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Thread #47128   Message #703692
Posted By: Deda
03-May-02 - 12:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: PEACE in the Middle East (2)
Subject: RE: BS: PEACE in the Middle East (2)
At the site which I think Carol C posted there was a list of a dozen or so Jewish organizations, and mainly or partially Jewish-supported organizations, working for peace and resisting Israeli occupation of the west bank, calling for a return of the settlements, mustering support for Palestinians victims, and otherwise decrying Israeli actions against the Palestinians. There are many Jews around the world who recognize (as in the organization "Not In My Name" etc.) that Sharon's tactics and attitudes have been somewhere between heavy-handed and brutal. I have not seen or heard of any parallel organizations of Palestinians protesting against the use of suicide bombing, or objecting to the targeting of civilians by Palestinians extremists, or offering any kind of sympathy to the families of the victims of those bombings, or condemning the daily burnings of flags and effigies in the streets in every Palestinian city and almost every major Arab city. I haven't seen calls for an end to Hezbollah, or other terrorist organizations who are dedicated to the elimination of Palestine. If there are such, I would like to be shown how to find them.