I've been fighting a losing battle, it seems, in proposing that there are, in fact, moderate Muslims whose voice is a source of hope. The "revert" blogger who calls herself Al-Muhajabah has now convinced me of the utter futility of this line of thought. Her response to Sunday's double suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv was to quote palestinian reports of IDF reprisals for this atrocity back in November (in other words, to blame the victims).
Of course, she makes no mention of the suicide bombing that precipitated that IDF action. Instead, she implies that the IDF reprisals for the murder of innocents at Kfar Saba in November justify the murder of more innocents in Tel Aviv in January. Brutal and horrific as they are, the suicide bomb attacks do not come out of nowhere. When you brutalize a people long enough, they will fight you back the same way and meet your savagery with savagery.This is just one incident on one day in the Occupation. Read the whole report to get a weekly overview.
Very sad. Pathetic, actually. If this represents the level of ignorance and bigotry among the "moderates," there is clearly no dialogue possible.
