To: Thomas M. who wrote (12948 ) 10/23/2006 3:43:02 PM From: sea_urchin Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22250 Thomas > US/Israel is preparing a military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Palestine And then what? A "settlement" giving Israel most of the West bank and all of Jerusalem? There's no way that would satisfy any Palestinian, even Abbas' sell-outs. > it should turn its considerable popularity, organizational skills and increased legitimacy into a full fledged campaign of civil resistance, mobilizing together with other sectors of Palestinian and global civil society against every aspect of Israeli colonialism and racism. Nice idea but it can't work simply because Zionists dominate the international media. In the world of PR the Palestinians haven't a chance, in fact, they are already branded as terrorists, anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers. Frankly, I don't think there's anything the Palestinians can do to impress Israel or the US with their plight or even their right to their own land. But I do think it's a very good thing for them to stop shooting rockets as their cost to the Palestinians completely outweighs any perceived advantage they may achieve.rawstory.com >>Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said the army would act against all Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip whenever a rocket would be fired from the area. "There is no situation in which we examine who fired the rocket," he told world Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. "The moment it's fired into Israel, the army will act against all terror organizations without differentiating who it belonged to." << And when they say terror organization they mean every Arab and every Muslim, in other words, Islam.