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Some Palestinians Question Fighting for the Cause
(Washington Post) Adania Shibli - Adania Shibli, a visiting professor at Birzeit University's Institute of Women's Studies and Cultural Studies, describes the mood of her Palestinian students in the West Bank: "My students want to finish their studies, find jobs, get married, [and] buy cars and flats, now that mortgages have been introduced by Palestinian banks. They'd rather not waste their futures fighting for a cause that is proving to be a lost one." "'What had we gained from all our repeated intifadas?' some ask. The quest for national liberation, which many have lost hope in, is now eclipsed by the quest for personal, mostly economic, gains."