The New York Times · 26 September 1979

CP-1979-024

Jesse Jackson Visits A Palestinian Camp, Sees Jewish Memorial

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“He applauded an old man in a white kaffiyeh headgear who told him that the refugees recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as their voice. He gave a soul-brother handshake to a young Palestinian who said he had been arrested and tortured by the Israelis.”

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Jackson at Kalandia camp, three weeks after Andrew Young resigned over meeting the PLO. Shipler writes the handshake rather than the position, which is how you can tell he was standing there.

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"Jesse Jackson Visits A Palestinian Camp, Sees Jewish Memorial," The New York Times, 26 September 1979. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1979-024. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1979-024

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