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tom paulin::It is a position that has led him into acrimonious public debates about his political views, particularly in relation to the arabisraeli conflict.
He recently took up his pen in defence of edward said, berating guardian columnist ian buruma as a zionist.
Paulin makes no secret of his uncompromising views on israel.
Paulin is not intimidated by such tactics.
It does not worry me at all.
They use this card of antisemitism.
They fill newspapers with hate letters.
They are useless people.
The problem is, though, that there is no way of articulating this support.
But he believes that the palestinian cause must somehow occupy that space.
There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.
It is an artificial state.
The palestinians, he says, need good antitank weapons.
They have to be cunning and forceful.
I think though that it is better to resort to conventional guerrilla warfare.
I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.
Hitler bombed london into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.