[lbo-talk] assassinating the reasonable

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 21 09:11:02 PDT 2003


A friend writes:


>I found out this morning that the Israelis assasinated Ismail Abu
>Shanab, who was a key official of Hamas in Gaza. I knew him well and
>spent many hours interviewing him. And while I certainly did not
>agree with many of his positions, if ever a person existed in Hamas
>who was open to discussion and compromise, it was this man. To me,
>he wasn't a faceless "terrorist" but an intelligent person,
>dedicated to his people, a husband and father. He got his PhD in the
>US--in the midwest somewhere--and I remember him telling me how much
>he enjoyed living in the midwest, and how kind and helpful people
>were to him and his family. He said it reminded him of Gaza.

So it seems that the Israelis want only "unreasonable" enemies, the better to demonize them.

Doug



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