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Palestinians' Misery Self-Inflicted By Refusal to Renounce Terrorism
(Arizona Republic) Rana El-Khatib - Palestinians have a long history of preying on Israel's humanity. Palestinians have often used Red Crescent ambulances to transport terrorists past Israeli checkpoints. Palestinian terror groups have hidden explosive suicide belts under gurneys carrying sick children and in the garments of pregnant women. Palestinian complaints about what happens at checkpoints should cause us to think of the story of the child who murders his parents and then throws himself on the mercy of the judge because he is an orphan. Palestinian atrocities are why checkpoints were created. As soon as Israel removes checkpoints and withdraws from Palestinian population centers, terrorist organizations use their freedom of movement to enter Israeli cities and slaughter innocent civilians. Clearly, if Israel removed all checkpoints tomorrow, Palestinian terrorism would surge. Sadly, Palestinians continue to misdirect their rage at Israelis instead of the Palestinian terrorists within their midst who are the sole cause of their suffering. The writer is a Palestinian-American poet and activist living in Phoenix.