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	Jenny Tonge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Right Honourable Jennifer Louise Tonge, Baroness Tonge (born 19 February 1941) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
		Tonge was a councillor in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 1981-90 and served as a committe chair for four years.
		Following her election to Parliament in 1997, Tonge served as Liberal Democrat spokeswoman on international development but was sacked by Charles Kennedy after saying that she could understand how a Palestinian could become a suicide bomber and refusing to apologise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jenny_Tonge (304 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Blame and praise for Tonge
		Far from encouraging suicide bombing, Jenny Tonge was looking to the roots of the problem: the human rights abuses, daily humiliations and overwhelming frustrations she witnessed in the occupied territories (Lib Dem MP: Why I would consider being a suicide bomber, January 23).
		Jenny Tonge has attempted to explain suicide bombing on the basis of the desperation of the Palestinian people.
		Jenny Tonge prefaced her remarks with a strong statement condemning all forms of violence and terrorism.
	www.guardian.co.uk /letters/story/0,3604,1130171,00.html (732 words)

	Dr. Jenny Tonge - supporter of mass murder Petition
		Shortly after this heinous and despicable act Dr. Jenny Tonge a member of the Liberal Democrat Party of Great Britain, not only expressed her support for the mass murder of innocent people, many of them children, she even proclaimed she would consider becoming a bomber herself.
		In fact if you write to Dr. Tonge you will receive a standard reply expressing the fact that she has received in excess of 3000+ replies and is unable to respond to each one individually.
		Jenny Tonge - supporter of mass murder Petition to Rt Honourable Charles Kennedy MP - Leader of the Liberal Democarats was created by and written by Angela Bertz.
	www.petitiononline.com /tongejmp (498 words)

	Britain: Liberal Democrats sack MP for "understanding" the roots of Palestinian terrorism
		Tonge reiterated that her remarks did not mean that she supported terrorist violence, only that she understood that suicide bombers acted out of political hopelessness.
		Tonge’s words were ripped out of context and her speech was widely reported as implying her support for terrorism.
		Tonge was forced to repeat over and over again that her remarks did not imply support for terrorism instead of addressing the substance of the rally: opposition to Israel’s policy aimed at driving the Palestinians from their land.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/feb2004/tong-f02_prn.shtml (1552 words)

	Oliver Kamm: More on ideological apology for terror
		Dr Tonge gave not the slightest indication that she was aware of the moral import of remarks that would have been culpable had they been off-hand, but which she made even worse by devoting the best part of a day to uttering judgements of stupefying frivolity to various media.
		Jenny made a brave attempt to try to bring attention to the fact that if the appalling suicide bombings are to stop, then we need to understand and address the desperation and political alienation that leads [sic] to such awful acts of violence.
		Jenny did not demonstrate that wisdom and so her point was lost in the reaction to it.
	oliverkamm.typepad.com /blog/2004/01/more_on_ideolog.html (3801 words)

	Melanie Phillips's Diary
		Jenny Tonge, the LibDem MP who has endorsed Palestinian human bomb terror, should be prosecuted for incitement to murder.
		Jenny Tonge's expression of sympathy for suicide bombers is contemptible and idiotic.
		Tonge that you go and do your research and when you have a better understanding of the situation you may make comment which is both informed and helpful, rather than adding to the already efficient Palestinian propaganda machine.
	www.melaniephillips.com /diary/archives/000282.html (3994 words)

	INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER-PALESTINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dr. Tonge, 62, made her remarks in various occasions, saying, "I do not forgive the suicide bombers," but followed up by saying, "I am also aware why people there become suicide bombers, it is out of despair." She asserted that if she was in their place, she would have considered to be one herself.
		Tonge insisted on her statement, which angered the pro-Israel lobby in the UK adding that she does not support the explosive operations, but that does not mean she does not understand their motives.
		Tonge explained that these operations result from despondency, and while a lot of people oppose to these operations, she understands its reasons, reasserting that "I think if I had to live in that situation, and I say this advisedly, I might just consider becoming one myself."
	www.ipc.gov.ps /ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_01/099.html (371 words)

	Dhimmi Watch: British MP fired for suicide bomber sympathy
		British MP Jenny Tonge was also the Liberal Democrats' spokeswoman for children, until she was removed for suggesting that if she lived in the PA, she'd become a suicide bomber too.
		But Dr Tonge and the Lib Dems have continued to suffer a barrage of criticism, including a demand from the shadow foreign secretary, Michael Ancram, that Mr Kennedy condemn his colleague.
		Mr Ancram claimed the party's response to Dr Tonge's remarks was "fainthearted" and asked the Lib Dem leader whether he believed it would "satisfy those who have suffered at the hands of suicide bombers".
	www.jihadwatch.org /dhimmiwatch/archives/000717.php (1313 words)

	Media Backspin
		British MP Jenny Tonge was asked to leave Parliament last month after she said of Palestinian suicide bombers: "If I had to live in that situation - and I say that advisedly - I might just consider becoming one myself."
		Tonge is missing -- willfully or otherwise -- the most fundamental moral outrage of terrorism: the choice of innocent civilians as intentional targets for murder.
		Jenny Tong has to be one of the truly disturbing people i've read about this year.
	backspin.typepad.com /backspin/2004/02/jenny_tonge_in_.html (495 words)

