The International Solidarity Movement
A royalty-free downloadable leaflet from
http://www.omdurman.org/leaflets/ism_ter.html
Two of the ISM's
well-known leaders, Adam Shapiro and, Huwaida Arraf, defended
the use of violence against Israelis in a January 2002 article in the Palestine Chronicle:
http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20020129050221695
"In actuality, nonviolence is not
enough. Rather, what is needed is nonviolent direct action against the
occupation." "The Palestinian
resistance must take on a variety of characteristics— both nonviolent and
violent. But most importantly it must develop a strategy involving both
aspects. No other successful nonviolent movement was able to achieve what it
did without a concurrent violent movement. In India militants attacked
British outposts and interests while Gandhi conducted his campaign, while the
Black Panther Movement and its earlier incarnations existed side-by-side with
the Civil Rights Movement in the United States."
http://home.comcast.net/~jat.action/ISM_essay_ref12.htm
"Nevertheless, he [Shapiro] justifies the Palestinian armed resistance
against Israel as long as it is targeting Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Otherwise, he
is not in favor of suicide bombings." (Settlers are civilians so he is
advocating the suicide bombing of civilians. Furthermore, even soldiers are
legitimate targets only for other soldiers and partisans who carry their
weapons openly and wear uniforms or badges "distinguishable at a
distance.")
