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Peace can happen in 24 hours....just like war can happen in 24 hours.

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Peace can happen in 24 hours....just like war can happen in 24 hours.

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About Sari Nusseibeh

Sari Nusseibeh (Arabic: سري نسيبة) (born in 1949) is a Palestinian professor of philosophy and former president of the Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. Until December 2002, he was the representative of the Palestinian National Authority in that city. In 2008, in an open online poll, Nusseibeh was voted the 24th most influential intellectual in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States).