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THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT:
SOME CRUCIAL LINKS FOR INFORMATION & NEWS

Background of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Contains crucial information on the major myths and misconceptions of the conflict, including the most critical one of all: the facts of Barak's offer at Camp David. Most important: a downloadable map of the proposed state of Palestine under his offer. Also, key quotes from Israeli leaders that decode much of the spin we hear everyday on the news.

Read the incredibly important article: "The Iron Wall."

Gush Shalom: The Barak Plan
One of the two most important Israeli/Jewish peace groups. They present their information calmly and rationally. Well organized and thoughtful wesite. These maps will amaze you.

Amnesty International
An internationally recognized and well-respected group. One of the first major human rights groups to have the courage to speak out about Israeli disregard for international norms of civil liberties on the West Bank.

Bet T'selem
The other major Israeli/Jewish peace group. They take a very legalistic approach but incredibly important background information completely free of "spin" or propaganda. Read the article on the devious legal moves of the Israel government used to confiscate land from the indigenous Arabs.

Apartheid In Israel
Bishop Desmod Tutu on apartheid on the West Bank.

Tikkun
An American Jewish group dedicated to human rights, ethics and justice. They have a very clear program for ending the Middle East conflict and bringing peace to the region.

Key Points: A checklist of the fundamental issues in the Middle East conflict.

Gandhi on the Palestine conflict - 1938

"Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French...What is going on in Palestine today cannot be justified by any moral code of conduct...If they [the Jews] must look to the Palestine of geography as their national home, it is wrong to enter it under the shadow of the British gun.

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

They can settle in Palestine only by the goodwill of the Arabs... As it is, they are co-sharers with the British in despoiling a people who have done no wrong to them. I am not defending the Arab excesses. I wish they had chosen the way of nonviolence in resisting what they rightly regard as an unacceptable encroachment upon their country. But according to the accepted canons of right and wrong, nothing can be said against the Arab resistance in the face of overwhelming odds."

Mahatma Gandhi
quoted in "A Land of Two
Peoples" ed. Mendes-Flohr.

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