What's going on in the occupied territories can't be changed by mere training or disciplining security personnel, because the expression of this form of racism is grounded in the state ideology and law.

Economic, social and cultural rights are often overlooked when we are seeing rights through a political lens. Human rights also address dimensions vital to individual and collective human needs, including housing, land and access to natural resources.

There are some fundamentals people really need to know about Israeli law to understand the nature and intentions of the State of Israel. It's not possible to attribute the mistreatment of Arabs in Israel merely to the spontaneous acts of prejudice by autonomous social forces. Formal discrimination against the indigenous Palestinian people and their property is organic to the legal system and institutions of the state.

I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.

We wanted a clearer master plan from the Ministry of Public Security.

Clearly homeland security has become more of an issue since Sept. 11. Both these companies have technologies that could expose them to rapidly growing, potentially large markets over the next couple of years.