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...Yael Dayan, novelist, journalist and the daughter of former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Hanan Mikhael-Ashrawi, a crusader for equal rights for women in the Palestinian movement, debated the best process to achieve peace between Palestinians and Israelis in front of a large audience at the Agassiz Theatre...
...Dayan and Mikhael-Ashrawi held opposing views on the role women should play in the Middle East peace process. Mikhael-Ashrawi said she wanted Palestinian women to act on a grassroots level, participating in protests and creating community-based organizations...
...Dayan said the government has had a greater effect on the intifada than local involvement...
Mikhael-Ashrawi, in turn, criticized Dayan for her belief in the exclusive importance of political involvement, saying it is ineffective for achieving peace and damaging to women's rights...
...speakers also disagreed on the nature of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Dayan said the occupation was self-preservation, arguing that "unless we are strong, we are going to be destroyed...