The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #42181   Message #633467
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
22-Jan-02 - 09:48 PM
Thread Name: Is Arafat Irrelevant
Subject: RE: Is Arafat Irrelevant
I think this might be the quote that is referred to there (thanks to the magic of the Mudcat search engine when I asked it to look for non-violent resistance):

"Maybe somehow something fresh will come out of this.I dream of a Palestinian Gandhi, who can get his or her people to realise that non-violent resistance would be more effective than stone throwing, if carried through with the same degree of willingness to die before giving in that the stone throwers have demonstrated.

I dream of him or her emerging maybe from the group of people who haven't had a mention so far here, the Arabic Israelis, the ones who managed to stay in their homeland, at least nine of whom were shot by their fellow citizens in the Israeli army. And I am sure that if that were to happen, there would be some Jewish Israelis who would be willing to risk death beside them."

Not quite the same thing as our friend suggested, is it, musicmic? Regardless of whether you agree with it or not.