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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 3 May 2001 11:13:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > > 1. You seem to be saying that Israel and the PLO are equally bad. This is
> > > incorrect. The PLO is far worse. To say that they are equal shows your bias.
> >
> > And that remark doesn't show your bias? Please be so kind as to explain to all
> > of us why the PLO is "far worse"...
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> The intifadah.
Intifadeh (1979) actually refers to the open uprising against
Israel by the population, not terrorist actions per se. The
people throwing stones and bottles at tanks and soldiers are
the symbol of the intifadeh, not snipers or car bombs or the
actions of Hamas.
The intifadeh should, instead, be interpreted as the surest
sign that something is really, really, really wrong. I mean,
when common men, women, and children are willing to go out into
the street and toss stones at troops they *know* will eventually
shoot back, there's got to be a laundry list of grievances
that just aren't being addressed. I mean, how desperate must
one feel before throwing stones at a Merkava [Israeli tank]?
Unless that's a depleted-uranium stone, it's not going to do
much tactically.
It's important to note that the intifadeh has *not* been
"reinstated." It was a declaration that was rescinded some
years ago. The organised activity of the intifadeh period
is notably absent now, not that people and communities are
not taking it upon themselves to use its tactics in 2001.
best
LFB
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