Articles by Mairead Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate

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Speech at Rally for Gaza and Palestine
Mairead Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Dec 2012

At City Hall, Belfast, N. Ireland, 24 Nov 2012 – Let’s wake up, this is not about Hamas, this is not about the fact that Israel has no partner for peace. I sat with Yasser Arafat in his little compound before he was killed and he cried out for peace. I sat in Gaza with Hamas in 2008 and they cried out for peace. What was Israel’s answer? Israel’s answer was war against them, and not only dropping one or two bombs but the policy of the Israeli government, and look it up, is that when they go to war, they do the utmost damage. They don’t kill one or two, they destroy the whole people.

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