True, but it has to really be non-violent. Despite what is usually reported, non-violent protests in the Middle East are rarely non-violent, especially in a way that Gandhi or MLK would approve of. The media allows just about anything short of actual shooting at people to be considered non-violent.
There are basically three types of Palestinians: 1. Those who just want violence which usually includes the destruction of Israel and/or Jews in general (Hamas fits this exactly) 2. Those who are manipulated to violence by people in group 1 and by others (such as media people looking for action shots). Many protesters fit into this group. 3. Those who actually want peace and want to just get along. If those in group 3 can be heard over those in groups 1 and 2 then we can have peace. If those in group 1 can be marginalized or removed then their effect on group 2 will move many from that group into group 3 where they belong. Unfortunately, group 1 contains most of the Palestinian leadership who are more than happy to talk peace in English and war in Arabic. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > I think Vivec has a brilliant point, though. > > Much of this "conflict" at this point is a media game. Which the > Palestinians kept seeming to deliberately lose with their flailing > undirected violence. > > If they move towards more "traditional" nonviolent protests, > especially coordinated in multiple cities and even multiple countries, > and drop the terroristic violence, and limit themselves to protesting, > they are going to finally gain some traction, I think. > > Even if violence continues, if it is specifically directed at "police" > during "protests", it will seem more legitimate, and many people with > anti-police understanding will feel for their cause. > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Michael Dinowitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:337970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
