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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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Karl, I believe rockets are retaliation to the retaliation of retaliation. Pointing the finger of blame is useless at this moment, peace is both feasible and a better option than war. The threat to both communities arises from conflict, and they are better off living peacefully. The way this could be achieved should be a matter of debate, rather than anything else. You think more violence will change the situation? There has to be a fair solution, no more blood should be shed over this.
459 xp
58 posts
Karl, I believe rockets are retaliation to the retaliation of retaliation. Pointing the finger of blame is useless at this moment, peace is both feasible and a better option than war. The threat to both communities arises from conflict, and they are better off living peacefully. The way this could be achieved should be a matter of debate, rather than anything else. You think more violence will change the situation? There has to be a fair solution, no more blood should be shed over this.
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In spite of the current 'imbalance' hamas and the plo have no qualms about aiming their rockets at civilian targets (or firing them from civilian areas). Surely if they fired no rockets at all, peace would more feasible than if they had thermo-nuclear capability instead
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