LAdies and Gentlemen,

I'm happy that I foud this site with this interesting information.
I'm a German-Armenian singer and actress located in Moscow. I'm working on a non-commercial, non-budget project about my father, who was born in an Armenian family in Haifa 1938. Although the PAlestine-Israeli-conflict is not directly concerning Armenian people, they became refugees.

For my film I'm looking for pictures concerning the time 1938-1948. Although I have some private material, I try to find out, where I can get more pictures of that time, which I'm allowed to use in my project without paying for rights.

I also try to find out some information and would be really thankful, if someone could help or advice, where to turn to. MAybe there are Institutes or so...who might help?
I would like to get in contact with people, who live in Haifa now and could say somehing about Armenian life in Haifa/Jerusalem.
I'm also interested in finding the department, which is saving birth and death certificates in Haifa and Jerusalem.

If anybody could help, I would be really happy.

Yours sincerely

Helen Walter-Kurkjian

www.myspace.com/gastarbaiterka

As an American I am embarrassed and confused by our "leaders". I think a lot of the inequity in our treatment of Palestine and Israel is biased on guilt over what happened during the holocaust, complicity with the British for the help they got from the Haganah during WWII...the US knew of the extermination camps long before they went public with it. And Leon Uris was a great propagandist for the state of Israel. The reality is so much more brutal...the people who supposedly decreed "never again" were speaking to headlines. Perhaps they learned how from the Nazis, rather than why not. In America it is tantamount to calling yourself a Nazi to oppose Israel...and so very untrue.

Dear Sir
Being balanced is tough! Imagine that in 1948, your family was enjoying life in yourtown, anystate, USA, as a continuation of 1000s of years (per American, not Arab historians). And in April of that year, armed gangs landed on your land and drove your family out of thier houses, farms, and life. Go and find a land... you are now a refugee.
This is what happenned to 5000 of people in Beit Dajan near Yaffa. My father was 9y old then. Now our houses are occupied by jews who were born in Yemen, Morocco, and Poland!
Can you give ne a balanced openion about this? You have to the same for tens of thousands of families...

I felt the need to say a little something but was not sure exactly which article to reply to so here I am. I speak as an American of Jewish European ancestry. And I want to thank you for the wealth of information here. Not long ago I was able to visit Israel/Palestine with a desire for more knowledge on the conflict, but didn't get too much, and was only driven to learn more on my own after returning home. Gradually, I realize how much is left out.

I do not know exactly what the solution to the conflict is. But it seems that the most important work to be done is in gaining understanding on both sides. The past must be remembered if we are to be reasonable in the present. I would love to see peace as soon as possible, but I think the real hope is in younger or future generations who will understand history from a balanced view and at the same time, be able to put it behind them to some extent; we need justice but we cannot hold grudges across generations. What one's ancestor did to another's should not be related to how the descendants act towards one another.

Again I don't know the "correct" solution politically (one state, two states..) The reality of the present is that there are both "Israelis" and "Palestinians" who have been living in the same land their whole lives. I hope that all living in this place will, some day soon, have equal rights and opportunities and live in a peaceful, understanding coexistence.

I am glad to see people from both sides of the conflict here who seem to feel similarly. It means that understanding is possible.

I welcome comments.

Shalom, salaam.

(Sorry for the excessively long post and only speaking English!...)

I WAS PROUDLY BORN AUTHENTIC PALESTINIAN IN THE STATE OF PALESTINE UNDER THE UGLY PERFIDIOUS BRITISH MANDATE, JUST ABOUT 10 YEARS BEFORE THE NULL AND VOID, ILLEGITIMATE, BUILT- ON TERROR "STATE OF ISRAEL". BY INTERNATIONAL LAW; INPARTICULAR THE BRITISH OCCUPYING POWER, THE PEACEFUL INDGINOUS PALESTINIANS WHERE LEFT TO FACE THE COMBINED ATROCITIES, POGROMS OF BRITO-ZIONIST KILLING MACHINES. I ASSUME ALL MY FELLOW PALESTINIANS KNOW THE REST OF OUR DILLEMA, BUT FOR OUR SUPPORTERS YOU CAN FIND THROUGH THE PALESTINEREMEMBERED.COM ALL YOU NEED OF INFORMATION. INSHAALLAH WE SHALL RETURN TO THE HOLY LAND OF PALESTINE!!!

This is the best site I have found, regarding Palestine's modern history. Thank you to all who make this website free and resourceful.

For god sake, start being pragmatic and realistic....
As long as arab leadership choses the extream route, you will never change anything.
I respect that importent site, that uses logic and dialog, however look around you,on arabs rajims, always go to the extrean and fanaticm, they continously choose to go with the "street" (despite being none-democratics). Only if that change Jewish socity will be comfortable and secure to develop a real dialog.
Unfourtently 63 tears later, it does not seem that anything had changed in the arab world. Pitty

pleas brothers&sisters send Ur children to palistian to learn every thing about thier country.and they well love it.I did . and they well never forget.

I love Palestine more than any thing. I like this great site a lot. I will do every thing I can to help Palestine and Palestinians. I promise. I don't know what is the best thing to do now but I am searching and I will never stop until I do. I am writing in English cause I don't have Arabic Keyboard. salam alekom ya a7la Felesteen. Felesteen el 7ora el arabia.

iam proud of all what u r doing in this site to motivate people palesinians to remain in touch with the land

vive/palestinians*alg