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level: oppressive colonization, bloody military repres-
sion in the occupied territories, our marginalization
in Israel, and the impossibility of talking about the
return of refugees. More recently, in 2014, another, very
“impressive”, movement has been created: the “Women
in White” are advocating “for peace”, which has a nice
ring to it. But the expression is utterly devoid of mean-
ing. So we approached them and tried to convince them
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of the urgent need to be honest, to stop the manipu-
lations and lies. Peace will come only if we build two
independent states, Palestine and Israel, within the bor-
ders agreed by the United Nations in 1967, each state
with its own capital, East Jerusalem for Palestine and
West Jerusalem for Israel, and if crucial questions such
as the return of refugees are addressed. It is that peace
and no other, which can create unanimity.