Since the inception of Israel, the Palestinians have been subjected to a use of force that is indiscriminate and unjust; physical as well as psychological. It is the force of one of the strongest and well funded armies in the world against a people armed only with rocks and stones. It is a force that goes largely unchecked and rarely criticized. It is a force whose blatant disregard for human life is blanketed by the support of the most powerful and influential nation in the world: the United States of America. In a time when national securities are tighter than ever, and the threat of “terrorism” is ever present, we are bombarded with images of organizations intent on murder, destruction, and the fall of the west. Organisations such as Al-Qae

It really depends on one’s definition of terror whether or not Israel’s policies towards Palestinians can be classified as “terroristic”. However the fact that their occupation has produced two intifadas does say a lot. Intifadas that have both been rooted in the severity of Israel’s abuses in the occupied territories, and while the international community in general does nothing substantive for the victims; they have little choice but to fight.

Many people are now familiar with the situation in Israel. It is a region often on the news and in the papers. Unfortunately, we too often only see the conflict from an Israeli perspective, and know little of the harshness of life for the occupied Palestinians. An incident of violence against Palestinian civilians is often reported in neutral language, reducing their suffering to a statistical count. On the Israeli side, civilian casualties are treated very differently, the tragedies of loss being individualised and personalised to a great degree. The media focus almost exclusively on violence, especially Palestinian violence, without considering the fundamental relationship between occupying state and occupied people. The question then arises of the right of a people living under oppressive circumstances to act in resistance.

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