Social Construction of Terrorism

Greetings,

For anyone interested in the issue of the social construction of 
terrorism may find this short piece of interest.

Khaldoun Samman
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On Sunday, Prof. Ehud Sprinzak, the so-called "expert on extremist 
movements," was interviewed on the lunchtime programme [Yoman 
Hatzohorayim] of Channel 7. The interviewer, Ariel Kahana, presented him as 
a "person of the left". Sprinzak did not like this description. "I am a 
person of 
the centre", he said, "and in general I dislike labels". Then the following 
dialogue took place:   

Kahana: "What do you think about the executions in the Palestinian 
Authority?"   

Sprinzak: "I have a very positive opinion; I mean, it is a vital instrument, 
part 
of the struggle against terrorism and I have no reservation, except for one 
thing..."   

Kahana: "Ah, one moment, one moment: I was referring to the executions of 
collaborators by the Palestinian Authorities, not to the liquidations by our 
forces".   

Sprinzak: "Pardon, pardon, I thought you were asking me ... In any case, 
about the Palestinians: it is disgusting, nauseating, this is how a 
dictatorial 
system operates, without any juridical process. Absolutely unacceptable, 
shocking."  
 
[Originally from GNAA]