A conference at Harvard this weekend to discuss a the viability of one-State solution to the on-going Palestinian-Israel conflict, had brought forth some organisations and individuals frothing at the mouth that the meeting was anti-semitic, anti Israel and in reality was no more than a call for the destruction of the Jewish State. It's all poppy-cock as an rational person knows. The range of eminent speakers indicates that this is not just a talk-fest.
One of the organisers of the conference writes in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post:
"For some, everything that happens in the Middle East is viewed through the prism of what is best for the Jewish people. But the Palestinians are people, too. Preserving “Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish people” is a costly endeavor. And I regret that the cost is borne almost exclusively by Palestinians living under apartheid.
It is also worth asking whether permanent occupation is good for the Jewish people. Palestinians learn about thousands of years of Jewish suffering, persecution and genocide, and we wonder whether Israel can really be the height of Jewish achievement. Did the Jewish people survive for so long only to become another people’s occupiers and permanent oppressors?"
Read the complete piece here.
One of the organisers of the conference writes in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post:
"For some, everything that happens in the Middle East is viewed through the prism of what is best for the Jewish people. But the Palestinians are people, too. Preserving “Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish people” is a costly endeavor. And I regret that the cost is borne almost exclusively by Palestinians living under apartheid.
It is also worth asking whether permanent occupation is good for the Jewish people. Palestinians learn about thousands of years of Jewish suffering, persecution and genocide, and we wonder whether Israel can really be the height of Jewish achievement. Did the Jewish people survive for so long only to become another people’s occupiers and permanent oppressors?"
Read the complete piece here.
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