it's now my pleasure to introduce doctor imad harb to add his enlightenment on the palestinian issue. >> good morning. i'm really honored to be your today with his distinguished panel. although unfortunately the circumstances of what we are talking about are i think are not really very auspicious our choice to talk about the conditions that are happening today, and what is expected to be the future of the question of palestine. i believe that everybody has already done a very good job in painting a rather somber picture of what's going on. the conditions on the ground in palestine today and the dire situation looking ahead. what i'd like to contribute, however, here are some remarks about what my humble opinion i think to be expected for the future of the tragedy, tragedy of a situation that has and i say unfortunately so far, because it's going to continue, has lasted for over 67 years. we don't kid ourselves anymore by repeating the dashed hopes of yesteryears that a peace process that could somehow reconcile which is truly become the reconcile the differences. and by the way, they

imad harb to add his enlightenment on the palestinian mission. dr. harb good morning. i'm really honored to be here this distinguished panel. although, unfortunately, the circumstances of what we're talking about are not really very auspicious or joyous to talk about, to talk about conditions that are happening today and what is expected to be the future of palestine. i believe everyone has already done a very good job in painting a rather somber picture of what is going on. conditions on the ground in palestine today and the dire situation looking ahead. what i would like to contribute here are some remarks about what my humble opinion i think to be expected for the future of this tragedy, the tragedy of a situation which has unfortunately so far, because it is going to continue, has lasted for over 67 years of dispossession. we don't kid ourselves anymore by repeating the dashed hopes of yesteryear's in a peace process that can reconcile what has become irreconcilable differences. they are only irreconcilable because the hope for peace has not been allowed to really