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We debate if the high-profile Jerusalem synagogue massacre by PFLP militants may be a sign of the re-emergence of leftist armed organizations worldwide.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist-Leninist group, has claimed responsibility for the Synagogue attack in Jerusalem on 18 November 2014. The group was established as a response to Israel’s 1967 occupation of West Bank by Israel and is described as a terrorist organization by the US, Canada and the European Union. During the 1970s, PFLP was associated with many international Marxist militant groups such as the Japanese Red Army, and Germany’s Baader Meinhof organization. These left-wing armed groups were very active in the 1970s and 1980s but faded away with the decline of the PFLP and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to be feed by confrontational discourses. Do you think this attack on the Jewish community can be considered part of a new trend in revolutionary movements, or is it another example of attack motivated by ethnic or religious hatred?
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Did anywhere I said that Arafat was a nice guy? I just resumed the "offers" from Israel at that time and the fact that nobody could accept them. Now, there are tremendous problems from Palestinian authorities too, but I believe Israel has the power to change things. Why is-it that they are the one making the offers? And that the Palestinians have to accept or refuse them? Israel clearly has the superiority, so consequently more responsibility in the problem. Why are they still building settlements? I don't see clear signs of peace on their side either...
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The problem with the palestinian side of the story (which i am familiar-ish) and the media attention it got is that American negoting team nade a point of recording the final offer... and ever since then, those who sat in camp David have been increasingly transparent about the role arafat played in destroying any chance of peace. Also if arafat was such a kind, willing negotiator, why did he order riots in East Jerusalem that led to the third (I lose count) intifada?
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