“This should be a true peace, which leads to the end of occupation and aggression, to the return of refugees to their homes, to the destruction of the dividing wall, and the establishment of a political status for East Jerusalem.” ShouldEndsHomePoliticalWallReturnDestructionEastOccupationEstablishmentAggressionRefugeeJerusalemDividingTrue Peace Author:Khaled Mashal
“The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum for emotional orphans. For over three hundred years, refugees from political oppression, religious persecution, famine, poverty, and a rigid class system which limited educational and economic opportunities have been leaving their native villages and cities and coming to the United States in search of freedom and a better life.” YearsHas BeensStatesHomePoliticalThreeOpportunityReligiousUnitedCitiesClassPovertyUnited StatesEconomicEmotionalHundredLeavingEducationalOppressionNativeVillagePersecutionFoundingRefugeeBetter LifeFamineOrphanAsylumsPersecutedClass SystemReligious PersecutionPolitical Oppression Author:Eileen Simpson
“If a Cuban refugee is escaping, we're saying they're a political refugee, but why isn't a Haitian refugee a political refugee? They're escaping the capitalism and degradation of economic imperialism. We don't call them political refugees; we call them unfortunate people.” PeopleIfsPoliticalEconomicCapitalismUnfortunateRefugeeImperialismDegradationEscapingCubanHaitian Author:Ian Svenonius