re about this center for policy resea it seems to me that many readers of this conference are interested who is behind the center for polict research i will oblige my name is elias davidsson icelandic citizen born in palestine my mother was thrown from germany because she belonged to the undesirables at that times this group was defined as jews she was forced to go to palestine due to many cynical factors i have meanwhile settled in iceland years ago and met many people who were thrown out from my homeland palestine because of the same reason they belonged to the indesirables these people include my neighbors in jerusalem with the children of whom i played as child their crime theyare not jews my conscience does not accept such injustice period my work for justice is done in the name of my principled opposition to racism and racial discrimination those who protest against such practices in arab countries have my support as long as their protest is based on a principled position but not as a tactic to deflect criticism from israel the struggle against discrimination and racism is universal the center for policy research is a name i gave to those activities undertaken under my guidance in different domains and which command the support of many volunteers in iceland it is however not a formal institution and works with minimal funds professionally i am music teacher and composer i have published several pieces and my piano music is taught widely in europe i would hope that discussion about israel palestine be conducted in a more civilized manner calling names is not helpful elias davidsson iceland
