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God looks at the Middle East, looks at Palestine. When you go to the Holy Land and see what's being done to the Palestinians at checkpoints, for us, it's the kind of thing we experienced in South Africa.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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