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William M. Gumede is a former deputy editor of The Sowetan, Johannesburg. He is the author of the bestselling Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC. His new book, The Democracy Gap: Africaʼs Wasted Years, will be released in the U.S. in May, 2009. Close.

William M. Gumede

South Africa

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Entries from William M. Gumede at PostGlobal tagged with 'Palestine'

West's Lack of Urgency in Mideast Shameful

The U.S. friendship with Israel must include criticizing those Israeli actions that are patently wrong, those that endanger not only others’, but its own, security.

Aid Embargo Props Up Radicals

It is perhaps now an opportune moment for the international community to lift the aid embargo it imposed on the Palestinian Authority after Hamas came to power in elections last year. The embargo only hurts and alienates the Palestinian people, not their leaders, and strengthens hard-line elements in Hamas.

Prisoner Swap Integral

Johannesburg, South Africa -- A prisoner swap between Israel and Palestine is now an integral part of any solution to the current escalating crisis in the Middle East. If necessary, all the parties must agree to a neutral mediator to...

South Africa's Compromise Offers a Guide

Johannesburg, South Africa -- My visit to the Middle East felt like being transported back in time to the despair and daily mass funerals in the bloody years of early 1990s apartheid South Africa. A few weeks ago, in the...

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