Artists' Blogs

by Margaret Beckett British Foreign Secretary
The Deccan Chronicle
28 October 2006
http://www.deccan.com/Columnists/Columnists.asp#The%20way%20to%20a%20via... 20Palestine

by ELIAS DAVIDSSON
28 September 2006

Elias Davidsson argues that it is in the enlightened self-interest of Israeli Jews to accept the Palestinian refugees' right of return. Not to do so will "inevitably undermine the moral fabric of [Israel's] Jewish population and its capacity to sustain itself".

Behind the Wall - "The Blessed"
By RICH WILES
27 September 2006

BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Bethlehem, Palestine, 26 September 2006 (E/20/06)
PRESS RELEASE

R E P O R T
26 September 2006 (E/20/06)
Geneva: 25 September 2006:

by RACHELLE MARSHALL
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs August 2006
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2006/0608007.html

Life under occupation is life under permanent terrorism. — Shai Carmeli-Pollak, Israeli film director and peace activist, quoted in the Israeli magazine, The Other Israel.

We need security, but we do not need foreign troops and helicopters and tanks anymore. — Hajii Agha Lalai Dastagiri, member of the provincial council in Kandahar, Afghanistan, New York Times, May 26.

Israel's "right to exist": does it exist?
by Scott Burchill
28 July 2006

Prime Minister Howard argues that "until there is an acceptance in the entire Arab world … of Israel's right to exist and an embrace of the two state solution, we're never going to have a lasting peace" in the Middle East. The refusal of Syria, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas "to accept Israel's right to exist … is still at the core of the whole dispute."

Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Letter from World Council of Churches General Secretary to Members of the UN "Middle East quartet"
* Geneva, 8 February 2006

by Patrick Seale Dar Al-Hayat
14 April 2006
http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/04-2006/Article-20060414-98e3...

An extraordinary paradox of the current international scene is that the most powerful countries in the world are also the most afraid - and fear has caused them to lose their senses.

(Bethlehem) Fadi Abu Sada 4 May 06

The hour was approaching 10:00 at night, and as usual I was updating the Palestine News Network site, with what was the latest news. My child snored quietly in his sleep after a long day playing with the children in the house. At the same time I was keeping my eye on one of the political programs on a satellite channels. This is what I remember.

41% of Israel's Jews favour segregation
Poll reveals widespread anti-Arab sentiment
Academics warn of racism 'becoming mainstream'
by Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
The Guardian  24 March 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1738508,00.html

A poll of attitudes among Israel's Jews towards their country's Arab citizens has exposed widespread racism, with large numbers favouring segregation and policies to encourage Arabs to leave the country.