The unasked question, however, is why these Palestinian intellectuals are silent.

Palestinian intellectuals need to express their case directly to Israelis, in public forums, universities and the media.

Palestinian intellectuals volunteer that they have learned from Israel, even under occupation, what a democracy is, what a free press means.

"The problem is the Palestinian issue," said a moderate Palestinian intellectual here.

They left in a long motorcade to address a Unesco symposium being held here by Israeli and Palestinian intellectuals.

An ad placed earlier this summer by Palestinian intellectuals urging an end to suicide bombings because they are ineffective isn't good enough.

I see Palestinian intellectuals trying to fan the malice and the myth in the Palestinian community.

He met with Palestinian intellectuals during a 1988 visit to Jerusalem.

Along with other Palestinian intellectuals, he considered their main objective to be survival as a political cause.

"Just making more babies is not enough," said a Palestinian intellectual, Sari Nusseibeh.