Emile, your post is from a Palestenian news source and obviously just like other similar sources it is expected that it will present any situation in a manner that is favorable to their position. I am sure that if you read a Israeli newspaper it will say the opposite.
But what we are all curious to know is what should be done to stop the killing in both the Palestenian territories as well as in Israel. Why is the Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and the Hezbollah not seen by the normal Palestenian as one that is also the cause of their misery along with the Israeli army occupation? Why are we silent on that. Don't you think we all peace loving and sane people should speak out in one voice even against the Hamas. Who is going to do that if it is not you, me and others. After all we want a solution and not finger pointing.
I know that the IDF is subjected to a war crimes tribunal in the International courts if they commit crimes against civilian population such as genocide etc. Is it your opinion that Hamas, Islamic Jihad etc. are also subjected to the same laws of a civilized society such as Palestenian. If they are, then why does not the Palestenians bring them to justice and send a message that "we, the Palestenians are a nation of laws even though we do not have nationhood yet. We have that pride in us to remain loyal to a set of laws, in spite of us not being a nation."
May I ask you to see how Gandhi staged his struggle to gain independence for India. His notion of a martyr is totally different from a martyr that Mr. Arafat thinks. Gandhi would go down fighting without firing a single bullet back. He would shame his enemy into conceding. After all we all are humans, Americans, British, Jewish, Russians, Hindus, Chinese or what have you. We all are capable of being shamed into our actions and thereby be forced to concede. The Israelis can be shamed into conceding a Palestenian peace if Arafat and other Palestenian leaders follow the path of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Not intifada. That was relevant during the times of Islam's founding. It is no longer relevant today.
Curious to know what you think. I hope I have not attacked you personally and that I have succeeded in keeping it at a level that is purely an exchange of ideas, views and thoughts. I would only hope that we can keep off personal attacks on this thread. |
