tinian ‘people against the Zionist settler invasion, from which the region has suffered so much. But the struggling masses will continue their tight for liberation, because they are well aware of the nature of the racist aggressor and of the schemes to sow despair among the Arab people, thus putting out the flame of resistance in its soul. What is taking place in the West Bank, Gam, the Golan Heights and southern Lebanon shows that the determinations to resist is stronger than ever and follows the logic of history. 57. It is regrettable ‘that successive American Adminis- trations-in particular the current Administration, which has failed abysmally in its African policy-have made attempts at salvaging aparrheid while keeping Israel-the equivalent of South Africa-afloat by marketing Israel under the guise of “democratic values*‘. But that racist entity has been forcibly transplanted into our region by means of trampling underfoot the Palestinian people. In the Senate, the House of Representatives, all the branches of Government and the well-known media, Washington is widely propagating the lie of wide-scale democracy in Israel despite the fact that that “democracy*’ has displaced and continues to displace millions of Arabs, is occupying their territories, has besieged Beirut and still occupies parts of Lebanese territory and is planning more aggression and expansion, not to mention the killings, displacement, expulsion and exile. Perhaps one of the virtures of the socalled Israeli democracy is its endless greed for Arab territory and its unquenchable thirst for Arab blood. One example of the marketing of Israeli “democracy”, so as to deceive the American people and take more of its money in taxes to support the racist, expansionist entity is what the United States Secretary of State said in Crystal City, Virginia, in a statement on 21 April 1985 at the Annual Conference of the American-Israeli Committee on Public 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political statement or a speech, criticizing the Israeli government and the United States' support for Israel. It focuses on the political and social issues in the region, particularly the Palestinian struggle for liberation and the Israeli occupation. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, Education