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Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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Alice Malsenior Walker
Alice Walker Leventhal
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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