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I'll give a slightly political insight on this issue, from within Israel. The past few weeks have seen an ongoing effort in Israel to report said page to Faceb
by yuvadam 16y ago
I'll give a slightly political insight on this issue, from within Israel.
The past few weeks have seen an ongoing effort in Israel to report said page to Facebook. There are two questions to be asked here.
First, is this a call for violence? There is no clear cut answer. "Intifada", in Arabic, means "uprising". Sure, the past two Intifadas (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) had a violent angle to them. But it seems the Palestinians, at this stage, have established that violence and terror do not help their cause. They understand very well that they can win (and are winning) Israel in the international diplomacy arena. So, violence is probably not the intent, but I find it hard to imagine a peaceful uprising, that does not expand to violent acts.
Second, why the uproar in Israel? This seems to me like a classic oppressive maneuver by the Israeli crowd. The status-quo in the peace talks with Palestinians is largely to be blamed on current and previous Israeli governments. Further expansion of settlements in the West Bank, with total disregard to previous understandings with the international community does not help. Sure, the Palestinians have their share of the blame, but it is clear the Israeli government is doing nothing to help the situation.
The better part of the Israelis seem to think it's perfectly possible to maintain this status-quo, all the while oppressing the Palestinians aspirations towards an independent state. This will not happen. As long as the occupation continues, and peace talks are stalled, the Third Intifada, Facebook'd or not, is inevitable.