6 July 2004
In the past six months I have lectured in four continents to many thousands of people. What brings them together is Palestine and the struggle of the Palestinian people which is now a byword for emancipation and enlightenment, regardless of all the vilification heaped on them by their enemies. Whenever the facts are made known, there is immediate recognition and an expression of the most profound solidarity with the justice of the Palestinian cause and the valiant struggle by the Palestinian people on its behalf....
Remember the solidarity here and everywhere in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, and remember also that there is a cause to which many people have committed themselves, difficulties and terrible obstacles notwithstanding. Why? Because it is a just cause, a noble ideal, a moral quest for equality and human rights.
-- Prof. Edward W. Said, "The Meaning of Rachel Corrie"; 26 June 2003.
(Photo: South Korean activists hold a protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Seoul June 29, 2004. Dozens of activists demanded the Israeli authority stop attacking the Palestinian people. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won)
