Well, actually, it's a quote from an article that appeared in the Egyptian weekly, Al-Ahram, last February, but it was timely recalled to my attention yesterday by IMRA. There is no historical, political, or social resemblance between the Palestinian liberation movement and the actions of the Taliban or Bin Laden. It is easy to make this point, but well nigh impossible to convey it when pro-Israeli propagandists are working overtime to portray the Palestinians as crazed and violent.
Yeah, we pro-Israeli propagandists really have to put in a lot of hours on this particular portrayal. 'Cause it's not as if we're getting any help from those sane, peaceful palestinians.
The article itself, by the way, is an admonition to the palestinians not to slack off on the "intifada." And, it should be noted, the author is an Israeli Arab who also happens to be a democratically elected representative of the Israeli people or, as Al-Ahram so quaintly describes him, "a Palestinian citizen of Israel and a member of the Knesset." Azmi Bishara, who last year used his political position to arrange illegal visits for Israeli Arabs with relatives in Syria (a country with which Israel is still at war), who is fond of making speeches encouraging Israel's enemies to destroy her and who speaks of palestinians as "we" and Israelis as "they" is currently still "serving" his country. But perhaps not for long.
