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Delegates abuzz over ‘suicide bomber’
PUTRAJAYA: The issue of suicide bombers attracted a lively debate at the international conference on Peace in Palestine here after a delegate asked why “this aspect of the Palestinian armed resistance” was neglected.
Razak Kasim from the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission criticised yesterday’s panel of speakers for not discussing it.
“Why has nobody condemned the use of tanks and machine-guns by Israeli soldiers against the Palestinian people as immoral when we often use this word in connection with the suicide bombers?” he asked at the conference held in Putrajaya International Convention Centre here.
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Keller holding up a T-shirt
with the flags of Israel and Palestine side-by-side signifying two people,
one state and one future at Putrajaya on
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“But it’s not a pleasant feeling to have, whenever one travels in Tel Aviv, and we don’t know when the suicide bombers will strike next.”
Razak then said that Keller had used only a “few seconds” to reply on the immorality of the weapons but “a full 10 minutes on the effects of these attacks on Israelis”.
Keller is the spokesman of the Israeli Peace Bloc Gush Shalom and one of the five Israelis invited to speak on the topic Is A Just Peace Possible? at the three-day conference organised by Peace Malaysia.
Earlier, veteran Arab-American journalist Ramzy Baroud said many Palestinians felt that armed resistance, including suicide bombing, was the only option left for them.
“They feel that they have been abandoned by the international world,” he said.
Delhi University’s International Relations and Global Politics pro Achin Vanaik called on the Palestinians to pursue a non-violent strategy.
Prior to the debate, Keller apologised that his presence and that of other Israelis had caused “certain members of the Islamic party” to stay away from the event.
PAS had withdrawn from the event to protest the participation of the Israelis.
Meanwhile, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss had a lot to say to Jews who think that Palestine rightfully belongs to them.
“Our holy book Torah says that the people of Israel are in exile from the land that has been given by God to them.
“And that period of exile is not over yet. Our holy books forbid us to take the land by force from the Palestinians.
“Any attempt to do so is a rebellion against God,” he said.
The New Yorker is a representative of a coalition of Jews United Against Zionism.
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