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Polite people RSVP! This may be a bit of a twist on being polite.....

"The Israeli peace movement is coming back to life, and it's a very courteous movement indeed. When activists find objects marked "Made in USA" lying on the ground, they deliver them directly to the US ambassador to Israel. The other night, they returned a bunch of empty tear gas canisters - all marked "Made in USA" - fired by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The canisters are used to break up nonviolent protests against the Israeli-built wall that is tearing Palestinian life apart.

One canister made in the USA killed Jawaher Abu Rahmah in the village of Bil'in on the last day of 2010. Another killed Abu Rahmah's brother, Bassem Abu Rahmah, in April 2009."

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"The dominant concern in Israel is not for the obvious evils of the occupation, but for Israel's public image.

The IDF is taking a bizarre position by telling the world to ignore the unprovoked tear gas attack, the wall that Israel's Supreme Court has ruled illegal in Bil'in, and the confiscation of Palestinian land to enlarge settlements that the whole world says are illegal, and to see Israel as totally innocent - simply because Jawaher was at home when the made-in-USA gas killed her."


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