	The Hindu : MP demoted for remarks on suicide bombers
		Jenny Tonge, a senior and highly respected Liberal Democrat MP, who has consistently campaigned on issues of individual rights and freedoms, has been removed as the party's spokesperson for children after her remarks were seized by the Israeli embassy in London, the Conservatives and, mostly, right-wing commentators who said they amounted to supporting terrorism.
		Tonge's comments at a meeting of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign here earlier this week unleashed a chorus of protests, led by the Israeli embassy which said it was "shocked and appalled'' by what she had said.
		Tonge maintained that she had prefaced her speech with a strong condemnation of terrorism and it was wrong to interpret her comments as a support for suicide bombings.
	www.hindu.com /2004/01/25/stories/2004012501771200.htm (413 words)

	Dhimmi Watch: Jenny Tonge defends suicide attacks again
		British MP Jenny Tonge, who ran into trouble last month for her remarks in "empathy" with suicide bombing, has done it again.
		Jenny Tonge is "chilled" that pro-suicide-bombers are pleased with her sympathetic remarks.
		Jenny Tonge is hardly running the UK government, in fact she was expelled from the opposition party (Lib Dems) for her comments expressing suicide bombers.
	www.jihadwatch.org /dhimmiwatch/archives/000917.php (2149 words)

	Power Line: Hammering Tonge
		Jenny Tonge, a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, has said that she would consider becoming a suicide bomber if forced to live like Palestinians.
		Tonge stated, "I think if I had to live in that situation - and I say that advisedly - I might just consider becoming one myself." In a subsequent "clarification" of her remarks, she added "I do not condone suicide bombers or terrorism.
		Oliver Kamm responds that "Dr. Tonge's insistence that she 'understands … why suicide bombers opt for this most desperate of actions' is factually wrong.
	powerlineblog.com /archives/005742.php (297 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Jenny is a well-loved MP and the hearts of all her friends in the party have gone out to her."
		Before Dr Tonge became an MP, she was a local GP and Mary went to schools in the area: Queen's School in Kew, Waldegrave School for Girls and Richmond upon Thames College, where she met Jake, whom she married.
		Dr Tonge became the party's spokesman on international affairs but was sacked from the front bench last January after saying she might have become a suicide bomber had she been a Palestinian.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/10/nshock10.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/08/10/ixhome.html (548 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jeremy Hanley, the ebullient Conservative MP and Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for the Middle East, was knocked out of public life by Dr. Jenny Tonge, the Liberal Democrat candidate, with a swing of 9.7% behind her.
		Tonge has announced she will not contest her seat at the next General Election, and it is suggested she will stand to be the President of her Party this summer.
		Tonge is refusing to withdraw her remarks and, correctly in my view, is not going to sanction suicide bombers.
	english.daralhayat.com /comment/02-2004/Article-20040201-71d0ae2c-c0a8-01ed-001c-22ffb47a247f/story.html (1578 words)

	spiked-politics \| Article \| Suffering for herself
		Tonge wasn't supporting suicide bombers' actions or their aims - nor was she criticising them - she was just saying that she understands.
		Tonge said that while she personally was probably not brave enough, 'I can still understand, and put myself in the position of people who do it'.
		Jenny Tonge's comments are emblematic of the growing desire to feel the pain of the Palestinians.
	www.spiked-online.com /Articles/0000000CA402.htm (1085 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tonge, the former opposition Liberal Democrat spokeswoman for international development, was speaking after her statements sympathizing with the Palestinians drew a fierce outrage among pro-Israel politicians and sparked calls for her party to condemn what she said.
		Tonge had told a Westminster rally that if she had to “live in that situation - and I say that advisedly - I might just consider becoming one myself”.
		Tonge, said she understood her remarks may have upset some people but insisted she was not condoning violence.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-01/23/article05.shtml (657 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She told Dr Jenny Tonge that she “really enjoys the muddy work!” Eighty percent of the ESF beneficiaries at Twining undertake some type of IT based training during their time at the centre.
		Dr Jenny Tonge met two of these beneficiaries (pictured inset) Karl Nicholson and Patrick Rowley who are both near to completing all 7 modules of the ECDL qualification.
		Dr Jenny Tonge was highly enthusiastic throughout her visit and really engaged with the management team and its beneficiaries.
	www.lsc.gov.uk /NR/rdonlyres/etmxwecnfn53yfqxhmbx5hhsmofx2cru6m4b5de6i64lbp3kqckn5cq3hxuvfljxdunz7wl4rkrsao/nnyTongeMPvisitsTwining979.doc (589 words)

