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Why
Terrorism Works
Alan M. Dershowitz (FrontPageMagazine)
- Within
a day of the horrific multiple bombings in London, the G8 announced
a $3B grant to the Palestinian Authority. The symbolism of this connection
may be lost on some Westerners, but it clearly sent a powerful message
to terrorists and potential terrorists: namely, that terrorism works.
- There
were no grants announced to the Tibetans, who have been occupied more
brutally and for a longer period of time than the Palestinians. The
Tibetans, however, have never resorted to terrorism.
- The PA
and its leaders are the godfathers of international terrorism. Were
it not for their employment of terrorism, the Palestinian cause would
today be regarded as the fifth-rate human rights issue that it rightfully
is. But because the Palestinian leadership has always used terrorism
(from the 1920s on) as the tactic of first resort, their cause has received
worldwide recognition.
- The primary
cause of terrorism is not occupation, humiliation, or desperation. If
it were, the Tibetans would be the greatest terrorists.
- The primary
cause of terrorism is that it works...Terrorism will continue as long
as potential terrorists believe they will benefit from using that tactic.
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Radio Kol Yisrael 
