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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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This is such a cliche. The international community and law views these "concessions" as intrinsic rights for Palestinians. Many Israelis see peace as the country's only hope to survive, as violence will only breed more violence, and one day this balance of power will be toppled. The consequences of this rightwing madness will only be catastrophic.
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When one side is doing all the concessions (sinai return, gaza, Southern lebanon) and the other all the demands, there's clearly a different understanding about the value of peace on either side. As Golds Meir once said 'there will be peace with the arabs when they learn to love their children more than they hate us'
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