ASH Challenge: Non-violent first or second Intifada

[Osakadave]

I was reminded in a conversation today of certain events in Tom Clancy's Sum of All Fears - primarily the idea of the Palestinians taking up non-violent resistance a la Ghandi and Dr. Rev. M. L. King.

So, with a POD no earlier than 1914, have the Palestinians renounce violence in the name of their cause, during either the first or second Intifada, embrace non-violence a la Ghandi and King, and win an acceptable solution, all achieved with an established state of Israel, the partitionment, and the major international events pre 1980 - War of Independence, 6 Days War, Yom Kippur War, Munich massacre, etc. - and no ASBs.

 

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

I was reminded in a conversation today of certain events in Tom Clancy's Sum of All Fears - primarily the idea of the Palestinians taking up non-violent resistance a la Ghandi and Dr. Rev. M. L. King.

So, with a POD no earlier than 1914, have the Palestinians renounce violence in the name of their cause, during either the first or second Intifada, embrace non-violence a la Ghandi and King, and win an acceptable solution, all achieved with an established state of Israel, the partitionment, and the major international events pre 1980 - War of Independence, 6 Days War, Yom Kippur War, Munich massacre, etc. - and no ASBs.

Someone else did it before Clancy, perhaps Morris West (Shoes of the Fisherman???). If a major subgroup of the Palestinian resistance looked at Ghandi and MLK's successes and started non-violent protests, the Israelis would have had to give up REALLY fast. Just imagine TV footage of the Israeli army firing into a crowd of people sitting down singing 'We shall overcome' (in Arabic, likely). Even if it were 'rubber' bullets, the US public opinion would shift so fast you wouldn't believe.

You'd REALLY think the Palestinians would have learned by now that their violence gets them nothing but hardship and death.