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A May Haaretz editorial headlined "Submit to the strikers," saying:
No one know for sure how long anyone can survive without food. On average they manage for two months or longer before expiring.
Haaretz called Palestinian strikers "the latest rock in the avalanche of largely nonviolent flotillas, 'fly-ins,' and marches that Palestinians and their supporters have organized, to great success, in the last several years."Hunger strikes and other nonviolent initiatives "achieved a lot for the Palestinian national struggle...."
They expose Israel's moral illegitimacy. They attract worldwide support. They weaken and ultimately may contribute to Israel's eventual isolation.
They confirm what Breaking the Silence members say in describing "the depth of corruption which is spreading in" Israel's military and society.
They demand accountability not forthcoming. They're tired of "feel(ing) like an infantile kid with a magnifying glass looking at ants (and) burning them."
They deplore innocent civilians being persecuted for not being Jewish. They refuse any longer to participate in human slaughter, wanton destruction, dispossessing homeowners, and shooting to kill anyone who moves if ordered.
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