GA/PAL/725
26 June 1996
Citing the positions being advocated by the new Israeli Government, the Observer for Palestine this afternoon urged participants at the North American NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine to take a stand and confront directly such catastrophic concepts as a greater Israel, exclusive Israeli ownership of Jerusalem, and settler colonialism.
The policies of the new, more hard-line Israeli Government, if implemented, could have a detrimental effect on the peace process, Mr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Observer for Palestine said this morning, as the annual North American NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine began its three-day session.