Answer: They are the subjects of condemnation in college op-eds today.
-Shimon Peres is visiting Cornell today, and Africana studies graduate student Jeff Purcell tells Daily Sun readers the vice premier represents apartheid:
So much was said in 1985 after Zulu Chief Buthelezi visited Jerusalem, meeting with Peres twice. Then Prime Minister, Peres said, “We are serious, we are definite, we are determined not to accept the policy of discrimination under any circumstances,” concluding at nearly the same time, “The Israeli government unconditionally disassociates itself form South Africa’s apartheid government.” Weeks later, The Washington Post reported that despite the “unconditional” condemnation, Israeli “ministers said the government would make no move to sever diplomatic ties or end the commercial and arms trade between the two countries.”
Only after the U.S. Congress prohibited military aid to any country arming Apartheid did Israel cease loading the guns of white supremacy. Therefore, few things are more offensive to South Africans than calling Shimon Peres a “man of peace,” given that he personally oversaw their suffering.
Tomorrow, ask Peres why his country is considered a moral degenerate in South Africa and force him to “think back” to Apartheid and the Declaration he abandoned.
That is not to say the Palestinians have not signed a peace treaty from time to time. They have, but only as a guise to re-supply, re-arm and re-attack. It is the worst example of disingenuous negotiation since the Nazis made peace with the Soviets.
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Any expectation that the Hamas-controlled government will make the necessary commitment to peace is a farce. A bona fide two-state solution will require Hamas to first recognize Israel’s right to exist, renounce violence and accept all previous accords. Given the fact that Hamas was founded to destroy Israel and has consistently rejected these principles since they assumed power last March, it appears unlikely that some precipitous change is on the horizon.
Smith recommends that Olmert stop making concessions: “Until Hamas changes, Israel should not.”
-Texas Tech student Cole Shooter suggests to Russia in The Daily Toreador that helping Iran out with its “peaceful” nuclear program may be a bad idea:
Their idea of peaceful must be different from mine. It’s absolutely moronic to encourage nuclear production to a country that has recently hosted a conference called, “The world without Zionism.” During this conference Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying, “As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map.” By Imam, he is talking about Ayatollah Khomeini, a leader of Iran.
Ahmadinejad has no shortage of public hatred towards Israel and the United States, and Russia is happily playing into their hatred for their own economic gain.

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