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What are the challenges facing the new Palestinian PM | 4 comments

[new] peace between enemies (Avg. Score: none / Raters: 0) (#1)
by saul on Thu Sep 18th, 2003 at 05:17:19 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Hi daoud, I really liked that piece, thanks for posting it on Discordia.

The idea of peace between enemies particularly appeals to me - I think this is missing from representational politics in general. In britain certainly there's little to choose from apart from the colour of the tie of the politicians we're allowed to choose from.

Unfortunately I can't see the process you describe starting with Sharon, Afarat and Bush at the helm; none of them seem comitted to peace with the possibly exception of Arafat, but form my limited understanding of the situation he seems to have hardly any room to manouver or anything much to bargain with so I'm not sure how it's going to start.

The only thing that does give me some hope is occasionally meeting young travellers from Israel, recenly finished their military service and on standard-issue tourist trip around the world. Somehow they don't seem to have the ingrained militancy and arrogance of the 1967 '7 days war' generation that I'm familiar with through my family, none of these kids want to be in the army, and many have sympathy with the Palestinian people and distain for the settlers. If only the'd stay in Israel and try calm things down rather than going travelling!

Is there any publication, and any specific journalists you can recommend for more good journalism about the middle east daoud?

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