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All approached needs re-thinking time to time. If a great son of Bengal Netaji Shubhash Chandra Bose was not there, I do not think the British would have taken Ghandiji so seriously. There are many subtexts and contexts of every text. Certain people chose to glorify certain aspect of a movement  but that does not diminish importance of those contexts. Shibhash Chandra was there with his Ajad-Hind force in front of British "Raj" and Gandhi was the  less painful choice for the British. I think the British PM once called Gandhiji a "Half-naked fakir" and later "Her majesties" government was forced to deal with this "fakir" who won hearts of millions of people in the sub-continent.

Similarly after 60 plus years of yearning for freedom, it is only natural that Palestinians would have second thoughts about the way things are evolving. However non-violence is a powerful way of protesting and will remain a power way of protesting in near future.

Here are some interesting sites about Palestine...

http://mondoweiss.net/

http://www.btselem.org/English/

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/bibi-tom-friedman-and-u-s-jews-divesting-from-israel-1.323586

Shalom.

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From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 3:59 am
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          This is a new take on some thoughts that need re-thinking, such as Gandhian nonviolent protest against oppression.
 
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                     "The problem with the nonviolence bandwagon is that it is grossly misrepresentative of the reality on the ground. It also takes the focus away from the violence imparted by the Israeli occupation – in its routine and lethal use in the West Bank, and the untold savagery in Gaza - and places it solely on the shoulders of the Palestinians".
 
 
http://www.truth-out.org/who-decides-how-oppressed-should-fight-oppression65044
 
                  Farida Majid
 
                       

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