4 -10 April 2002
Issue No.580
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Israel's dirty war
I do not recall ever having been more infuriated than at the monstrous Israeli attacks on the Palestinian territories, the siege on Arafat and the demand that he renounce "terrorism."
While Israel's actions are the most dangerous form of terrorism -- because they are perpetuated by a state rather than by individuals -- the Palestinians' attempt to defend themselves in the name of identity and freedom is their only means of expressing hope. Suffering the worst kind of occupation in an age that has long freed itself of the vestiges of colonialism, the Palestinians have no option but armed resistance to Israeli savagery. All attempts at peace have failed, and Sharon has ignored the Arab proposal and violated international law with impunity. Their lives stripped of all meaning, who can blame the Palestinians for searching for some meaning in death?
By reoccupying the territories under PA control last Friday at dawn, Israel has declared war on the Palestinians -- a barbaric war that violates all laws. But while the situation in Israel worsens economically, socially and psychologically, the Palestinians possess all the ingredients for victory.
Based on an interview by Mohamed Salmawy.
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