What type of people ARE they?

In case you're still wondering what type of people support organizations like International Solidarity Movement (remember Rachel Corrie?), FrontPageMag lifts the curtain a bit. Well, actually, the curtain gets completely torn away. Who comes to a PSM (Palestinian Solidarity Movement; synonimous with ISM) rally? (Held btw at Duke University in Durham, North-Carolina, USA)

An activist from StandWithUs told me that the approximately 400 people who attended the PSM conference "did not seem like students. They were people of all ages, on tight budgets."

An activist from the American Jewish Congress provided some more answers: "The conference was made up of mostly white, middle to lower class racists. Supporters of various left-wing groups such as Answer, Sustain, Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice, Rukus.Org were there. Many seemed like flower children gone wrong. In their passion for the Palestinians and for 'human rights' they seem to have lost their way and become anti-Semitic. They hate President Bush, the American governent, large corporations and Israel. They blame Israel for ALL the world's problems. One middle aged African-American woman, a gray panther, said "If Israel ceased to exist the world's problems would go away."

Another activist described the PSM conference-goers as "lost, uneducated, almost-street people who seem to have found new life by supporting the PSM. Many from the Bay area seem to have missing links. Many were members of Brit T'Zedek, and they came with shaved heads, pierced noses, lips, and tongues. Many were older women. They seemed to have no idea that gay women would be killed in the disputed Palestinian territories but not in Israel. They wore keffiyas, political buttons, and tee-shirts that said "We are all Palestinians."

A third activist remembers this sight: "A small number of Arabs, African-Americans, and good old southern white 'boys,' joining members of Aryan Resistance. Seeing white racists support African- and Arab-Americans in support of Hamas and Fatah was a strange sight."

I am always particularly struck by gay people supporting Arabs/Muslims. Even open calls for the murder of homosexual men and women does not deter gays. "We are all Palestinians." Of course you are. Hey Mary, try kissing your girlfriend in Ramallah or Nablus. In fact, I dare you to hold her hand.

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