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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian children during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem, March 22, 2013. (ATEF SAFADI-POOL/GETTY IMAGES)
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Lebanese Kurds wave the Kurdish flag and a flag picturing Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan during Persian New Year, or Noruz, celebrations in Beirut, March 21, 2013. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
To the Victor, the Spoils
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lipid (c) with former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who resigned his position after being indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust, at the Feb. 5 swearing in of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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Israeli soldiers take pictures of each other in front of Israel’s illegal apartheid wall near the Qalandia checkpoint outside Ramallah, March 30, 2013. Israeli troops earlier had clashed with Palestinian demonstrators commemorating the 37th anniversary of “Land Day.” (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
The Cyrus Cylinder—Often Referred to as The “First Bill of Human Rights”
Clay, Babylon, Mesopotamia, after 539 BCE D x H: 7.8-10 x 21.9-22.8 cm British Museum, London, ME 90920 Photo: ©The Trustees of the British Museum
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January/February 2004 Postcard
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DEAR SENATOR:
Palestinian, Israeli, and U.S. citizens are all tired of the death and destruction, the enormous expenditures of money, and the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Please use every opportunity to support the growing numbers of Israelis and Palestinians calling for tough concessions and a final peace agreement.
Do not allow stalling and foot-dragging from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. No Palestinian leader can fulfill Sharon’s demands without giving hope to his people and a guarantee of a viable state. And while Palestinian hope flounders, Sharon builds facts on the ground in defiance of world opinion. Insist that Israel stop building new settlements and the wall that cuts deep into Palestinian land. No more assassinations, closures and arrests.
Please help bring peace to this region in 2004. Do your best to ensure a happy and safe new year for Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans alike.
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A new year could bring a new future to these children. (Musa Al-Shaer).
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With the new year comes a new opportunity for peace in Palestine and Israel. Several peace initiatives are being pursued by various parties. The Quartet’s “road map” and the “Geneva Accord” proposed by Palestinian and Israeli citizens are each receiving much publicity.
Additionally, more and more Israelis are joining the refusniks, and calling for justice in the occupied territories. More and more American citizens are becoming informed and joining peace movements. Yet this winter more and more Palestinians are facing hunger and unemployment.
In 2004, the U.S. could foster real peace on earth based on both official and grass roots attempts to resolve this half-century-old issue. Please add your support to this endeavor.
