Share
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Bertrand Russell, a Nobel Prize winner, renowned mathematician, philosopher, and public intellectual, was a figure who held the Western World’s attention during his lifetime.
In the final year of his life, 1970, Russell made a powerful statement condemning “Israel’s aggression” in the Middle East. He specifically criticized Israeli bombing raids deep into Egyptian territory, part of the so-called War of Attrition. Russel, a pacifist, drew parallels between these actions and the bombing of Nazi Germany and the U.S. bombing of Vietnam.
In his final political statement, Russell called for an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-6-day war borders. This statement, which was the last thing he ever wrote, was read at the International Conference of Parliamentarians in Cairo on February 3, 1970, a day after his death.
Adding to the historical context, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe’s book, “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine,” provides meticulous historical detail and documentary archival evidence, often sourced from Israeli records. The book presents a shocking account of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
View more below:
RELATED TOPICS:
At Least 6 Heat-Related Deaths Reported in Metro Phoenix So Far This Year as High Hits 115 Degrees
2 days ago
Coffee Research Center at UC Davis Poised to Deliver a Jolt
2 days ago
Workers Sue Disney Claiming They Were Fraudulently Induced to Move to Florida from California
2 days ago
Fresno Suspect Arrested in Armed Home Invasion, Earlier Burglary
2 days ago
On a Night for Doubling up, Lilly King Also Takes Home an Engagement Ring
2 days ago
Paris Awaits for Sha’Carri, Lyles and Dozens More, but Olympic Spots Must Be Earned at Trials
2 days ago
Trump’s Allies Say They’ll Enforce the Comstock Act. Believe Them.