David B. Shemano wrote: > In any event, read the Al-Jazeera article regarding the "right" type of > "resistance," and what is missing in the article is any clarity regarding the > goal of the resistance. ... Is the goal to convince the Israelis that a new > independent state would not be a threat? Then I would think shooting rockets > at civilian targets from land you control would not be tactically savvy, even > if you could justify it morally in the abstract. On the other hand, if your > goal is to communicate that the State of Israel is inherently illegitimate > and you will never agree to a peace agreement that acknowledges Jewish rule > over any part of the area, then your tactics will be different. <
since they lack a state, it's very difficult -- if not impossible -- for Palestinians to articulate in practice what their collective interests, strategy, and tactics are. Of course, Israel's leaders like that situation, since they benefit from divide and rule. On the other hand, Israel has a state and is able to do articulate collective goals, strategy, and tactics: in practice, this involves territorial expansionism, neo-apartheid, invasion of neighbors, killing of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, collective punishment of Gaza, among other things. The collective interests of Israel are associated with those of Likud and its allies. Worse, Likud portrays Israel as representing the interests of all Jews, all around the world, encouraging anti-Jewish bigotry (a.k.a. "antisemitism," an inappropriate term when Palestinians are Semites, too). -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
