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Linda Benedikt

Linda Benedikt is a freelance journalist, specialising in Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East.

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Faith, not optimism: an interview with Sari Nusseibeh

Sari Nusseibeh is a Palestinian scholar and activist of independent mind who is committed to non-violence in both the methods and goals of struggle. He talks to Linda Benedikt about his Peoples’ Voice civic initiative with Ami Ayalon, and the prospects for a long-term settlement between Israel and Palestine.

What future for Palestine? An interview with Sari Nusseibeh

What are the prospects for the Palestinian national community in the wake of Israel’s killing of the Hamas leader, Sheikh Yassin, and Ariel Sharon’s declared plan to withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza? Linda Benedikt, for openDemocracy, talks to Sari Nusseibeh, president of Jerusalem al-Quds University and co-founder of the joint Palestinian-Israeli People’s Voice movement.