Thursday, January 21, 2010

Wrote with Gus Dur at The Wall Street Journal


The Obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian Peace
By ABDURRAHMAN WAHID and ABD A'LA

The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2008; Page A11
The prolonged Israeli-Palestinian conflict has a far-reaching impact not only upon the lives of those who dwell in the Holy Land, but upon virtually every nation and community on earth. On a daily basis, self-interested parties are callously manipulating the most basic values of humanity and religion in order to advance their personal or political interests. Sectarianism, violence, arrogance and deception are constantly subverting the fundamental values of life, and turning religious principles upon their heads.