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...leading a delegation of Western electoral experts to provide technical assistance to the Palestinian Central Election Commission (CEC). As the chair of the delegation sent by the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), Blanc is advising both the CEC and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)—the Palestinians?? 132-seat parliament—on a host of technical issues including GIS mapping, information and database technology, and voter registration and education. “We are providing three types of assistance to the Palestinian Authority,” Blanc, who graduated from Harvard with a degree...
...plans put forth during the Clinton administration would have created “functional contiguity” within the Palestinian state, enabling Palestinians to move between any two parts of their country within 90 minutes.Chomsky—a harsh critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians??disagreed, saying that the plans “cut through the West Bank completely.”Both professors displayed a variety of different maps to support their claims, and frequently attacked the veracity of their opponents’ sources.In response to Dershowitz’s claim that...
...withdraw Israeli troops and civilians from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern West Bank, 9,000 Israeli settlers are slated to be moved back inside Israel-proper this summer. This plan furthers the national goals of the Palestinian people by giving Gaza’s one million Palestinians??approximately one third of the total population—the opportunity for self-government. It certainly does not entail removing Palestinians from their homes. Additionally, the statement that “310 Palestinian children are in prison and being tortured,” leveled from an unsubstantiated source...
...established traditions of authority. It seems as if a new day has dawned for the Palestinians, and with sufficient international support and investment—such as President Bush’s invitation for Abbas to visit the White House and his promise to increase economic aid to the Palestinians??it can become a new day for Israelis and the rest of the greater Middle East as well...
...steer the Palestinians toward the dream of a free and democratic Palestine standing side by side with a peaceful Israel. Extremist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad must be thwarted; they must be prevented from carrying Palestinian aspirations down the road toward greater violence and hatred. This is the Palestinians?? first and most significant trial after the passing of their national patriarch, and they must be thoughtful and pragmatic in their course of action...