Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Israeli government truly wants peace for its people and for the Palestinians, it will have to approach peace as boldly as it approached the Occupation and settlements. Disarm and remove the Israeli settlers; arm and empower Palestinian police for the territories. Give the Palestinians resources and room and responsibility and they may have what they need to create the viable homeland they deserve. Then there might be peace. Jonathan F. Dresner Graduate Student History Department
Almost every night, news reports show Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers, helping to portray the Palestinians either as terrorists or anarchists. But the media never shows the reason why Palestinian teenagers go out on the streets and risk being shot--not something the average person would...
...Palestinian quoted in the Washington Post argued that whenever an Israeli kills an Arab, "they say, he's crazy, and when an Arab throws a stone, they say he's terrorist!" This sentiment, while not totally accurate, has a core of truth...
...main burden will obviously fall on he parties themselves. Palestinian leaders who support the peace process will have to avoid inflaming anti-Israeli sentiment beyond expected levels...
...massacre obviously affords these leaders an opportunity to rail against Israel, and it will take a large measure of restraint to pass up the chance. Palestinian leaders must not try to use the massacre as an excuse or breaking the agreements that have been worked out with Israel...