Word: hussaini
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...HUSSAINI: I feel that if we want to move toward peace, the Palestinian people should have a right to return to their homes and live as equals, not as second-class citizens...
...HUSSAINI: The question is what kind of Israel. Is it the state for all Jews in the world to go and live there? What boundaries? What kind of state? If it is a Jewish state, what will happen to me as a non-Jew? We are saying Palestine should be for the Israelis and the Palestinians and these two peoples should live with equal rights. I should have a right to live in Jerusalem, run for President if I want...
...HUSSAINI: Yes, a free plebiscite to see what the Palestinians want. Obviously, the Israeli government would not allow that. Dr. Perlmutter is talking about municipal elections. Of course the Palestinians have a right to run their towns. But if you would have a free plebiscite on the West Bank and in Gaza, the Palestinians would support the P.L.O. They would say they want to be free to run their own affairs, and would want to have a right to return to their homes in Israel proper...
...HUSSAINI: When we talk about Palestinians returning and coexisting with Israel, I don't see why the term destroy should come into this picture. What we are talking about is changing the laws and Institutions that allow one people to dominate another, to discriminate against another. The Law of Return discriminates because it allows a Jew from the Soviet Union to return but does not allow a Palestinian to return...
...HUSSAINI: On the one hand, Dr. Perlmutter does not want Palestinians to say anything about what kind of state Israel [ought to be]. Yet on the other hand, he makes all kinds of statements about the Palestinian movement. This is a double standard. If you call on the Palestinians to lay down their guns, then Israel should also renounce force. We did not bring force into this conflict, historically. The Palestinians were a civilian population, unarmed, untrained...