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<h3 class="post-title subpt">Ela Bhatt, Mary Robinson and Lakhdar Brahimi respond to questions on the Middle East peace process from a young Israeli political leader and members of the Elders' global village.</h3><div class="quoteblock"><div class="quotetext"></div></div><p>Just after returning from their recent trip to the Middle East, the Elders asked their supporters around the world to send in their questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Here, Ela Bhatt, Mary Robinson and Lakhdar Brahimi respond to some of your questions.</p><p>Friedhelm Kuhl from Germany asks: <strong>"Is there a Gandhi or Martin Luther King in the Palestinian Territories?"</strong></p><p><object width="560" height="420" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ver… name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gA17uPZgQyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><embed width="560" height="420" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gA17uPZgQyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1&quot; allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Celina Marshall says that teaching children propaganda is a breach of their human rights. She asks <strong>whether the UN and human rights organisations should do more to help Gaza and the West Bank use education to move towards a more tolerant society.</strong></p><p><object width="560" height="420" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ver… name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ilv1WPCN-NI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><embed width="560" height="420" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ilv1WPCN-NI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1&quot; allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Davidi Hermelin, a young member of the Likud party in Israel whom the Elders met on their visit, <strong> does not think that the Elders’ statements on Jerusalem adequately consider Israeli mainstream opinion. Here, Mary Robinson responds</strong>.</p><p><object width="560" height="420" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ver… name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKZyB6FttEM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><embed width="560" height="420" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKZyB6FttEM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1&quot; allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object></p>

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