1. Non violent in this case includes slingshots, huge stones, firebombs, and other non-gun type weapons. What is non-violent against Israel is intent to kill in America (and other countries). 2. Border fences were ripped down. Kind of an international no-no. 3. People on the Syrian side were bussed in by government supporters and the soldiers at the border didn't stop them. Same with Lebanon and Hizballah. 4. The UN troops in Lebanon are supposed to keep the borders between Lebanon and Israel quiet. Where were they?
All in all this is another attempt to show how much better these people are than Israel. These people being the 'protesters' and the governments who make use of them, not Palestinians in general. The true 'Arab spring' has been suppressed by Fatah and Hamas, but you'll never read that in most papers - doesn't fit the narrative. The voices of those Palestinians who want peace and freedom are routinely drowned out by those who are not looking for peace at all. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/17/the-spring-has-not-yet-sprung-in-palestine/ "The protest at the Lebanese-Israeli border was organized by Hezbollah. The organization, via proxies, negotiated the land-use, and, not via proxies, patrolled the event. The busses were directed to the festival grounds by men wearing Hezbollah hats. Hezbollah was giving out caps and flags and our bags were searched by Hezbollah personnel," http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/syria-playing-dangerous-game/story-e6frg71x-1226057037808 "Central to that choreography is Syria and the Baathist regime of President Bashar al-Assad, which is seriously under threat from demonstrators, together with its close ally Iran and Hezbollah, the catspaw they jointly created to control South Lebanon. For 37 years, the truce between Israel and Syria, where about 500,000 Palestinians live, has kept the border between the two countries remarkably quiet. The Syrian army has placed the border off limits to outsiders. Similarly, nothing in South Lebanon -- where there are another 500,000 Palestinian refugees -- moves without the permission of Hezbollah. That these two borders should suddenly be the scene of the coordinated demonstrations and violence witnessed on Sunday suggests Mr Assad, as he brutally seeks to survive, is now playing his long-anticipated Israeli card. He is cynically telling countries pressuring him to reform his odious regime that if they persist in trying to force change, he can cause serious problems for Israel. The extent of his manipulation is shown by the fact there were no demonstrations across the border with Jordan, where two million Palestinians live. Jordanian authorities intervened to stop marches towards the border." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337965 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
