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Sitting in front of his blackboard in a Gaza university, Professor Mohammed Shabir, 60, is more at home in the microscopic realms of squirming protozoa than he is with Palestinian realpolitik. But that may soon change. The main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas need to come up with a compromise candidate for prime minister of a unity government led by technocrats, and Shabir may be just the man. The position needs someone respected by the armed Palestinian factions, who at the same time is acceptable to the international community, which has withheld funds from the Palestinian Authority since Hamas took...
This is not to say that there is no place for individual activism in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. International Red Cross volunteers routinely put their lives on the line to bring medical and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians affected by the conflict. By recognizing that the politics of the region are best left in the hands of politicians and diplomats, these volunteers are able to perform vital services for Palestinian society...
...Name is Rachel Corrie” is based on the letters and journal entries of American student Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003. Ruled to be an accident by an Israeli Army inquiry, Corrie’s death nonetheless became a cause célèbre among the far left. The play, which opened in London and received mixed reviews in New York, has been heralded as a moving portrait of idealism, activism, and the horrors of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
Corrie went to Gaza under the auspices of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a group that, according to its Web site, is “a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles.” These “methods” usually take the form of sending American students to disrupt Israeli military activity including the demolition of Palestinian homes—some of which have been built to hide smuggling tunnels used to bring explosives for suicide bombers...
Palestinian militants often treat Western activists in the West Bank and Gaza with respect and gratitude until they find another use for them. Take, for example, the case of Kate Burton, a Scottish aid worker who was kidnapped, along with her parents, by Palestinian militants in 2005. The militants were only compelled to release the Burtons after the Palestinian Authority intervened...