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by forwardmarch1980

Ghassan Kanafani: Resistance Writer

By Kashif Ahmed

Richard Carleton: ‘Why not just talk?’

Ghassan Kanafani: ‘Talk to whom?’

Richard Carleton: ‘Talk to the Israeli leaders.’

Ghassan Kanafani: ‘That is kind of a conversation between the sword and the neck.’

Remembering Ghassan Kanafani Shaheed (1936-76): Legendary Palestinian revolutionary and author, pioneer of Resistance Literature, and an eloquent spokesman for the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).

Ghassan was assassinated on July 8th, 1976; in a Jewish terror attack in Beirut, Lebanon: The Mossad car bomb killed Kanafani and his 17- year old niece, Lamis Nejed Shaheed.

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The illegitimate state of Israel continued its campaign of terror inside the Lebanon for another six years: Leading into the Lebanon war (1982-85) in which Jewry suffered its first major defeat in the region.

Ghassan Kanafani wrote many important books about the Palestinian struggle–e.g.  ‘Rijal Fi-A-Shams’ (Men in the Sun), ‘Ma Tabaqqah Lakum’ (All that’s Left of You), ‘Umm Sa’ad’, ‘A’id lla Hayfa’ (Return to Haifa) among others.

He will forever be remembered as someone who upheld the Palestinian cause without compromise, and applied his academic gifts to help his people when it mattered the most.

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