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Old 07-02-2003, 10:06 AM   #13
Undertoad
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Found: Diary of an ISM activist

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The reason I am here is to work with human rights activists, trying to limit the oppressive activities of the Israeli Army. The movement is non-violent, and trains people in that practice. Tonight I sleep in a martyrs house, which is a practice used to try to stop them being knocked down by the Israelis.
The juxtaposition of those last two sentences was the author's, not mine. His description of events is less than 10 days old.

This gent "on the ground" is telling you that he is trying to stop the Israeli practice of knocking down the houses of suicide bombers. The "pro-Israeli news" omits that point and so does Laura Kraftowitz... artfully. She has deceived herself and wants to deceive you. Her omissions are remarkable.

I doubt Gandhi would treasure this particular form of non-violence, which specifically defends the most abominable form of violence one can imagine.
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