Events tagged with "ahmad shukeiri"

Historical Events tagged with "ahmad shukeiri"

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Ahmad Shukeiri Introduces Apartheid Analogy

October 17th, 1961 63 years ago

Ahmad Shukeiri made a significant statement regarding the plight of Palestinians by likening their situation to the conditions in apartheid South Africa. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, he articulated the struggles faced by Palestinians as comparable to the institutionalized racial segregation experienced by black South Africans. This analogy marked an early attempt to draw international attention to the Palestinian cause through the lens of global human rights violations.