Jenny Tonge was invited by BBC’s Today programme to visit Israel and the West Bank in the light of her remarks about suicide bombers (via Biased BBC), but clearly (and predictably) she’s learnt nothing:
In Israel, the armed forces have F16 fighter planes, helicopter gun-ships, tanks, even nuclear weapons. The disparity was pointed out to me by a civil society group in Bethlehem, when I asked why Palestinians used suicide bombers. “Tell the US to give us the arms that Israel has and we will stop such attacks,” was the response. [….]
It is certainly true that suicide bombers are regarded as national heroes here, but what else do they have – born out of despair and the desire to resist occupation, laced with religious belief. Civilian targets are chosen because there is no way of getting at military targets.
Well obviously they have to kill someone, so if they can’t get at the military, killing civilians will have to do.
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