Palestinian non-violence

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 24 09:12:25 PDT 2000


Max Sawicky wrote:


>It doesn't matter whether the Palestinians think what
>they are doing is non-violent. What matters is what
>others think. N-V is a political act aimed at changing
>the minds of others. If others are not impressed,
>you're doing it wrong.

Does nonviolence depend in part on the exhaustion of your opponents? Wasn't the British empire near the end of its life in India? In the U.S. south, wasn't the local elite under attack from the federal government and national opinionmakers? Israel, however, seems in a most uncompromising mood, and has forever.

Or am I reading history wrong?

Doug



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