Word: activistic
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...threat to Arafat's authority. Marwan Barghouti, 40, who helped orchestrate the six-year intifadeh from exile in Jordan, built himself a nice power base in the West Bank Tanzim until Arafat slapped his face a year ago for daring to challenge the Palestinian Authority. Then Arafat elevated another activist, Hussein Sheikh, to take over Barghouti's work among Fatah. And then Arafat changed tack again, publicly kissing Barghouti on the forehead late this summer. Both men claim to lead the Tanzim, both see their prominence in the violence as the path to power. Add to them the radicals...
...only way to liberate Palestine is through guns. My first experience with guns goes back five years, when I was given training by a senior Hamas activist. I'm trained to use the Kalashnikov. My gun is very dear to me. Through my gun, I protect my people and my holy places. I admit that I have succeeded in the past two weeks in wounding three Israeli soldiers...
Katherine Hanna, a self-proclaimed "community activist," said she expected this response...
...problem, the media is on the case and Tulia finds itself in the spotlight - a spotlight that has led to all kinds of grandstanding, manipulation, alliance-forming and hammy acting. In other words, Tulia has become Hollywood. Helping get national publicity focused on the situation is Randy Credico, an activist from New York. Credico also happens to be a middle-aged standup comic, who's performed in Vegas and does a Mickey Rooney impression even when he isn't asked for it. Earlier this year he served as campaign manager in the jokey bid for the New York Senate...
Theodora "Dorie" R. Clark, an Adams House non-resident tutor and Barrios' former campaign manager, described the representative as a "social activist...