Friday, May 18, 2007
OK, he's just a stinking terrorist: Shin Bet foils plot to kill Olmert
A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip who works for the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders has been arrested for allegedly plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed on Thursday.
Mazab Bashir, 25, from the Deir el-Balah refugee camp in Gaza, began working for Doctors Without Borders five years ago and received a permit from the IDF to travel to Jerusalem for work...
No good deed and all...Dr. Frankfurter points out that Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) has itself routinely exploited its mission for political purposes. Perhaps a little self examination is in order.
Commenting here on the Joel Beinin link: all three of those people (two of whom I vaguely know) sound completely deranged. You can see how people who don't have any particular interest in the Israeli-Arab conflict decide that "all those people are crazy", the way the SDP'ers have convinced my neighbors of that.
All zealots appear that way. It's really hard to be interested in politics or activist in any way and still appear completely well adjusted to "normal" (apathetic) people. It's a difficult line to tread.
The SDP people (and related types) are a really good example of how not to be to try avoiding this. They're still at it, though.