Kesher Talk

Palestinian peace advertizing: A Palestinian ad recently called for an end to "military operations targeting civilians in Israel." The ad explicitly labels the attacks on civilians as "military operations", not as crimes, not as immoral acts. The rationale for ending them is the signatories' conclusion that these "operations" are counter-productive, not that they are unjustifiable. The ad specifically mentions "...targeting civilians in Israel". This implies that targeting civilians outside of Israel, and targeting non-civilians wherever you can target them is okay. This begs the question, how do you define Israel?

Sephen Sharkansky has background on the ad, a discussion from NPR and his analysis of what it really means. To sum up: "a classically duplicitous statement that is seen as positive by credulous and hopeful westerners, that is seen as a wink-wink sign of encouragement by the thugs and murderers of Palestine, and that is seen for what it is by those who read it carefully."

posted by Howard @ 6/21/2002 12:22:29 PM