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is security not at all important?

Submitted by Roots Alive (not verified) on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 1:06pm.

Judy,
I agree with you on 90% of the points but I wonder one thing: when Israel's occupation's main supporters argue about the walls and checkpoints that they are for security purposes, and when they show that the number of suicide bombers in Israel have decreased, how do you respond to this point short of ignoring it? Do you believe that all security issues come as a result of the Israeli occupation? Do you believe that 1967 borders are sufficient for most Palestinians - if they are, is there not a minority of extremists who are yet unhappy with the 1948 borders or the entire existence of Israel and are willing to resort to violence to prove their point? My question is a tactic pragmatic one: to win the argument for one and moreso to actually solve the problem and bring peace and justice to the region, does the left not need to address these points, to meet the pro-Israel, Zionist discourse on its own terms to subvert and propose alternatives to its world view? Otherwise is this not a pushing and shoving match where both sides are speaking past each other, a mirror of the Israeli and Palestinian narratives that often fail to incorporate each other?

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