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Speakers included:
- Los Angeles National Lawyers Guild executive director, Jim Lafferty;
- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation steering committee member, Shakeel Syed;
- Palestine Children's Relief Fund representative, Huda Bayaa; and
- Israeli General Matti Peled's son, Miko. His book is titled, "The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine." Ahead of the event, he said:
"I served in the (Israeli army). My father was a general in the during the 1967 war."The IDF "today is one of the best armed and best financed terror organizations in the world. (It's) responsible for the death of countless innocent Palestinians."
Global BDS activism and other supportive Palestinian initiatives are vital. They're also effective. Fundraising should support them. Momentum is building.
Palestine one day will be free. Liberating struggles take time. Apartheid South Africa collapsed. So will Israel's repressive occupation. What can't go on forever, won't.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
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