During the Cold War, the USSR's leadership used the term "useful idiot" to describe Soviet sympathizers in western countries and the alleged attitude of the Soviet government towards them. The implication was that the person in question was naïve, foolish, or in willful denial, and was being cynically used by the Soviet Union, or another Communist state. (wikipedia)
With the fall of the Iron Curtain, the useful idiots needed another cause, and quickly found it. Unfortunately, these useful idiots walk among us daily.
Today's example is that of Jewish Israeli, Tali Fahima. Here's some background info:
Her justification:
With the fall of the Iron Curtain, the useful idiots needed another cause, and quickly found it. Unfortunately, these useful idiots walk among us daily.
Today's example is that of Jewish Israeli, Tali Fahima. Here's some background info:
Tali Fahima (Hebrew: טלי פחימה; born 1976) is an Israeli woman of Algerian Jewish family background, who was tried and convicted for her contacts with Zakaria Zubeidi, Jenin terrorist chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Fatah)So how does she walk among us? She personally paid a visit on Tuesday to the Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber -- visiting the mourning tent erected for the terrorist who killed eight students in Thursday's shooting attack at the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva.
Until 2003 she was a Likud supporter; she then read an interview in which Zubeidi described his transformation from peace activist to wanted terrorist; intrigued, she found Zubeidi's phone number, and spoke with him several times. When she learned that Zubeidi was at the top of Israel's list of intended assassinations, she decided to travel to Jenin and live in his home as a human shield. [1], [2] She became involved in the Palestinian children's project in Jenin which featured in the film Arna's Children, along with Zubeidi before his imprisonment. She does not deny that she later met Zubeidi in Jenin a number of times, but she denies any involvement in armed activities. In March 2004 she stated that she was prepared to act as a human shield to protect Zubeidi. Both she and Zubeidi deny the allegation that they had a romantic relationship.
On 23 December 2005 she pleaded guilty to some less serious charges in a plea bargain which would have led to her early release. However, on 13 September 2006, the Parole Board ruled that she would not be released early, since she "acted in an insolent and rude manner toward prison guards."[3]
Her justification:
"I was with the family, and I have no doubt that the Israeli security forces are mainly just exacerbating [the situation] and causing civilians to be killed, like the yeshiva students, because of the years-long policy of occupation," Fahima told Israel Radio." (JPOST)
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