Haaretz.com's Bradley Burston features Palestinian-American journalist Ray Hanania in his most recent column. Ray is a frequent contributor to Palestine Note.
From the column, called 'A Palestinian peace plan Israelis can live with':
Ray Hanania is a compassionate and, in fact,
delightful person, with rare insight into the aspirations and failings
of Palestinians and Israelis. In the eyes of many, that alone ought to
disqualify him from consideration as a leader in the Holy Land.
Add to that, the fact that the acclaimed journalist also happens to
be a first-generation Palestinian-American married to a Jewish woman,
as well as a stand-up comedian who has appeared alongside Jewish
comics, and the self-destructively polarized electorate of the Holy
Land will need to expend not a whiff of thought in dismissing him out
of hand.
Which all makes his candidacy for the president of Palestine, and the Mideast peace proposal
that is his platform, all the more compelling. He is realistic about
his chances ("No, I don't expect to win"). But the Hanania plan
embodies the radicalism of the truly moderate, and deserves much more
than cursory consideration.
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