Reply #30: Have you ever heard of an ISM member riding a bus?

[rabidarab2004]

So why don't these human shields ride Israeli buses if they want to protect lives?

Palestinian forces not only admitted their existence, they "poured concrete into five tunnels used to smuggle guns, ammunition, drugs and other contraband from Egypt, under Israeli forces, and into the Gaza Strip." "'In this way, you are cutting the supply line for Hamas and Islamic Jihad,'" said a spokesman for Muhammad Dahlan, the Palestinian Security Minister. (James Bennet, "Four Hamas Militants Killed in Israeli Attack," The New York Times, August 25, 2003.) operate in and secure the area.


As far as ISM's ties to terrorist organizations, that is well documented. From tea parties with members of Islamic Jihad to aiding and abetting wanted terrorist. Here is just one sample:


A recent demonstration serves as an example of the close cooperation between the ISM and the terrorist groups. The announcement read "Join the ISM, the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces and the Apartheid Wall Defense Committee on Thursday July 3 to block construction of the Apartheid Wall that will completely isolate three villages in the Tulkarem region: Nazlit Issa, Baqa Sharqiya, and Nazlit Abu Nar from the rest of the Palestinian villages." < Ref9> The Palestinian National and Islamic Forces is a coalition, or an umbrella organization, that includes an long list of terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad. (Palestinian National Liberation Movement {Fateh}; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine {PFLP}; Islamic Resistance Movement {Hamas}; Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine {DFLP}; Palestinian People's Party {PPP}; Palestinian Democratic Union {FIDA}; Palestinian Popular Struggle Front; Palestinian Liberation Front; Islamic Jihad Movement; Arab Liberation Front; Palestinian Arab Front; Popular Front-General Command; Islamic National Salvation Party; and Popular Liberation War Pioneers. < Ref10>).
http://home.comcast.net/~jat.action/ISM_info.htm


If anything, my use of the word "coddle" did not accurately portray the ISM' committment to terrorist acts. They WILLFULLY aid and abet terrorists, from Susan Barclay attempting to foil the arrest of a wanted Islamic Jihad terrorist to Rachel Corrie.