Question

Read this quote from Haidar Abd El-Shafi, then answer the question: "We, the people of Palestine, stand before you in the fullness of our pain, our pride, and our anticipation, for we long harbored a yearning for peace and a dream of justice and freedom. For too long, the Palestinian people have gone unheeded, silenced and denied, our identity negated by political expedience, our right for struggle against injustice maligned, and our present existence subsumed by the past tragedy of another people." -Haidar Abd El-Shafi, head of the Palestinian Delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, 1991. To which of the following does the speaker attribute the ignoring of his people's suffering?A. Palestinians' unrealistic dreamsB. The Nazi killing of JewsC. The excessive pride of JewsD. Palestinians' silence on their plight

Answer 1

Answer:

B). The Nazi killing of Jews.

Explanation:

As per the given quote from Haidar Abd El-Shafi's 'Palestinian Delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, 1991, the speaker attributed the ignoring of his people's suffering to 'the Nazi killing the Jews'. He says that these killings inflicted years of pain and suffering to them and hence, they yearn for peace for a long time. Their very identity was being disregarded and suppressed due to this 'political expedience' that have led the Palestinians to struggle for their present existence and their rights which were subsumed by the 'inimical injustice and past tragedies'. Thus, option B would be the correct answer.