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Title: | Interesting article... | |||
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| Name: | Johnboy | | |||
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| City: | Sydney | State: | Australia | | |
| I`ll make two observations about it: 1) The author simplay assumes that the drop-off in violence between 2002 and 2007 is ENTIRELY attributable to Shin Bet. It`s almost as if it isn`t actually opposing a people, but some terrorist automatron. Harel, ever considered that 2002 was the worse of the intifada, and last year the intifada had run its course, and - just maybe - the PALESTINIANS themselves had some say in that? 2) The flip-side: do I detect a hint of panic from Harel? That he fears this might be the start of a *trend*, and one that Shin Bet will be powerless to stop? Coz, after all, a terrorist organization can be infiltrated and stymied, but a sea of disgruntled individuals can`t. That would, indeed, be a pretty scary prospect i.e. the oppressed don`t ORGANIZE themselves, but simply hand out payback as and when opportunity presents. You`d have to drive a people to utter dispair to cause them to act that way. Karma, anyone? |
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