I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.
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Nationality: Palestinian Type: Statesman Born: March 26, 1935 |
“I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably gone mouldy by now.”
“Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.”