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From today's edition of The Jerusalem Post:
Whitley [Andrew Whitley, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s New York Representative Office] also said that Palestinians must start acknowledging that the refugees will almost certainly not be returning to Israel so that they can improve their situation...
“If one doesn’t start a discussion soon with the refugees for them to consider what their own future might be -- for them to start debating their own role in the societies where they are rather than being left in a state of limbo where they are helpless but preserve rather the cruel illusions that perhaps they will return one day to their homes -- then we are storing up trouble for ourselves,” he declared.
Mr. Whitley is an example that the UN still has a number of people who are realistic, dedicated to facilitating peace, and committed to improving human welfare. Unfortunately, most of such officials labor all too quietly, while loud propagandists peddling political agendas such as Mr. Falk, author of a recent anti-Israel screed, steal the headlines, widen and harden divisions, and poison the atmosphere for peacemaking, improving human living conditions, and promoting human rights.
Whitley [Andrew Whitley, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s New York Representative Office] also said that Palestinians must start acknowledging that the refugees will almost certainly not be returning to Israel so that they can improve their situation...
“If one doesn’t start a discussion soon with the refugees for them to consider what their own future might be -- for them to start debating their own role in the societies where they are rather than being left in a state of limbo where they are helpless but preserve rather the cruel illusions that perhaps they will return one day to their homes -- then we are storing up trouble for ourselves,” he declared.
Mr. Whitley is an example that the UN still has a number of people who are realistic, dedicated to facilitating peace, and committed to improving human welfare. Unfortunately, most of such officials labor all too quietly, while loud propagandists peddling political agendas such as Mr. Falk, author of a recent anti-Israel screed, steal the headlines, widen and harden divisions, and poison the atmosphere for peacemaking, improving human living conditions, and promoting human rights.