(Jerusalem Post) Bassam Eid - While Mustafa Barghouti can no doubt make good headway advancing the BDS cause in Norway, for example, he would not dare to enter West Bank refugee camps and suggest to the people living there that they launch a boycott against Israel - because then he would have to offer a viable alternative. I know there are thousands of Palestinians that are prepared to confront Israel tomorrow, but I also know that Palestinians today loathe the PA even more than they hate the State of Israel. Hamas now spends its time waiting for some terrorist of any sort to decide to run over a Jew with a vehicle so it can point to him as a hero. But the important thing is to afford the people of Gaza the opportunity to live in the manner of their own choosing and not to allow Hamas to force Iranian policies on their own brethren. The writer is a human rights activist.
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