Comments on: Environment Journalists, Bloggers and Activists From Israel, Jordan and the PA Unite: Let’s Meet Jordan

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By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:24:18 +0000

Palestinians do have control over their destiny. The situation in the Israel-PA story is not a one-way story, Tarawnah. Israel is the most developed among all three in the region; and hopefully the others will learn from Israel's mistakes, the way Israel is looking to the US now to learn from the mistakes of the Americans and Europe. Israel has advanced industry and a high standard of living, so naturally greenhouse gas emissions and pollution will be higher. That doesn't make it evil or justifying attack. You could say the same about Lebanon or Turkey. Or Greece. The idea of the workshop was to gather young thought-leaders, writers and activists dealing with and interested in the environment (all from the region) so we can pool our resources on overcoming media holes on environmental coverage. And share our personal projects. It wasn't meant to be a political forum to solve the Middle East conflict. We hope it is a first of many encounters. There were no barriers to break and we all became friends very easily.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:24:18 +0000

By: Tarawnah

Tarawnah — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:41:47 +0000

As far as I can tell, this workshop was meant to put Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians in one room to discuss environmental issues that concern them all. In my opinion, to “forget about Israel for a sec” is to ignore one of the major contributors to the environmental damage that concerns all three parties – and more specifically Palestinians who have had very little control over their environmental destiny in the past 60 years, if any at all. Even a rational third-party with no “anti-israeli” sentiments would come to this conclusion.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:59:04 +0000

Let's forget about Israel for a sec. The PA too. Ask yourselves what sort of environmental activities are happening in the Arab world in general, and use that as a meter stick for accusing Israel of environmental crimes. Your politics and anti-Israeli sentiments cloud your judgement.