Friday, Jul 16, 2010
Gulf News
Abu Dhabi The international community has been urged to wake up and correct its mistakes that have unjustly affected Palestinian people.
“The status quo in the situation is not sustainable or stable. This is what Israel wants — the status quo,” Rashid Al Khalidi, a professor of Arab studies at Columbia University, said.
“I don’t think it can expel the Palestinians and I don’t think it can tolerate the continuation of the status quo because ultimately the status quo is an apartheid status quo,” he added .
“Israel cannot continue to maintain the support of Europe and the United States as long as it maintains that status quo.”
Al Khalidi served as an adviser to the Palestinian delegation during peace talks with Israel in Madrid and Washington from 1991 to 1993.
He called upon the Palestinian people to form a united front.
“[Only] when the Palestinians liberate themselves from external influences will [they] be able to resolve this issue. But I would say it is up to the Palestinians in the first place to do something about it.”
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