Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: The Global March to Jerusalem, a brave and admirable attempt to awaken the world’s conscience [View all]pelsar
(12,283 posts)as per your style you like making up stuff so you can stay within your comfort zone......you really don't like be challenged when there is information you don't know about....this is now very very obvious.
now, close your eyes because this is a short history lesson..not for you
intifada i was a local grass roots rebellion against the occupation..though it was spontaneous (after a car accident) the local leadership took some control and organized it well.They understood israeli mentality (unlike you, perhaps because they live there), kept the violence limited and within specific areas.
They were successful in influencing israeli public opinion and to recognize the need for a Palestinian state, and oslo was born...this was done on a local level. Arafat, hero of the progressive left, stepped in brought in his "management and management style of corruption, tossed out the locals, and further developed his corrupt regime...and then started intifida II which had a very different charter of the intifada I and different goals.
end of Palestinians progress toward their own state.
now you can open your eyes.....