Word: palestinians
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REFERRING to intifada statistics for shock value, out of historical context, would be irresponsible--if only the context were different. In the past, Israeli Jews might have been able to justify the occupation by referring to Palestinian refusal to accept a partition of Palestine and to Israeli military vulnerability. But we can no longer fixate upon the past by refusing to acknowledge a new historical reality, one in which the Palestinians are willing to live in a state alongside Israel and Israel can negotiate from a position of power. The Palestinian National Council has declared the former; numerous Israeli military...
...Israeli government refuses to rise to the occasion by entering into negotiations with the representatives of the Palestinian people (the P.L.O.) for one reason: Half the government does not recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-determination. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir does not see Israeli occupation of the territories as a temporary measure, but as an indefinite policy of ruling over Palestinians against their will...
Violations of individual human rights should be seen as a part of a fundamental denial of Palestinian national rights. By condemning Israeli suppression of the intifada, we are not ignoring a "larger context" of justified occupation, but responding indirectly to the new context: protesting Israeli political intractability by drawing attention to the horrific results it produces daily. We must invoke intifada statistics as an act of political protest...
...occupation began not two years ago, but 22. Resolving the occupation necessarily involves addressing the question of Palestinian refugees who either fled Israel or were banished by the Jews 40 years ago. To call for unilateral Israeli withdrawal is simplistic. Negotiations will be complex; they must result in self-determination for Palestinians and security for Israel. The specifics of a peace treaty will make the content of many a Crimson editorial in the future. At present, the task is more basic: to pressure Israel to enter into negotiations with the P.L.O., prepared to cede land for peace...
...peace process has not yet begun. The Palestinians have accepted the Jewish state. Now it's the Israeli's turn to accept a Palestinian state. Until the entire Israeli government indicates a willingness to do so, we must oppose the occupation. We can do this by supporting peace movements within Israel--and by crying out against each and every injustice of the two-year intifada...