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I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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