Word: disgusted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...countries expressed opposition to Israeli policies "long before oil politics became a factor." Yet, his only example is two quotes from one man, Amilcar Cabral, the founder of the revolutionary movement in Guinnea-Bisseau. He concludes about African opposition to Israel that, "a good deal of it is authentic disgust at Israeli policies toward Palestinians...and at the South African connection." I don't see how one man can be said to speak for the people of an entire continent...
...first complaints about Harbor Lawn came three years ago, when Audrey Cooper, 72, received a burial urn containing what she thought was the ashes of her husband William. A family friend named Jerry Read, who had once worked for Harbor Lawn but quit in disgust, told the widow that the remains were not her husband's. Says Read: "Bodies were doubled up on shelves in the refrigerator. When they got full, they'd stack the bodies on the garage floor and leave them there for days." Read and other former employees further charge that bins full of excess...
Errol Louis' explanation of the vehemently anti-Israel views of Amilcar cabral ("Too Close For Comfort", 12/2/83) is curious indeed. In 1965, according to Louis, Cabral lauded "all that the sons of Palestine" were doing to "liberate their country." Mr. Louis calls this "authentic disgust at Israeli policies towards Palestinians in the occupied territories...
This interpretation of Cabral's views is Judicrous for one very simple reason in 1965, there were no "occupied territories"! Israel gained control of the West Bank in 1967. It is clear, then, that Mr. Cabral was not expressing his disgust with Israeli policy but rather his hopes for the liquidation of the Jewish State...
...vehemence with which some African nations attack Israel in the U.N., then, is not simply a product purchased with Arab petrodollars. Perhaps a good deal of it is authentic disgust at Israeli policies toward Palestinians in the occupied territories, and at the South Africa connection...