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Article: Amira Hass Speaks on Israel's Closure Policy at CPAP
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- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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AMIRA HASS SPEAKS ON ISRAEL'S CLOSURE POLICY AT CPAP
Amira Hass, a renowned reporter for Tel Aviv's Ha'aretz, spoke at the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine on May 8. Her speech dealt with Israel's closure policy, in effect since 1991.
Hass began her speech by observing that her parents had come to Israel as refugees. Therefore she cannot accept Israel as a colonialist endeavor. Instead, she would prefer to have the six million back and no state -- to keep the diaspora.
From 1970 to 1991, Palestinians in the occupied territories had the full right of movement. The General Exit Permit, Moshe Dayan's idea, was meant to integrate the territories' economy with that of Israel. Dayan hoped ...