Over 60 prominent Palestinian officials and intellectuals Thursday urged the public to refrain from retaliation for Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, saying it would ignite a new round of bloodshed that would only hurt Palestinian aspirations for independence.
A half-page advertisement in the PLO's Al-Ayyam newspaper called on Palestinians to lay down their arms and turn to peaceful means of protest to end Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The ad reflected apparently growing sentiment among many Palestinian leaders and intellectuals that military struggle is not helping the Palestinian cause.
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"Responding to Sharon could be by showing his moral and political bankruptcy rather than adopting his methods and exacting revenge," Ashrawi told the Reuters news agency. "Resistance does not have to be violent resistance."
Continue here...Ashwari takes the face-saving high moral ground. But who cares, as long as they finally get there. 
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