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Tuesday Feb 03, 2009

Palestinian blogger answers readers' questions

Posted by R.B.

Following last week's invitation to submit your questions about anything related to Israel-Palestinian relations to our Palestinian blogger Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad who writes on BlogCentral's The Other View, Ziad has patiently answered every question sent in. The exchange is below.

Dear Readers

I want to make several points clear. First of all I do not represent Hamas nor anyone else. I have answered you based on what I hear in the Palestinian community and people's reactions to the conflict. Some answers will be also based on what Palestinians consider beliefs. Thank you for your questions; it was interesting.

Ziad

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Wednesday Jan 28, 2009

Q & A with Palestinian blogger

Posted by R.B.

Following the recent blog entry titled The war is over. Now what? by our Palestinian blogger Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad in which a string of questions were asked to him in talkback form, we have decided to open a Q&A session with him in order to enable a more flexible conversation from taking place.

You are invited to read Ziad's blog entries and to send him any question related to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the recent IDF operation Cast Lead, Palestinian daily life, Palestinian politics, the Palestinian Authority, Islam, Hamas, and so on. Please keep in mind that Ziad is not an "expert" of any sort and that this session is meant to be educational and informative, aimed at getting an 'insider's perspective' from a Palestinian point of view.

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Nico, Italy: Everibody has the right to live in peace, but each side needs to do their part!

Renny: Further to my previous article I would suggest to the Minister to close the firms bringing in foreign workers thus forcing Israelis to work as he seems to suggst that they don't wish to do so, thus avoiding foreigners to come to Israel and having children here. Until that happens all those borne here should be allowed to stay. If he sends the children back to their country I would like to know how he can continue to claim he is a religious man, I believe we were told to take care of the strangers in our midst, but maybe I didn't ge that right? I am not a religous person but a humane one!!

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