SOUTH NEWFANE-Richard M. Orlan claims that the anti-apartheid resolution on the ballot for Town Meeting is one-sided. He is correct.
Palestinians don't have access to their homes because Israel has destroyed them. Palestinians don't have control over their own water - Israel does. Palestinians don't have freedom of expression because Israel doesn't like what they say. Palestinian citizens of Israel don't have equal rights because those rights are blocked by Israeli Zionists.
This is but a partial list. One-sided indeed.
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