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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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CND believes that conflict between Israel and the Palestinians can only be solved by peaceful negotiations leading to an agreement based on justice for Palestinians and Israelis.
The creation of new settlements inflames the conflict with the Palestinians and endangers more Israeli soldiers and civilians.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Palestinian hostility to settlers has grown alarmingly since the start of this intifada and most of the Israelis killed in the present conflict have been settlers or soldiers charged with the task of protecting settlements and roads leading to settlements.
Beyond the local pathologies, the conflict over Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians threatens to explode into a regional conflagration with horrific suffering for everyone.
Do you think that the events of September 11th have made resolving the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians more important or less important for the US?
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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It was this rapprochement that made the Palestinians realize that the Arab-Israeli conflict and their particular cause had vanished from the superpowers’ agenda.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians exploded after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited a disputed Jewish/Islamic holy site in East Jerusalem.
Supporters of the Israeli state speak of an eternal conflict between Palestinians and Jews to justify Zionist militarism.
Palestinians and Israelis (or, better, Muslims and Jews, because the conflict is not limited to that region) can argue forever on who is right and who is wrong, on who is entitled to what.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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To inform and thereby educate both communities by providing comprehensive information about history of the conflict and various issues that stand at the core of the relations between the Israelis and Palestinians.
To take a current example: the present conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is not going to be permanently resolved by rational solutions devised from our more objective European or American view of their situation.
Ultimately, Israelis and Palestinians must address the core issues that divide them if there is to be a real peace, resolving all claims and ending the conflict between them.
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