Sabeel Justifies Hamas Rockets

From: Solomonia
http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archive/2008/03/sabeel-justifies-hamas-rockets/index.shtml

Sabeel Justifies Hamas Rockets

The Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (one of the primary voices of anti-Israel divestment world-wide and a "partner" of multiple Protestant denominations in the West) has given Jewish Voice for Peace a run for its money in fake condemnations of violence: A Human Tragedy Called Gaza. Discussing rockets from the Gaza Strip......

"Palestinians resisting the occupation interpret the message of the rockets as a distress signal of a hurting and wounded community. It is a cry of desperation for help sent to the community of nations to come to their rescue, to lift the Israeli siege, to end their occupation, and to give them freedom. It must be remembered that according to international law, Gaza is still under occupation even after Israel's redeployment...

...It has been 60 years and the cries of the Palestinians have been falling on the deaf ears of the world leaders. Consequently, some Palestinian groups have resorted to violence but their message of need and despair has not been heard. The humanity of the Palestinians has been suppressed and censored. They have been perceived as "terrorists" when in fact they are seeking justice and freedom...

...Those rockets have been a blow to the arrogance and hubris of the Israeli government..."

comments by Solomonia:
If Palestinian Arabs want borders that no longer interest Israelis, they could start by stopping the terror attacks and showing they have a society more interested in governing themselves than destroying their neighbors. If they want to "send messages", try email. If American Protestants were interested in encouraging nation-building and peaceful concourse, they would be well advised to distance themselves from groups like Sabeel.

[For information about Sabeel, see http://judeo-christianalliance.org/materials/SabeelPrimer.doc --Mark]

And why is it wrong to intentionally target civilians?

Instrumentalism drives PHRMG condemnation rather than morality -- Mark

March 9, 2009 Press Release from The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)

PHRMG Strongly Condemns Attack on Jerusalem Yeshiva [excerpt]

While Israel's deadly operations in Gaza last week deserve serious condemnation, such violent acts of terror on Israeli civilians only further damages the future of the Palestinian People and hopes for peace in the Middle East. International and Israeli attention has now shifted from the tremendous casualty count in Gaza to the brutal attack on Israeli students in Jerusalem. International press and public opinion must focus on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the barrage of human rights violations in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in order to effect change on the ground for Palestinians. Continuous terrorist attacks not only drive Israeli overreaction, but trap international supporters of the Palestinian People. The Palestinian efforts for statehood and peace lose necessary backing (both financial and ideological) when fundamentalists resort to violent terrorist tactics.

In addition, the PHRMG calls on the Israeli Authorities to . . .

Abeer AbdeenPublic Relation OfficerEmail: admin@phrmg.org

The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) is a Palestinian, independent, non-governmental organization working to end human rights violations committed against Palestinians . . .