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Jerusalem Post reporter to address conflict in Mideast
Xochitl Campos
Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: News

Jerusalem Post correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh will speak to UNM students about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today.

Toameh is an Arab-Israeli journalist who reports from the West Bank and Gaza. He was invited to speak on the conflict by Stand With Us, a nonprofit.

He will speak at 6 p.m. in Woodward Hall.

Toameh said Americans need to take interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“It is much more complicated than what people think, and it’s not enough to watch CNN or to read an article in the New York Times,” he said. “That is why I’m invited to come here and speak to everyone about the conflict and to share my views.”

Toameh said Israelis and Palestinians must learn to live together in the Middle East. One group is not going to eradicate the other, and the only solution is for both to learn how to coexist, he said.

“We live over there together. We are destined to live over there forever,” he said. “There is no other choice.”

Toameh said he is obligated as a journalist to report fairly on the conflict from both sides. But as an Arab-Israeli, he finds …

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