Protestors murdered - Israel has behaved appallingly

IT is difficult to respond to the Israeli murder of at least 10 peace protestors – or provocateurs as Israel would have us believe – in terms that will not inflame an already very dangerous situation.

It is difficult to respond honestly without resorting to the vocabulary that would encourage many of those caught up in the awful cycle of dispossession and murder to become terrorists, but that is the challenge presented to us all by Israel’s aggression and their contempt for international law.

Just as Margaret Thatcher’s bellicose intransigence proved to be the Provos’ best recruiting tool, Israel yesterday may have pushed hundreds if not thousands of people away from political activism and peaceful protest into the arms of the terrorist organisations who would destroy the worldwide security we all depend on.