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Wednesday
Nov022011

"There is no substitute for the strategy of popular resistance"

Palestinians must say no to negotiations with Israel — Amira Hass in Haaretz:

The extent to which the term "peace negotiations" has been prostituted can be gleaned from a remark by the EU's envoy to the Quartet, Helga Schmid. On October 26, in a last-ditch attempt by the Quartet to stop the Palestinians from applying to UNESCO, she said - according to sources in Ramallah - that the application for membership is like construction in the settlements: a provocation. It is not enough that the EU countries are not punishing Israel for building the settlements (Ma'aleh Adumim or Givat Assaf, all are equally felonious ); now the EU envoy is creating symmetry between years of violence by the occupying overlord and legitimate defense of the occupied.

 A clear argument of why the false symmetry of Oslo was a road to nowhere. Resistance is the only solution.

Reader Comments (3)

Hasn't worked in the last sixty-five years.

But this time it will be different?

Nov 2, 2011 at 5:45 PM | Unregistered CommenterPococurante

I fully agree with the article.

Nov 2, 2011 at 10:20 PM | Unregistered CommenterAbu Nuwas

The difference between constructing buildings in Judea and Samaria and Abu Mazzens UN bid is that only the latter is clear breach of the Oslo agreements.

Nov 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM | Unregistered Commenterwolf
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