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[kradeelav]

Above all, do not come on as a ‘My way or the highway’ finger-pointing, guilt-tripping bully. Don’t argue, communicate. Sometimes it is stomach-turning and all you can do to start is plant seeds. But it is better than dismissing people as ignorant or stupid, then going back to your corner and giving up. So many times I’ve seen the more-radical-than-thou turn other people off to perfectly good ideas. Fundamentalism is poison.

This especially gets under my skin when so many people I talked to on this visit asked me not to use their names when I wrote this up, out of fear that hardliners mostly on their own side would harass or even attack them. Jamming in a basement with Palestinians or Israeli Jews should not bring fear of retribution.

- Jello Biafra, Thoughts on Visit to Israel

( one hell of an article that beats out entire news channels in sheer humanity, and I highly encourage to read the whole thing. )