That's not repentance and the Observer is derelict in its duty to report truth by packaging her statement with that headline.
That's a career political campaigner and self-professed "revolutionary" conceding the minimum amount of political turf so that her psychological and political cult has the best chances of gaining the most traction going forward.
In the 1990s the Fred Newman-led cult realized there was more to be gained, in terms of money and influence, by dropping its most strident rhetoric. Thus no more open letters to Yasser Arafat and no more statements on behalf of Muammar Qaddafi, which were contemporary with her original (and acknowledged "notorious") remarks about Israel.
Heading into the 2008 national and 2009 mayoral elections, the Newmanite cult realizes that in order to get back in the electoral game it has to agree to play by more of its rules. These rules allow wide latitude for morally equivalent statements (such as Fulani's recent ones quoted in your article) regarding the "tragedy" of Israeli-Arab relations.
This isn't news. This is just a new shell in the Newmanite cult's old, familiar shell game.
That's not repentance and the Observer is derelict in its duty to report truth by packaging her statement with that headline.
That's a career political campaigner and self-professed "revolutionary" conceding the minimum amount of political turf so that her psychological and political cult has the best chances of gaining the most traction going forward.
In the 1990s the Fred Newman-led cult realized there was more to be gained, in terms of money and influence, by dropping its most strident rhetoric. Thus no more open letters to Yasser Arafat and no more statements on behalf of Muammar Qaddafi, which were contemporary with her original (and acknowledged "notorious") remarks about Israel.
Heading into the 2008 national and 2009 mayoral elections, the Newmanite cult realizes that in order to get back in the electoral game it has to agree to play by more of its rules. These rules allow wide latitude for morally equivalent statements (such as Fulani's recent ones quoted in your article) regarding the "tragedy" of Israeli-Arab relations.
This isn't news. This is just a new shell in the Newmanite cult's old, familiar shell game.