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What PODs are needed to have a large push towards nonviolent resistance on the part of the Palestinians against the Israelis? Personally, I think the best time for this would be during the First Intifada.

A few things that would be needed, I think, would be a leader promoting something like this, and a cultural feeling that it would actually succeed. IMHO I think Mubarak Awad would fit the bill for someone promoting nonviolent resistance, though I could see the danger of a backlash against him since he's Western-educated and a Christian. Nevertheless, what would change if, instead of suicide bombings and armed resistance, a movement developed much like the Civil Rights movement in the USA?

What would be the Israeli reaction to it? Would it end up with greater international sympathy for the Palestinians? This might be ASB, but could we see a Palestinian state much earlier ITTL?
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