IN DEFENSE OF TERRORISM?

Friday 4 December 2009

IN DEFENSE OF TERRORISM?

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December 4, 2009 at 8:33 am (DesertPeace Editorial, Israel, Occupied West Bank, Palestine, Settler Violence, Terrorism)

DesertPeace, nor any of its Associates are not defenders of terrorism or terrorists….. on either side. I was questioned by many readers this week about a certain post that appeared on this Blog. Some had the impression that the post was in support of what appeared to be a terrorist attack on the part of a Palestinian. Nothing is further from the truth.The post was a condemnation of an attack by settlers on that man in the Occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian in question allegedly stabbed a Jewish woman at a gas station, resulting in the woman’s husband running him down with his car TWICE.

This incident occurred outside one of the most vicious settlements of all, Kiryat Arba. This particular settlement is home to the Rabbi Meir Kahane Memorial Park, in memory of the founder of Kach, a Jewish religious and nationalist right wing organization designated as a terrorist group by the US, the EU and Israel. The grave of Baruch Goldstein, who perpetrated the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre lies across the street from the park and has become a place of pilgrimage for the Far Right.

If this had occurred anyplace else, I might have overlooked the key word ‘allegedly’, but in this case there is no way that I am prepared to take the word of the settlers in question. They are desperate at the moment, trying to get as much sympathy towards their ‘plight’ due to a ’settlement freeze’. There is no reason whatsoever to trust or believe anything they say. The largest concentration of thugs and murderers live in that particular settlement. They will do anything in their power at the moment to show the world that it is they who are the victims, not the Palestinians. This is NOT the case.

Hebron should serve as an example of a city where Israelis and Palestinians can live together in peace. It is the city that our common Father Abraham chose as His final resting place. His tomb serves both as a synagogue and a mosque. But instead of the peace that should prevail we have seen nothing but hatred and bloodshed over the years.

So, no, DesertPeace does not support or defend terrorism. It is not the answer and will not lead to the establishment of a Palestinian State. Trust and understanding is what is needed, not hatred. Both sides have to learn this or nothing will change. Just because the tomb of Abraham and His Family is called the Cave of the Patriarchs does not mean we have to behave as cavemen.

Below is a video which shows the type of ’people’ that live in Kiryat Arba…. you can see what the Palestinians are up against. Also watch the related videos listed.