The 'Two-States or One State' public debate between Uri Avnery and Ilan Pappe received global attention before it took place on the evening of May 8. 2007. The positions taken by the two "gladiators" were known in advance. It was Teddy Katz who came up with the idea of inviting them before an audience, after the two had started polemizing over the internet.
Maybe not many changed their mind on the subject of the debate, but at least one went home knowing that the two camps of which Avnery and Pappe are such outspoken representatives, respect each other enough to continue together the struggle against THE OCCUPATION which was mentioned by both speakers to be point number one on the agenda.
And for this struggle, the evening provided, strange as it may sound, new energy...
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