More on Terror Conference

I saw a segment on a talk show called Debate, and they said that one of the participants at the conference is a former airplane hijacker.

What she says can be difficult for peaceniks, or pacifists, to hear – the unashamed justification for violence. Many ordinary Palestinians share her views, many politicians do not. Similarly, views on Khaled herself are mixed, even among Palestinians: some think she is an inspiring heroine, others believe she reinforces the old 70s image of Palestinians as terrorists.

 

Is she a terrorist? “Whenever I hear this word I ask another question,” she says. “Who planted terrorism in our area? Some came and took our land, forced us to leave, forced us to live in camps. I think this is terrorism. Using means to resist this terrorism and stop its effects – this is called struggle.” She recalls in her memoirs thinking of the risk to children she saw on the plane she was hijacking, and telling herself: “We Palestinians are children too and we are a part of the human race.”

 

Would she still die for the Palestinian cause? She draws on her long cigarette, and turns to face me after some silence. “Of course.” She shakes her head, smiling, cigarette burning in her hand. “Of course.”

The governmental agency Sida has contributed over 200 000 SEK [appr. 27 000 $] of the taxpayers money as aid to the organizers.
The “Palestinian solidarity conference” is organized by Revolutionär kommunistisk ungdom (RKU) [Revolutionary Communist Youth] and the sports club Proletären [The Proletarian] — both established from the mother party KPML(r) (Kommunistiska partiet marxist-leninisterna, revolutionärerna.) [Communist Party Marxist-Leninists, Revolutionarists]
According to the programme, the organizers want to scrap EU:s list of terrorist organisations and bids for “resistance struggle against the American occupation” in Iraq.
The main attraction at the conference is Leila Khaled, former leader of the terrorist listed organisation PFLP (Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine). Leila Khaled, who has taken part in two international hijackings, advocates suicide bombings and attacks against civilian Jews. …
The member of the Parliament Cecilia Wikström, fp [The Liberals], says to Expressen:
‘It’s an unbelievable scandal that taxmoney is used in this way. It’s upsetting, incomprehensible and morally offensive. It clashes with people’s sense of justice. I will question the Minister for International Development Cooperation Carin Jämtin in order to hear her view on this.'”