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...that is in trouble. I see the United States and Europe as one cultural house—we share so much in common. I worry in these turbulent times, that house will not stand, unless there is a willingness to listen and concede—on both sides??in order to overcome the perilous dangers facing us all. Iraq is a huge test of our willingness and ability to work together on equal terms, until we arrive in more benign times...
...life. As the violence escalates, the profound disparity between the occupier and the occupied becomes ever clearer. Nearly three times more Palestinians than Israelis have been killed in the last 19 months. Now more than ever, decent people must question the talk of violence “on both sides?? that is increasingly ill-equipped for concealing that Israel is a state occupying a dispossessed and defenseless people...
...administration rightly imposes regulations to make clear that individuals do not speak for Harvard; it has wrongly attempted to prevent an individual from speaking at all, for fear that the University will be thought to be “taking sides?? in his case...
...cease-fire and willingness to return to face-to-face talks, with the aim of terminating the occupation on agreed terms before the end of 2002 would quell the bloodshed. This would allow for negotiations—on an equitable basis recognizing the basic needs of both sides??to resolve outstanding issues such as borders, the final status of Jerusalem and refugees. If the United States is to be a true ally, it may be time to help Israel extract itself from a no-win situation. At no added cost, the U.S. could help by diverting a fraction...
This consensus is not a “Cambridge effect”; we do not suffer from the delusions of being thousands of miles away from the loci of conflict. Even in Israel and Palestine—where excuses to make war abound on both sides??the vast majority of people is still in favor of compromise and peace. In spite of decades of dehumanization and state terror, the Palestinian people want to go back to the negotiating table. And in spite of all of those horrific suicide bombings, polls have shown that most Israelis still want...