Reader comment on: On Campus: The Pro-Palestinians' Real Agenda
Submitted by mike e, Mar 27, 2009 19:14
I had the pleasure to attend one of Mr Abu Toameh's speeches at my campus, UC Santa Barbara. In my opinion, there was nothing aggravating at all of his statements. He presented his arguments eloquently and logically with no emotional pleas and sought to educate the audience by simply putting the facts on the table. His opinion is very valuable because he represents an element of Arabic Israeli society which is seldom heard. Throughout his speech, although focusing mainly on the Hamas and Fatah dynamics, he saves no criticism towards Israel and the US for exacerbating certain situations. Of course, the dissenters in the audience, many of whom I know for a fact have never visited the region, seem to be in this persistent state of denial where everything Israel does is an affront to peace and the Palestinians are merely innocent victims. I wonder how it is for the Israelis and Palestinians to look at the outside world and see what a ridiculous drama this relatively small conflict generates.Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. This site reserves the right to reject anything found to be objectionable.
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