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/nad Abdesallam //<■/)/ and houad Plgharabli. I nnersiti students from the Middle hast, listen to I aila lammal
address Palestinian issues ihursdai lammal a Palestinian journalist. Mill speak at the i losing etent of Palestine
It eek tonight at 7.
Statehood still Palestinians’ quest
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Reporter
At the heart of Palestine
Week is an effort to provide in
sight to those who may hold
the key to Palestinian statehood
Americans.
The week's events conclude
tonight with a panel discussion
on the plight of the Palestini
ans. The panel will include
several Middle Hasten) students
.ind La lie (animal, a native Pal
estinian who now works as a
journalist and author in New
York The discussion begins at
7 p in in the KMU Clumwood
Room
(animal recently returned
from a visit to the Israeli occu
pied West Hank Si bools and
universities are rinsed, strut
curfews are being enforced
and people are often arrested
for "looking suspicious " she
said
The curfews pose a serious
problem to the Palestinians,
said Kouad Hlgharahli. a Uni
versity student from Palestine
People are unable to adequately
tend their fields and have trou
hie entering Israel, where mam
Palestinians work
"Because of the curfews,
when you miss work, you find
out that your job has been taken
bv Russian lews." he said
The immigration of Soviet
lews to lsrat-1 has further com
plicated the Palestinian issue,
(animal said
The United States "is asking
for a freeze on new Israeli set
tlements, but they bring more
lews from Russia." (animal
said "Where are they going to
settle them? They go to the
West Bank and deport more
Palestinians
"It's mass deportations." she
said. "There's a continuous
crime going on right now in the
West Bank, but the United
States and the rest of the world
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is shying away from it bei aust'
they arc busy with the Gulf."
"The U S is protesting the
new settlements on the otic u
pied land, hut they wouldn't In
built without funds, the Amen
can dollars in taxes that go to
Israel," Klgharahli said
familial and Klgharahli said
the U S government is seen as
somewhat hypocritical by Pal
estinians
"They never impose ombar
goes on Israel or punishment
like they did with Iraq." )a
mmal said "Hundreds of rt-so
lutions were taken (by the Unit
ed Nations), some of them
unanimouslv. including the
United States, to stop the ex
pansion into the settlements to
reopen si hools. and none of
that has taken form.
"I think that's one of the rea
sons v\hv the Palestinians are
upset about the coalition
against Iraq, not bei nuse they
agree with what Saddam Hus
sein did. but because they see
the injustice Klgharahli said
"On one side they are willing
to go to war in the gulf, but at
the same time, when Israel o<
tuples the West Bank they did
nothing Actually, (the U S |
was supporting Israel and they
see the unfair treatment
Statehood lor Palestine is the
goal, they said, hut Klgharahli
said he is pessimistic about tiie
i ham es unless Amerii an puli
i v i hanges
"1 feel that the Palestinian is
sue is kind of skirted some
how." he said "There's a lot
of attention toward the conflict
between Israel and Aral) i.uun
tries This doesn’t present the
real problem I think the Pales
tininn issue is the main issue,
and it hasn't been given
enough attention
lammal said informing the
Amerii all people about the re
idities of Palestine is < rui nil
"I hifortunatelv the media
in the l anted States is vur\ hi
ased tor the past ttl years in the
Palestinian issue, pist to keep
the Amerii an people in the
dark she said Anytime the
i ham e is given to the Palestini
ans to speak up you see the
media covering up the issues
There will he no peace in the
Middle Past until the Palestini
an issue is solved, jammal said
"We hope ill the near future
we will i laim there an indivu!
ual state next to Israel We have
to start somewhere That will
be an international peai e con
fereni e in the United Nations
with equal representation from
the (Palestine Liberation (trgaii
i/.ation)
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