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Basic
Conditions for the Success of Non-violent
Resistance
By Fr. Raed Abusahlia, Al-Bushra
Often we have reiterated that violence
would only breed violence and blood would
call for blood in an ever-ongoing vicious
circle. We only reap whatever we
have sown from destruction, tears and
bloodshed. Folks, we are neither advocating
submission nor capitulation or calling
off resistance. On the contrary
we advocate its resumption but with a
change in direction and adoption of a
different strategy that would lead to
the same aim except with a different and
more effective and less sanguinary methodology.
Do you seek the game or do you wish to
argue with the gamekeeper? We seek
to enjoy the game, the freedom, the independence,
and the end of occupation, regain our
land, and liberate the people and the
establishment of a state. All of
this is right and legitimate. No
one could ever object to this, as it constitutes
a part of the inalienable rights as laid
down by the international legitimacy.
Nusseibeh-Ayalom
Plan
September 2, 2002: There's been a lot
of talk about a secret plan Ami Ayalon,
the former Shin Bet chief, is working
on, to reach an agreement in principal
for a peace deal with the Palestinians.
Now, it appears he's been working with
Palestinian Prof. Sari Nusseibeh, president
of Al Quds University and the PLO"s official
representative in Jerusalem, on exactly
such a plan. They have drafted a simple,
clearly written document that could serve
as the outline for a peace plan. They
call it The People Vote For more information
about the plan, see Akiva Eldar's column
['Pushing - gently - for Peace'] at Ha'aretz
from today.
Pushing
- gently - for peace
By Akiva Eldar, Ha'aretz, September 3,
2002
Maj. Gen. (res.) Amram Mitzna says that
the peace camp has to capture the government
and then reach an agreement with the Palestinians
on peace terms. Maj. Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon
believes that as long as the Israeli peace
camp has not reached an understanding
with the Palestinians, it has no chance
of winning an election. That's why the
former admiral of the navy and former
head of the Shin Bet regards the document
he formulated with Prof. Sari Nusseibeh,
president of Al Quds University and the
Palestine Liberation Organization's representative
in Jerusalem, as so important.
Back
to 1869
By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz, September 4,
2002
In 1869, the first road for carriages
was paved between Jaffa and Jerusalem.
Otherwise, the cities and villages were
linked by narrow dirt paths, and people
traveled from place to place and transported
goods mainly by foot or on donkeys, camels
or mules. An economy mostly based on primitive
agriculture and scant education fits in
well with this Palestinian road map, which
the historian Benny Morris traces in one
of his books (The Righteous Victims, A
History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict).
One can assume in light of the distances
between these communities that the feeling
of common origin and destiny was still
rather weak.
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