.
tzatz: Tutu us NOT Catholic. He’s Anglican.
oh….the ignorance of Americans and most Jesw!
Americans and Israel need to start worrying about its own business and for once in its history, stay of others!
…and…….. until ALL the school-aged population in America can find its own country on a world map, Americans need to shut up! The world is VERY, VERY TIRED of you loud mouth ignorant Americans!!
…and for all you foul-mouth, mean-spirited, fear-mongering, war-mongering people, know this: You are going against own YOUR GOD’s will. PEACE will ALWAYS conquer WAR!
How about cming up with solutions instead of alwyas having to have some sort of come back?…something stupid to say or do?!?!! At least those folks in the article are doing what their OWN God tells them is the right way to live. When that final day comes, they won’t have a thing to worry about BUT you DO!!