Talk:Elias Chacour
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[edit] Nobel Peace Prize nomination
- He has received many international peace awards and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on three occasions.
Being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize is an honor, but it is not official or even prestigious. Any national legislator or about a third of the university professors in the world can make a nomination, and there have been as many as 140 some years. Nominators are requested to keep their nominations secret, so it's only those wishing publicity who make announcements, and more often it is impossible to verify. I see no reason to keep it. No offense to the subject, this is a general Nobel Peace Prize "nominees" issue. -Will Beback · † · 08:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Palestinian
I'm sorry to see that an editor attempted to remove Palestinian references from this article. Please note that Archbishop Chacour was born in British Palestine in 1939. This makes him Palestinian by birth as well as by self-identification. Terribly sorry if some people find this an inconvenient truth. Majoreditor 05:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
This article still reads more like a press release than an encyclopedic work. And the final quote is far too lengthy. Please feel free to wikify and enhance. 18:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)