“People of goodwill who support the Palestinians resent being falsely accused of being anti-Semites.”

— Brian Klug

In Search of Clarity, Catalyst, March 17, 2006., January 9, 2006 http://www.catalystmagazine.org.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0bv.RefLocID-0hg01b00100600f009.Lang-EN.htm,

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“People of goodwill who support the Palestinians resent being falsely accused of being anti-Semites.”

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