Images of Palestinians in US media

[Gar Lipow]

Nathan Newman wrote:
> 
> Absolutely- I've defended Palestinian terrorism in the past as a useful
> strategy at points. I wasn't making a moral condemnation, just a strategic
> one.  I think the Palestinians are gaining little through the present series
> of bombings and are losing quite a bit, so it's bad strategy.  But then, I
> said the same about the Israeli repressions which have become increasingly
> counterproductive.

Edward Said agrees with you on this point. In the Palestian and Arab
press over the years he has consistently opposed terrorism against
civilians as counter-productive. He suggests modeling a Palestianian
movement along the lines of the path the ANC followed in South Africa.
(Note that the ANC was NOT non-violent, but it combined carefully
targeted violence with Civil disobedience and really effective
international organizing, and propaganda.)