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Husam Zomlot, a Palestinian visiting scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School, discussed the prospects for a two-state solution in the Middle East yesterday night at a Cambridge Forum at the First Parish Church...
Zomlot, who served as a Palestine Liberation Organization representative to the UK from 2003 to 2008, said he believes that there are many obstacles to overcome in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Barack Obama’s presidency presents a unique opportunity to bring about peace in the region, he added...
Zomlot called the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “the last remaining unfinished business of the 19th and 20th centuries...
More appalling is the Crimson’s Staff sole criticism of Israel because its settlement policies “undercut the peace process” while blatantly omitting the serious lack of commitment from the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank toward peace. Hamas in Gaza uses terrorism and fires rockets, hiding cowardly among human shields; Hamas is targeting Israeli civilians and putting their own civilians at risk, thereby committing a crime against humanity on two accounts. Hamas has a greater desire to see Israel destroyed rather than to help Palestinians in Gaza. In the West Bank...
...issue of building settlements needs to be addressed in a plan that will bring long lasting peace and security to Israelis and Palestinians. So too must the problem of terrorism and the message of hate that still comes out loudly from the Palestinian side in Gaza and the West Bank be addressed. At least if the Crimson Staff wants the U.S. to reconsider its aid to Israel, then I hope they will stand by their alleged principles and also ask for a reconsideration of aid to Arab countries and the Palestinian Authority in the name of peace, freedom, democracy...