Fawaz's first response

Janelle gave me the contact information for two Palestinian men, and both agreed to answer my questions. We have been corresponding through email, and these are Fawaz's responses, reproduced exactly as he wrote them.

well
i would love to answer all of your questions but that will take me more than 10 pages
so i dont think its that easy

for the first one my political affiliation i am Palestinian and that is more than enough for me
for the involvement i dont know what u mean cuz every one is involved and effected by politic if u find one is not effected let me know please
and the third one u have to come and see i cant tell u how much my life is effected by the Israelis violence and terror
and should we have a Palestinian state what u mean by that ?
its our land and home and u offend all the Palestinians by even ask this including me and when i meet u i will tell u what areas it should be
5 how Israel safeguard against terror ?
woke up please
6 what we should do against Israeli terror
7 its democracy and its the Lebanon issue
8 the Palestinian national identity ?
its since the history

but that make me ask u

How would you describe your political affiliation?
How would you describe your political involvement?
1. do u describe your self as a settler ?
2. do u think that we (Palestinians) r terrorist ?
   if yes why ?
   
3. do u think we have the right to have our own country or not ?

yours

He invited Janelle and me to meet him in Hebron, but that might be a problem because I have little free time, and Hebron is across the green line. I hope I can manage to meet with him, because his answers were very interesting and I think I could learn a lot from him, especially face to face.

Interview Questions

This is the first set of interview questions:

1. How would you describe your political affiliation?
2. How would you describe your political involvement?
3. How has your life been affected by violence/war?
4. Should there be a Palestinian state?
1. If yes, why and how should it come about? What areas should be established?
2. If no, why not?
5. How should Israel safeguard against terror? Is the security fence the best solution?
6. What steps should Israel take against Hamas and Hizbullah?
7. What do the upcoming elections in Lebanon mean for the future of Israel?
8. How and when did a Palestinian national identity form?

I heard a story today...

In 1973, Terrorists involved with the PLO sneaked across the Jordan border and took 85 students hostage in a school. The official policy of the Israeli government is not to negotiate with terrorists, but an exception was made this time. As negotiations progressed, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) prepared to attack the terrorists. They found the various entrances, located the hostages and opened fire on the terrorists. Instead of returning fire, the terrorists turned around and began shooting at the students. All told, 22 children died before the terrorists were neutralized. In some cases, multiple casualties were from the same family. We visited the graves today in Tsfat.