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Why did your views begin to change during the second intifada?

Raed Hadar 5

Why did your views begin to change during the second intifada?

First of all, I had never previously had the chance to meet an Israeli. I didn't know Israelis and had never dealt with them, talked to them or even considered how they might think. With the establishment of the PA there was a relative period of calm during which the Palestinian people felt some kind of relative security.1 This went on until the outbreak of the second intifada and the violence committed by Palestinians and Israelis. The Israeli policy was to drag the Palestinians into armed conflict. Going back to the change and transformation I underwent, I met with some Israelis nearly two years ago. After meeting them, I discovered there were some Israelis who are very decent and have sincere and balanced positions and agree with the Palestinian right for a state and self-determination. They believe in the Palestinian right to live like any other people.
  • 1A reference to the Oslo years, between 1993-2000.