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Suicide Bombers work for a Zionist PR firmSaturday 23 Nov 2002
author: Peter Kropotkin
How can you say that suicide bombing is the only effective way for the Palestinians resist?
For one, they have chosen military targets effectively in more traditional guerilla warfare techniques lately as in the Hebron case.
Secondly, you say "and it is very affective at that, causing havoc, fear and hysteria among the Zionists"
Well, it is definitely 'affective' which according to the Websters dictionary means "Influenced by or resulting from the emotions," however, I really don't think that it is 'effective' in the sense that you give. Yes it causes havoc fear and hysteria amongh the 'Zionists' (interesting term you use in this case, considering that not all of the people the suicide bombers kill are zionists), but do you really think that it gets them closer to their goal? Maybe if their goal is pure, emotional, non-tactical revenge? But what they do cause is entrenchment of right-wing hard line Israeli ideology.
If I didn't know better, I would say that the suicide bombers are actually working in a PR Firm for Sharon's government.
I think that a much more effective strategy would be many more mass peaceful demonstrations of a refusal to abide by Israel's closure and curfew policies (like in Nablus a couple of months ago), much more participation in joint demonstrations with groups like Ta'ayush, and even strategic guerilla attacks against explicitly military targets.
This would be much more effective in undermining the position of the Sharon governemnt and gaining international solidarity for the Palestinian cause.
One can understand how someone get into the terrible situation where they are willing to blow themselves up in an act of emotional revenge, but justify it? Give it tactical recognition and legitamacy?
That is going a bit too far.