	Oliver Kamm: Ideological apology for terror
		Tonge, there is only one pertinent question for her to answer and that is: When you plan your mission, Ms.
		Jenny Tonge was saying that she understood how some people in dire circumstances can be attracted to suicide bombing, acts of violence.
		Tonge used the example of herself to illustrate the point - that she, given those circumstances, may consider that dreadful course of action.
	oliverkamm.typepad.com /blog/2004/01/ideological_apo.html (7846 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Tonge sacked over suicide comment
		Jenny Tonge has been asked by Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy to quit his front bench following her remarks about Palestinian suicide bombers.
		Dr Tonge said she understood her remarks may have upset some people but insisted she was not condoning violence.
		Dr Tonge is stepping down as MP for Richmond Park in south-west London at the next election.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3421669.stm (525 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Today Programme International Report
		We sent Jenny Tonge to visit the Middle East to meet both sides in the long-running dispute.
		Hear the extended interview with Avigail Levy, whose daughter was killed in a suicide bombing on a supermarket.
		Jenny Tonge MP went to the Middle East to meet both sides in the dispute.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/today/reports/international/tonge_20040217.shtml (1137 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Lib Dem MP: Why I would consider being a suicide bomber
		Jenny Tonge was summoned to explain her comments to the Liberal Democrat chief whip after telling a Westminster rally that the daily "killings and the bulldozings and all the other horrible things" in the occupied territories made her understand why people became suicide bombers.
		Dr Tonge, the spokeswoman on children, told a meeting of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign on Wednesday: "This particular brand of terrorism, the suicide bomber, is truly born out of desperation.
		Dr Tonge was summoned to a meeting "as soon as possible" with the chief whip, Andrew Stunell.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /libdems/story/0,9061,1129505,00.html (391 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Politics - Tonge forced out by Lib Dem leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dr Jenny Tonge, a former international development spokeswoman, told a rally in the House of Commons that if she lived under the Israeli occupation she would consider becoming a suicide bomber.
		Dr Tonge, who has already announced she is standing down as the MP for Richmond Park, south-west London, at the next election, said she did not regret her remarks.
		Jenny understood the position and is no longer a front-bench spokesperson," said the source.
	news.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=88322004 (829 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Tonge-tied (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Last week, as if to show controversy is evenly spread between the likes of Kilroy-Silk and more progressive voices, the Liberal Democrat's spokesperson for children, Jenny Tonge, was sacked for her comments on Palestinian suicide bombers.
		Tonge was speaking at a meeting of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, having just returned from a visit to the occupied territories.
		And it probably will be; as a relatively minor figure in Britain's third political party, Jenny Tonge is hardly a household name.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/675/in3.htm (626 words)

	Visiting MP Makes Plea for Action on Global Injustice
		Tonge, MP for Richmond-on-Thames, was giving the fourth annual Heather Larkins memorial lecture to an audience of local Lib Dem members and supporters, which was chaired by local MP Steve Webb.
		Jenny Tonge talked about her travels throughout Africa and the Middle East and highlighted the way that global injustice provides a breeding ground for terrorists.
		"Jenny Tonge spoke very powerfully about the need to tackle the roots of the growing tide of violence and terrorism that we are seeing around the world.
	www.stevewebb.org.uk /news2004/news369.html (386 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - British MP in 'suicide' bomb row (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jenny Tonge MP told a British satellite channel on Thursday that she
		Tonge, a former International Development spokeswoman with the Liberal Democrats, later said she wanted to highlight the Palestinians' cause.
		Jenny Tonge MP "They are in a terrible plight and the world is standing by and watching," she told BBC News.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/878E7EF7-2AD6-437F-B3AF-274189598ADD.htm (381 words)

	normblog: Forked tongue
		I wouldn't be bothering to post about Jenny Tonge MP if it were just to add one more expression of criticism, disgust or what have you, to the many already out there.
		Try using Tonge's words about something else, not merely atrocious, as suicide bombings are, but generally recognized to be so without any known inclination towards apologia.
		Tonge's words go beyond the usual 'root causes' hypocrisy, though not without first going through it: through the 'understanding' without 'condoning', but which precisely does condone in denying that it is doing so.
	normblog.typepad.com /normblog/2004/01/forked_tongue.html (350 words)

	DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
		In view of Dr. Jenny Tonge's patronising letter today, I needs give this response as I am the person she vindictively branded a scoundrel at the 'Who is telling the truth?' open debate on the European Union.
		Tonge should hold on to her patriotism and tell her leader for now and the next leader to make it quite clear to Tony Blair that the people of England want to keep our pound coin and our democracy.
		Dr Tonge said: "The audience there was not typical of the reaction I am getting from the majority of people I talk to about Europe, most of whom now want to see Britain join the-Euro as soon as possible." But both MPs welcomed the Democracy Movement's initiative to hear all sides of the argument.
	freespace.virgin.net /c.mowbray/Press.htm (2233 words)

	Opinion The Hellfire Club Exclusive commentary by Martin Kelly From The Washington Dispatch Jan 26
		Jenny Tonge was forced to stand down from her post as a frontbench spokeswoman for the British Liberal Democrats, after making a comment that if she were a Palestinian, she would consider becoming a suicide bomber.
		Jenny Tonge apologises for evil because the living conditions of some Palestinians.
		That is a principle that Hamas, Jenny Tonge, Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party know all too well.
	www.free-biscet.org /biscetarticles/2004/opinion__the_hellfire_club_exclu.htm (942 words)

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