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Palestine peace not apartheid book by jimmy carter. There will be no substantive and permanent peace for any people in this troubled region as long as israel is violating key u. Event in melbourne, vic, australia by kollaps on friday, august 14 201542 posts in the discussion. Secretary of state john kerry warned that if israel did not make peace soon, under a twostate solution, it could become an apartheid state.
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