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In 1994, the still controversial figure Yassafat, received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Viewed by many Palestinians, Arabs, and some in other countries as a heroic freedom fighter for the

Palestinians. He was dismissed largely in Israel and in some parts of the

Western world as a terrorist. It was an award he shared with two Israelis, Prime Minister Yitzakra bin and Foreign Minister Shimon Perras.

The award was recognition for their combined efforts to find a lasting peace between

Israelis and Palestinians,

results that had culminated in the US broken Oslo Accords.

After decades of violence, the Middle East

was finally on the verge of lasting peace.

The Palestinian people stand at a crossroads behind you a history of dispossession and dispersal

before you the opportunity to shape a new Palestinian future on your own land.

But 30 years later, peace has never seemed further away.

The horrors that Hamas perpetrated on October 7th remind us that we will not realize the promise of a better future

unless we, the civilized world, are willing to fight the barbarians.

Rape beheadings, bodies burned alive.

Mosque committed atrocities. Recall the worst ravages of ISIS.

Palestinians in Gaza are being killed by Israeli weaponry. They are also at immediate risk of death by starvation, dehydration and disease.

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