Word: intifadehs
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...This is no longer an intifadeh," Nusseibeh says. "It?s a convulsion of violence, not a popular movement. There needs to be a rekindling of rational debate, even more so after the attacks in America...
When Palestinian radicals assassinated an Israeli cabinet minister outside his East Jerusalem hotel room last week, they brought the rage of the West Bank and Gaza to a city whose Palestinian neighborhoods have escaped the worst ravages of the year-long Aqsa intifadeh. The tough Israeli response to the murder pushed Palestinian leaders into further bloodthirsty statements that can only perpetuate the cycle of violence. Sari Nusseibeh is one of the few leading Palestinians still prepared to buck the growing extremism and to urge a rejection of the hatred and vengeance that have engulfed the region this past year...
...family that came to Jerusalem with the Caliph Omar 1,300 years ago, Nusseibeh, 52, stands out among the city?s remaining political leaders. He carries intellectual heft as the head of Al-Quds University and wields political clout as the organizer of Jerusalem?s 1987-93 intifadeh, which helped spur Israeli leaders to negotiate with the Palestinians. Nusseibeh is using his position to push a dovish line at a time when extremists have the upper hand...
...unlocked the heavy doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the spot where most Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected; at night, a Nusseibeh is entrusted with locking them, safely and securely. It will take all the rationality of this Nusseibeh to ensure that the intifadeh doesn?t become such an enduring tradition...
...basically leading us into a trap of insanity, a whirlpool of vicious acts and bloodletting. Listening to the radical rhetoric on both sides now is terrifying. People need to be made to take decisions about the issues that seem irresolvable and which have become more entrenched during the intifadeh...