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Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times
Salam Fayyad- The former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority
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"... We venerate Mandela for the transformative message he carried with
boundless magnanimity — a message of unity and brotherhood in the face
of division and bigotry; of peaceful transformation and justice in the
presence of senseless violence and oppression. His message awakened the
world to the fundamental principle espoused by Martin Luther King Jr. —
that “true peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the
presence of justice.”
The presence of justice requires that the fundamental asymmetry in the
balance of power between occupier and occupied be redressed. Twenty
years after it gained full Palestinian recognition of its right to exist
in peace and security, Israel should reciprocate by recognizing our
right to a fully sovereign state. It should be prepared to accept an
internationally mandated date for ending its occupation, and a mutually
agreed-upon path for getting there. In the interim, justice also
requires cessation of all practices that undermine our right to live
with dignity on our land, or impede our quest for freedom and justice,
as we persevere in our effort to build our state and deepen our
readiness for statehood." Salam Fayyad of Palestine
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Turning Points | The Big Question
Our Compass
Published: November 27, 2013
In each issue, the editors of Turning Points invite contributors to
explore one of the big questions of the year. For 2013 we asked Elif
Shafak, Salam Fayyad, Liao Yiwu, Rowan Williams, Mikhail Khodorkovsky
and Mata Amritanandamayi Devi: Who are the moral leaders for these
times? ...READ MORE
“Turning Points” is the theme of this year-end magazine as we [The New York Times] gaze with equal measures of anticipation and alarm into 2014.
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