Omar Suleiman – Muhammad Ali for Palestine

Omar Suleiman
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The speaker discusses the importance of speaking for the people in Vietnam and the Vietnam War, emphasizing the need for agents to use their unique voices to promote justice and encourage people to speak up. The speaker also mentions the struggles of the people in their region and the importance of speaking for them.

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			Dear athlete, entertainer, or whoever it is that's
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			been blessed with a voice.
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			You may remember when Muhammad Ali passed away,
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			he shook up the world once again.
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			I'm going to show you.
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			Those that once called him a villain lauded
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			him as a hero.
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			Let the world know what I represent and
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			fight for.
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			Every single person that has a platform spoke
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			about how he was their hero, and they
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			wanted to be able to use their platform
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			like he did.
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			He is the greatest of all time.
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			And we specifically remembered when he took a
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			stand on the Vietnam War, when so few
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			would.
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			You my opponent when I want justice.
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			He gave up his career at the peak
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			of it.
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			He lost his titles.
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			He lost his money.
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			And everyone around him told him that this
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			was a bad idea, but his conscience and
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			his sense of justice would not allow him
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			to be silent.
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			I did not shoot them poor people.
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			And so he took a stand.
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			But what you may not know is that
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			he also took a stand for Palestine.
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			He wasn't just someone that would show up
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			in a protest here or there.
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			He was someone who actually went to Palestinian
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			refugee camps in 1974, and who went to
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			secure the release of Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners
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			in 1985.
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			And he famously said, I declare support for
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			the Palestinian struggle.
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			And so I get it.
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			When it comes to Gaza, when it comes
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			to Palestine, your agents probably telling you it's
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			a bad idea for you to speak.
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			You might lose speaking opportunities.
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			You might lose some deals.
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			But at the end of the day, I
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			want you to recognize that Gaza is your
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			Vietnam, and that this is your Muhammad Ali
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			moment.
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			Use the voice that you have for the
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			thousands of people that are being slaughtered in
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			silence.
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			Use your voice for Gaza.
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			I'm going to show you how great I
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			am.