Dharamsala (AsiaNews) - China and Tibet "risk
ending up like Israel and Palestine, imbroiled in a decades-old conflict that shows
no sign of ending. Political changes should be looked at from a realistic angle, not just
through the prism of history; doing so would only provoke conflict". These were the sentiments
expressed this morning, by the Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, during
an interview with the Tibetan service of Radio
Free Asia.
The spiritual leader of Tibet, in exile in India since 1959, has urged Beijing and
Tibetans to "stop looking at everything only through the prism of history.
The conflict in the Middle East adopted this methodology and has proved practically
endless: Israelis and Palestinians cannot agree because they both use the facts
of the past to claim the territories. "
Similarly,"The Chinese authorities and Tibetans should regard the Middle East crisis
as an example to understand the "reality" of the situation. On the Tibetan
issue too, we need to think of mutual interests of both [Tibet and Beijing] instead
of pursuing a 'I win, you lose' policy, which is not appropriate, and will not
help resolve the situation".