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OPINION
Wishful Thinking: In Search
Of Peace In The Middle East
But such moments were not typical
of
the
overwhelmingly positive two-
route to a Chicago university,
hour
conversation.
Recognizing that
summed up his greatest joy
we
were
not
U.S.
State
Department
about the United States with
negotiators,
we
avoided
the pre-
one, simple sentence: "There's a lot
dictable Palestinian rage at
less pressure."
Israeli land appropriation
Sunday evening, Samir, a
and
Jewish anger at the
Palestinian teen, sat quietly for
Palestinians having about
most of the time as his father
20,000 additional machine-
and a colleague had an open
gun wielding policemen
dialogue with me at the
than permitted under the
Atlanta Jewish Community
Oslo Accords.
Center. About 20 people
The Palestinians, veterans
showed up for the last-minute
of such talks, presented
event sponsored by the decid-
well-reasoned positions. As
edly left-wing American
NEIL RUBIN
Ghassan Andoni said, "I'm
Friends Service Committee.
no peacenik. I just don't see
Spec
ial
to
I agreed to participate for
a way other than a Palestin-
The
Jew
ish
News
the reason that I attended the
ian state achieved through
Palestinian Olympic team's
negotiations."
party about two years ago. American
Andoni, head of The Rapproche-
Jews, who do influence the Mideast
ment
Center for Dialogue and
peace process through lobbying the
Understanding,
is a former fedayeen,
U.S. government, rarely interact with
which Jews would call a terrorist and
Palestinians. Nor do we want to.
Palestinians a freedom fighter. Dur-
As I bluntly told our guests, "I'm
ing a stint in an Israeli jail, a Jewish
not particularly interested in the Pales-
attorney helped cut his sentence in
tinians or their cause, at least not the
half. Later, the attorney was severely
way I care about Israelis. I am interest-
wounded
when two Palestinian ter-
ed in Israel, particularly its Jews, and I
rorists
shot
up Jerusalem's Zion
feel that occupying the West Bank has
Square.
damaged Jewish morale and dignity.
_ Risking further imprisonment,
We need to focus our energies on spir-
Andoni
snuck into Jerusalem to visit
itual matters, not military occupation.
the lawyer in the hospital. The Arab
So even though I believe Jews and
was relieved to hear his friend look up
Arabs should live wherever they want,
and say, "I'm glad that I know you;
most of the occupation needs to end,
before I would have thought the per-
which is the complex process in which
son who shot me was just another ter-
the Israelis and Palestinians are now
rorist. Now he's someone who hates
engaged. But frankly," I added, "Pales-.
peace and I know not everyone does."
tinian nationalism scares the hell out
Andoni added, "It's not so easy to
of me."
hate when you are friends with the
For this, a gentleman from Bosnia
enemy."
told me that he was angry and embar-
Perhaps the most intriguing notion
rassed that we were both American
came from Samir. "I want," he said,
citizens, adding that the Holocaust
"Israelis and Palestinians to live side-
should make me more sensitive to the
by-side as neighbors, my house next to
Palestinians' pursuit of life, liberty and
a Jew's. And if my children want to
happiness.
marry a Jew, so be it."
I told him that I'm concerned
Don't hold your breath, both
about such notions for my 10-year-old
Andoni and I agreed.
Israeli niece. She shouldn't have to
In closing, I told Samir to hold
worry about life, liberty and pursuit of
onto his dream because the notion is
happiness evaporating as a bus she's on
seldom heard through the very real
explodes or a terrorist randomly knifes
Hamas bulletins. Perhaps to his sur-
her in the street. And, I responded, I
prise, I asked him to ponder the words
don't remember the majority of Nazis
of the great Zionist thinker Theodor
seeking a peaceful solution to the
Herzl: "If you will it, it is no dream."
Holocaust, which was radically differ-
Peace isn't arriving any time soon to
ent than the Palestinian-Israeli con-
the Middle East. There's plenty of
flict.
pure hate on both sides and the com-
Neil Rubin is editor of the Atlanta
plaints about one another are as dead-
Jewish Times, sister publication of The
ly as they are real. But there will be no
Jewish News. Respond to his column via
progress without such talks, even
e-mail nrubin@atljewishtimes.corn or
when they seem to get us nowhere.
fax (404) 252-1172.
S
amir, a friendly teenager en