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Palestinian activist writes outstanding article on peace

  • 15-02-2015 12:59AM
    #1
    MakeEmLaugh
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    Bassem Eid is the founder and former director of the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG). A recent blog he wrote was uploaded a few days ago, and I would encourage anyone with an interest in that region of the Middle East to take a look.

    I won't reproduce the whole thing here, but I'll post a link for people to take a look. Here are some key quotes from it.
    I am a proud Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp and raised a large family. I want peace and prosperity for my people. I want an end to the misery and the destruction.

    After 66 years of mistakes and missed opportunities, it is time for us Palestinians to create the conditions for peace and to work for a better future...

    In Palestinian camps in Arab countries, our human rights are constantly being violated, and we are simply used by our Arab hosts to further their own goals...

    To make peace with Israel, we need to change our approach. We need to accept that the right of return will be resolved through financial compensation that will allow Palestinian refugees to settle either in Arab countries or in Palestine. We need to accept that Israel’s security is a key to any solution...

    What we Palestinians need is a strong civil society and strong democratic institutions, and we need an end to human rights violations, including those perpetrated by Palestinians and other Arabs...

    Despite our current predicament, I believe that our future will be bright if we do what is needed to achieve peace. We can have a secular democracy that pursues our own best interests...


Comments

  • #2
    Littlekittylou
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    He wrote a piece last year with the Title Gazans must get rid of Hamas. It was brilliant. He is a very brave man. Many are scared to go against Hamas and Fatah. You should see what THEY do to protestors.

    He is a lone voice in the desert. But not alone in his thinking.


  • #3
    RomanKnows
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    Bassem Eid is a contrarian. He is also a lovely writer. Like any polemicist, he gets things wrong. He also writes in his articles about how his family - as Muslims - enjoy a sense of ideological, intellectual and moral freedom in Israel that they wouldn't get in the homeland that was Egypt.


  • #4
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭MakeEmLaugh


    RomanKnows wrote: »
    Bassem Eid writes in his articles about how his family - as Muslims - enjoy a sense of ideological, intellectual and moral freedom in Israel that they wouldn't get in the homeland that was Egypt.

    Would you disagree with that statement?


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