Palestine
“It’s time for those who want to be pro-Palestine, to be pro solution. It’s time for those who want to be pro-Israel, and I put three lines below that, is to be pro solution, because many Israelis and Palestinians realize today that the status quo is not sustainable. It’s not delivering security to the Israelis, it’s not delivering dignity to the Palestinians.
And the only way forward for these 7.5 million Palestinians between the river and the sea, 7.5 million Israeli Jews between the river of the sea is to learn to live together or die together like idiots. There is no other way. So this is the time to be pro solution, to be pro peace and to revitalize a political process that would realize the right of both people for self-determination, for independence, for statehood, for safety, for security, for dignity, for justice.”
Hiba Qasas
Ali Abu Awwad, prominent Palestinian peace activist and proponent of nonviolence, Palestine has a conversation with Hiba Qasas, Founding Executive Director of Principles for Peace Foundation on choosing life, hope, the meaning of peace and how to break the cycles of violence and unite for a shared future.
“We believe that peace is more than political peace. We believe that peace is more than the absence of violence and we believe it’s rooted both in social foundations and national responsibility.”
Hiba Qasas
Biography
Hiba served at the United Nations for 17 years in various leadership and expert roles at head quarters and in Arab States.
Former Chief of the Crisis Prevention and Response Office in Geneva. Former UN Women Country Representative in Iraq. Coordinated Crisis Prevention and Response with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau at headquarters and led programmes at UNDP office in Jerusalem.
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