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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

As Obama wins Nobel, anti-wall leader says Bush was robbed

Maan
An anti-wall leader in Bil'in village suggested on Saturday that former US President George W Bush was just as worthy of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize as Barack Obama, who won on Friday.

...Turning serious, the official said he heard the news that Obama won on Friday after he "came home from our nonviolent demonstration in Bil'in, after the soldiers shot tear gas and after seeing the violence of the Israeli soldiers."

"When I heard this from the media I started to go crazy," he said. "I asked myself why. The Americans are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Palestine is still occupied. In the recent news I saw that the Israeli soldiers closed Jerusalem, and I heard that many people were injured. We haven't seen anything changed."

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