Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawiis a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar. She was a protégée and later colleague and close friend of Edward Said. Ashrawi was an important leader during the First Intifada, served as the official spokesperson for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East peace process, and has been elected numerous times to the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ashrawi is a member of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's Third Way party. She is the first woman elected to the Palestinian...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 October 1946
strong israel leader
Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism. Now it is clear that Israel needs a leadership that proceeds strongly toward peace, or else the extremist right will hijack the situation.
maps process sharon
Sharon has subverted the whole process by turning it into something sequential and conditional and, of course, by making himself the interpreter of the road map,
war jerusalem recognition
You can't simply redefine Jerusalem. The Palestinian claim is based on legality, on the international recognition that the situation created by the war in '67 is not valid.
mean israel want
We know what they say, they want all of Palestine (including Israel) and say that negotiations did not work. They talk about wanting reform. That doesn't mean they will do it.
israel world moderation
It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no interest in peace.
gun cities house
We're here because we want to go to the Orient House. We're here because this is our city. It's an occupied city, I know. They have arms, they have weapons, they have police, they have mortar guns, but it is Palestinian and it is under occupation.
children men people
There are people starving in the siege, there are children traumatized and terrified. There are men women and children dying. This is a situation that has reached the proportions of a tremendous humanitarian crisis. It is a tragedy and every minute that passes we lose lives and more people are brutalized and traumatized.
ego honest politician
Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.
reality looks
It looks like we will have a bi-polar reality
blood drawing people
We need to stop Sharon. His lethal policies are drawing blood on both sides. That's why we need a serious intervention -- international troops. And we need to end the occupation if there is to be security for both people.
strong security-systems rights
Control does not come from strong police forces, does not come from oppression and repression, does not come from violating people's rights or giving the security systems undue powers
inspirational rely-upon suffering
We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.
country israel people
We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier...while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims.