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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 04:49 30/10/2007 Ashrawi: Palestinians face one of most difficult phases in their history By The Assciated Press ATLANTA - The Palestinian people have plunged into a deep depression with unemployment and poverty at record levels, and peace with Israel is the only answer, longtime Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi said Monday. "Palestinians are experiencing one of the most difficult phases in our history," said Ashrawi, an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and an active voice in the Mideast peace process. Advertisement "Now we see not just a political and economic battle but a battle over the soul of Palestine," she told an audience of about 200 gathered at Emory University. "We find ourselves in the grip of ... the deconstruction of Palestine." "Nearly 75 percent of Palestinians living in Gaza are dependent on welfare and the territory's unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 50 percent," she said. Conditions have worsened in Gaza since the militant Islamic group Hamas seized control in June. Ashrawi's lecture was part of a series of speeches on the Emory campus focusing on peace building in wartorn regions. One of the more controversial lectures was by former President Jimmy Carter, who spoke there about his much-criticized book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. The book was condemned by critics and Jewish groups for comparing Israeli actions in Palestine to the oppression of blacks under South Africa's apartheid regime. Ashrawi praised Carter as a prophet and a man of conscience, and one of a dwindling number of people who still believe peace is possible in the Mideast. She noted that peace talks must move forward as opposed to waiting for the violence to subside. "You cannot hold peace hostage and say, 'Until every single Palestinian becomes peaceful, I'm not going to have talks,'" Ashrawi said. "You have to talk in order to bring about peace." . 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Save the children One third of recent sexual assault complaints emerged from Haredi communities.   1.   Peace ? 05:21  |  HonestAbe 30/10/07   2.   Correction 06:00  |  Paulo 30/10/07   3.   Oh Come on Ashrawi: And I dare you 06:05  |  Brad 30/10/07   4.   problem in Gaza--no some self-infliction here? 06:10  |  bob 30/10/07   5.   What`s There To Decide? 06:43  |  Yosemite 30/10/07   6.   Ashrawi support Carter in his statement that Israel is an 06:44  |  Ruti 30/10/07   7.   Jordan is a Pal state 06:55  |  Ron 30/10/07   8.   Ashrawi nothing more than spin meister 08:04  |  Joe Sittizen 30/10/07   9.   Arab League coerce arabs(pals) to oppose Zionism 08:07  |  Joseph E . 30/10/07   10.   WHAT PHASES?PALESTINIANS HAVE NO HISTORY COZ THEY`RE NOT A NATION 08:11  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 30/10/07   11.   awww, finding it hard to blame others for stupidity? 08:23  |  matt 30/10/07   12.   to ruti on the kibbutz 08:28  |  michael 30/10/07   13.   No Need To Wait 08:37  |  Yitz 30/10/07   14.   Paulo - May I ask one more time, a question to which 08:43  |  Ruti 30/10/07   15.   Ashrawi does not tell the full story 08:48  |  Dr. Jack 30/10/07   16.   Hanan Ashrawi 08:53  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/10/07   17.   Isnt it always the `most difficult` 08:59  |  Seth J. Frantzman 30/10/07   18.   re: Brad 08:59  |  Paulo 30/10/07   19.   Ashrawi digg this 09:14  |  Joseph E . 30/10/07   20.   Ashrawi digg this 09:15  |  Joseph E . 30/10/07   21.   re: Paulo 09:29  |  Joe Sittizen 30/10/07   22.   oh Joseph E 09:46  |  little Israel 30/10/07   23.   Joseph from Givatayim and His Songs 09:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/10/07   24.   Haaretz don`t be brainwashed by Margie post 10:38  |  Tamir Palestine 30/10/07   25.   re: Joe 10:56  |  Paulo 30/10/07   26.   re: Ruti 10:58  |  Paulo 30/10/07   27.   Thickest book=War&Peace(Tolstoy)..Thinnest =Complete Pals History 11:16  |  Alan 30/10/07   28.   Tamir 11:22  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/10/07   29.   The pals are only parasites 11:28  |  Eytan Leibovitz 30/10/07   30.   Dr. Jack on Palestinian corruption 11:35  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/10/07   31.   Palis. never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity 11:59  |  Kobi 30/10/07   32.   WELL SAID BRAD #3 12:14  |  B`Galil 30/10/07   33.   No Margie I don`t even if your posts are based on truth 13:11  |  Tamir Palestine 30/10/07   34.   So, Paulo, as I suspected, you refuse to recognize Israel`s right 13:32  |  Ruti 30/10/07   35.   Paulo, Colonisation is your main business 13:33  |  Aby 30/10/07   36.   who "Yaakov" really IS ? 13:47  |  ashrawi 30/10/07   37.   Apart from the usual platitudes ashrawi said nothing new,how 13:51  |  lakshmi 30/10/07   38.   Now its "ashrawi" crawling out of where?? #36 14:24  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/10/07   39.   hanan the eloquent liar and lackey 14:33  |  victor hardman 30/10/07   40.   MENDACITY AND ENGENUOUSNESS 14:36  |  Ian 30/10/07   41.   About the names...#38 15:08  |  Anne 30/10/07   42.   Tired of eating Olives and Salt? 15:37  |  Barry 30/10/07   43.   to Paulo - o "Portugues" 15:49  |  Barry 30/10/07   44.   History she said -what history ? Pals have no history 15:58  |  Sal 30/10/07   45.   Peace wth Israel is the only answer for the Palestinians and yet. 16:58  |  Dagma 30/10/07   46.   to VOICE OF MOSHIACH - Palestinians 17:24  |  Sandy 30/10/07   47.   Does anyone really care anymore 17:39  |  Ron 30/10/07   48.   Palestian Phases??? 18:00  |  Ken 30/10/07

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