Left/Democratic Palestinian leader says Gaza should be first step

international | miscellaneous | opinion/analysis

Wednesday August 17, 2005 15:28

by Peacenprogress

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, the leader of the Palestinian National Initiative (Al Mubadara), a democratic secular organisation working for peaceful civil-resistance to the Israeli occupation and for the democratisation of Palestinian institutions, has called for the withdrawal of settlers from Gaza to be the first step in the creation of an independent state of Palestine in Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem and the settlement of all outstanding issues including the right to return. Dr. Barghouti was the main candidate of the left/secular/democratic forces in the Presidential elections of 2005 when he scored a creditable 20% against the current President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.

See link to Barghouti's opinion piece on Gaza at:

http://www.palestinemonitor.org/nueva_web/updates_news/updates/gaza_first.htm

Comments (1 of 1)

its a wee bit premature for analysis you know.

by :-) neither optimist nor pessimist. - more a well informed realist.

Wed Aug 17, 2005 21:44

this article ought be in the other press section.
Readers ought also see:-
http://bitterlemons.org
the longest running site with opinion from both sides-

this week's edition has:-

* "Misplaced optimism"
by Ghassan Khatib (founder of bitter lemons palestinian side)

*"Doubts, hopes, and troubling thoughts"
by Yossi Alpher (founder of bitter lemons israeli side)

*"Gaza is not the last station"
an interview with Mohammad Abu Shamala
of Hamas, a general copy of his spanish media interview published last week.

*"A pack of untruths The day after disengagement the demographics of the state of Israel won't change by a single percentile" an interview with Moshe Arens former minister of defense, minister of foreign affairs, and Israeli ambassador to the United States.