Naomi Chazan
Professor, author, and Member of Knesset (1992-2003)
I was one of the first Israeli supporters of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. I’ve tried to achieve that for over 40 years. Yes, I’ve gotten an award here or there because I’ve tried, but I don’t think I deserve any of those awards because I haven’t succeeded.
When I [...]
Huda Naim Naim
Member of Palestinian Legislative Council (Hamas party), Gaza
I live like one and a half million Palestinians imprisoned in Gaza Strip. We suffer poverty, hunger, killing, destruction, darkness, and a lack of medicine and fuel. We wake to the sounds of artillery and bombing from fighter jets. Our children are killed and deprived of their basic needs. Their fathers cannot provide food, their mothers die from lack of medicine. The occupation has destroyed the basis of our life. [...]
Aisheh Awajneh
Director of Department of Labor for Jericho and Jordan Valley
Laborers constitute 80 percent of the Palestinian adult society and unemployment is also at 80 percent. This is dangerous. It produces social, economic, health, and psychological diseases as well as poverty. It is like a ghost that threatens us.
Unemployment is the most difficult issue facing the Ministry of Labor, and the occupation, roadblocks, and closures increase unemployment. [...]
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