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mister keller is wrongMonday 03 Dec 2001
author: arthur
Mister Keller is unfortunately somewhat naive. Yes occupation and economic misery can make people angry, but why do only Muslims (and ok Tamils in Sri Lanka) (ab)use suicide bombers? Gush Shalom is a frustrated group of people who lost their sense of reality and should therefore be very concerned, that instead of trying to be the forerunners of their people they will become traitors.
If they indeed intend to convince their own people to give up the settlements, they better change their strategies, i.e. demanding that the Palestinians also delivir their part of the deal instead of covering up all the responsabilities of the Palestinians.
I never have heard of Catholic rebels in Latin-America blowing up buses with rich schoolchildren during the civil wars in the 70s and 80s. Blowing up civilians is against every religion and no misery can condone this behaviour or should even explain this behaviour. If Palestine is ever to become a democracy, then Gush Shalom and B'tselem should demand the same respect for human life from the Palestinians as from the Israeli's. Otherwise these groups will not only lose all respect within their own communities, but they are also paternalistic towards the Arabs as they do not entrust them to have any democratic values. Ocupation is ocupation, but the reason for this was the state of war the Arabs imposed (and are still imposing) on Israel. Stop the violence and the Israeli public will be much more inclined to make compromises.