Malaysia is hosting an international conference titled “Peace in Palestine,” featuring for the first time an Israeli delegation—composed of far left peace activists. At a debate today, Arab “journalists” and Islamic “human rights” activists came out strongly in favor of suicide bombing: Delegates abuzz over ‘suicide bomber’. (Hat tip: rajanr.com.)

PUTRAJAYA: The issue of suicide bombers attracted a lively debate at the international conference on Peace in Palestine here after a delegate asked why “this aspect of the Palestinian armed resistance” was neglected.

Razak Kasim from the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission criticised yesterday’s panel of speakers for not discussing it.

“Why has nobody condemned the use of tanks and machine-guns by Israeli soldiers against the Palestinian people as immoral when we often use this word in connection with the suicide bombers?” he asked at the conference held in Putrajaya International Convention Centre here.

Peace activist Adam Keller, sheep among wolves, apologized for being there and tried to look harmless. But he couldn’t completely hide his discomfort with those icky, unpleasant suicide bombings.

Speaker Adam Keller, who is from Tel Aviv, agreed that the use of the weapons by Israeli soldiers was “equally immoral”.

“But it’s not a pleasant feeling to have, whenever one travels in Tel Aviv, and we don’t know when the suicide bombers will strike next.”

Keller is the spokesman of the Israeli Peace Bloc Gush Shalom and one of the five Israelis invited to speak on the topic “Is A Just Peace Possible?” at the three-day conference organised by Peace Malaysia.

Prior to the debate, Keller apologised that his presence and that of other Israelis had caused “certain members of the Islamic party” to stay away from the event.

The Arab representatives then apologized in return for making Mr. Keller uneasy on public transportation, and agreed that the tactic of suicide bombing was morally reprehensible and had to be renounced.

Just kidding.

Razak then said that Keller had used only a “few seconds” to reply on the immorality of the weapons but “a full 10 minutes on the effects of these attacks on Israelis”.

Earlier, veteran Arab-American journalist Ramzy Baroud said many Palestinians felt that armed resistance, including suicide bombing, was the only option left for them.

“They feel that they have been abandoned by the international world,” he said.