ELDRIDGE CLEAVER

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005640817
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-00845
• Publication Date: January 2, 1970

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DATE: 04-Mar-2011
1. Following is a summary of an exclusive inter-
view vii 11 Subject published in the 30 D comber 1969 issue
of El 11oujaji.d, Algiers' largest r_ewspa)er:
"Before beginning the discussion with Eldridge
CLEAVEii, we mentioned the International Congress of Com-
m,littees for the Support of the Palestinian People which
has just ?net in Algiers. The. Minister of Information of
the Black Panther Party affirmed his Party's support of
Palestinian resistance and solidarity which unifies Blacks
and fiET_h,i_ng Palestinians. He said, 'Israel. is the creature
of American imperialism. It is a police post in the 1.,"iddle
East to safeguard .and protect the interests of U.S. imperia
li.m. Americans have always ,worked in the Middle East to
uncie:::.:ine ,he- revolutionary. momentum of the Arab peoples .
Israel is a means by which international capitalism and
i;ii'ne'!ial .sm hope to maintain' their domination over the
(. , vp a is '1 es s o as to cc;?,
N JJ_ ...., ~:..., .t -tl:t:`V_to exploit the petroleum resources? which are needed for their industries. At
the same time, in the United States, the Zionists are used
to torpedo the' fight. of our people for liberation. For
e;.arrcp le, a Zi onist judge named Monroe Friedman,- sent our
leader, Huey I+IEWTON; to prison. Another Zionist pig, Judge
JulIus I-?o ?fman, condemned our president, Bobby Seale, to
four years det(ent;ion. After the assassination of Vice-
Pr?esl. anI :Frew HAMPTON by the Chicago police and the general
.ndi.rna.tion that this criminal act aroused, notorious
Arthur Goldberg was charged with the inquest'-into
the behavior of the police. It is as' if Ben Gurion were
used to investigate Moshe Dayan. We say that Zionists every-
where ar our enemies. .
? We say in particular that Israel is the lackey
of Arne rJ.can irr, erialisrr., i7 totally support armed comb
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of the P a,l.estinian people against the watchdogs of imperialism.
We totally support the demand of Palestinians for the re-,
coy;or?y of their usurped country. '
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"CLEAVER t?: as then asked what direction must one
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