Key Articles
MPT
Selected Readings Concerning the Peace Movement
Perspective on the MidEast Conflict
We recognize and affirm nonviolence as a way of life and as a strategic tactic that can serve a central role in the resolution of the conflict(s) in the current situation. We do not advocate any particular solution to the crisis but support a just solution agreed upon by both Palestinians and Israelis. We support an end to violence by all parties in all forms so that peace can take root. We recognize the right of self-determination of the Palestinian...
Occupation Kills Children
514 Palestinian, 97 Israeli kids dead in Mideast conflict Analysis examines those 16 and under who have been killed since 2000. BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip -- With the deafening explosion of a tank shell in a strawberry patch, Maryam and Kamel Ghaben, a Palestinian farming couple, lost three of their sons, a grandson and a nephew -- all children and young teens. Israeli soldiers had aimed at a Palestinian rocket squad, but witnesses say the militants were gone by the...
Clarifying the Occupation Lexicon
Clarifying the Occupation Lexicon by Amira Hass 11 June, 2003 Israeli reporter for Ha'aretz, Israel's moderate daily Israeli political discourse relies on terms that have become so distorted in meaning that the understanding of the reality behind them has also been distorted. Here are some examples...
The Ethics of Revenge
The Ethics of Revenge by Yitzhak Frankenthal July 27, 2002 Chairman of the Families Forum, and father of an Israeli 19-year old killed by Palestinian militants. My beloved son Arik, my own flesh and blood, was murdered by Palestinians. My tall blue-eyed golden-haired son who was always smiling with the innocence of a child and the understanding of an adult. My son....
Apartheid in the Holy Land
Apartheid in the Holy Land by Desmond Tutu Monday April 29, 2002 Recipient of the 1984 Noble Peace Prize. In our struggle against apartheid, the great supporters were Jewish people. They almost instinctively had to be on the side of the disenfranchised, of the voiceless ones, fighting injustice, oppression and evil. I have continued to feel strongly with the Jews. I am patron of a Holocaust centre in South Africa. I believe Israel has a right to secure borders....
