Golda Meir: "A Land of Our Own" An Oral Autobiography
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“When peace comes, we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs, for killing our sons but it will be harder for us, to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons
Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us”
Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir is the subject of a new film called 'Golda' starring Helen Mirren To mark its release MEMO takes a look back....
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Israel has long propagated a narrative of endless victimisation, to justify its crimes and evade accountability
No one compels Israelis to kill children Such statements not only reflect a racist worldview but are also embraced in Israel as the words of a wise and noble leader
However it must be stressed that no one compels Israelis to kill children as Meir implied Israelis, like any other people, must be held to account for their own actions
Like many of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous quotations, these words echo through the ages
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"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice"
They offer hope and give rise to a sense that progress toward freedom, equality and—indeed—justice is inevitable
