The Sydney Peace Foundation is awarding its 2003 peace prize to Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi. The lone Jewish member of the award committee, Stella Cornelius, resigned in protest. Ashrawi voted against changing the PLO charter to eliminate the call for Israel’s destruction, maintains that Hamas is not a terrorist group and has said Israelis living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are legitimate targets for attack.
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