(DOWNLOAD) "Beyond Right and Wrong There is a Field--I'll Meet You There: Reconciliation Efforts Between Israelis and Palestinians." by Arena Journal * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Beyond Right and Wrong There is a Field--I'll Meet You There: Reconciliation Efforts Between Israelis and Palestinians.
- Author : Arena Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 213 KB
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It is not too much to say that the unrelenting media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian clash which focuses almost exclusively on the bloodshed and carnage has profoundly influenced public opinion regarding the likelihood of peace. The reports and images of deplorable violence, spotlighting the suffering of both peoples--entwined in each other's being--has produced a sense of irreconcilable difference and hopelessness. As Johann Hari observes, it seems that the Israelis and Palestinians are 'trapped forever in a demonic Groundhog Day where they endlessly rerun 1948'. (1) It is small wonder that the general perception is that the only negotiating Israelis and Palestinians engage in is with rocks and rubber bullets. Alas, it is tragically the case that a substantial number of Israelis and Palestinians long for peace while all or nothing agitators ratchet up tension and sermonize that the other side will never compromise. Optimism, it would seem, is a rare commodity in discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And so, typically, when the prophets of doom foretell that a holy war will eventually envelop the entire region, and when the terror campaign continues unabated, even the analysts jump to the alarming and catchy conclusion that prospects of a reasonable solution between Israelis and Palestinians are not only slipping away, but are dead and buried. The intensive focus in the news on the vicious discord and on the apparent widespread pessimism engulfing both nations in fact ignores the recurring public surveys indicating that a majority of Palestinians and Israelis are not only in favour of a diplomatic solution but also endorse a two-state solution. Indeed, a specially commissioned poll, carried out by TNS Teleseeker and PCPO under the auspices of Gallup International in 2003, strongly concluded that the majority of people on both sides want peace. The poll's findings were released just before the World Economic Forum's Global Summit of Peace and Reconciliation in Jordan, revealing that sixty-six per cent of Israelis and fifty-six per cent of Palestinians supported a renewal of negations based on the 'road map' for peace. (2) Significantly, what this poll and others suggest is that that a feeling of exhaustion and impasse overhangs the majority of Israelis and Palestinians. Of course, the forces of evil and destruction tend to mask the limpid truth that the average Israeli and Palestinian, the silent majority, wants to live in dignity, wants to enjoy and cultivate the beauty of their land, and wants to educate and raise their children in safety. Appositely, Israeli writer and long-time peace activist Amos Oz has observed that, 'This is not a Hollywood movie with good guys and bad guys. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a black and white film, but more like a Greek tragedy'. (3)
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