Symposium.(West Bank settlements and Middle East peace process)

From: Insight on the News | Date: September 23, 2002| Author: Zogby, James; AbiNader, Jean; Feder, Don | Copyright information

Q: are West Bank settlements an obstacle to peace in Israel?

YES: Palestinian villages have been trapped and strangled within these Israeli compounds.

BY JAMES ZOGBY AND JEAN ABINADER Zogby is president of the Arab-American Institute (AAI), a Washington-based nonprofit. He founded the Palestinian Human Rights Campaign and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. AbiNader is AAI's managing director and president and chief executive officer of IdeaCom, a...

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