What is the 'Right' Type of Resistance?
By Ibrahim Shikaki - 06 July 2011
...[T]he danger of using the term "nonviolent resistance" insinuates that any other form of resistance is violent, hence giving it a negative undertone...In Arabic, Palestinians do not distinguish between violent and non-violent resistance, but rather between armed resistance and popular resistance. The Palestinian people and political factions have relied on both forms...throughout the past century.


