Israel and Palestine
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Note to Participant – You have been given this role to play for the simulation. This is meant to
give you an identity and a perspective from which to discuss the critical issues dividing Israelis
and Palestinians: land, security, refugees, Palestinian autonomy, Jerusalem, and incitement to
hate and violence. Please stick to your role, express yourself about what you feel the needs and
interests of you and your community are, be creative and have fun.
You are a doctor who has long been an advocate of non-violent demonstrations against the
Israeli military occupation. You believe that the suicide attacks play into the hands of Ariel
Sharon and the Israeli hard-liners. Palestinian violence gives Israel a pretext to keep its military
in Palestinian territories and expand settlements. Soon these “facts on the ground” will become
permanent so that Sharon can say that any Palestinian state will be nothing but a few cities linked
together in order to ensure Israeli security.
You also feel that it is critical for the United States to realize that actively supporting a peace
process is also important for moderate forces throughout the Middle East. Arabs will be much
more likely to support action against an egregious human rights violator like Saddam Hussein if
they see that the United States is also working for peace and human rights for Palestinians. In
addition, the killing of Israeli civilians simply gives Israel the moral high ground and erodes
international support for the Palestinian cause. One of the reasons for the success of the intifada
in the 1980s was that the world saw defenseless boys being killed by Israeli tanks. The boys
don’t seem defenseless any more and they use tactics that repel most people.
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