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"However, it is useful to examine the factors underlying the abortion of the march towards Palestine’s liberation. I recall that the great late Shafiq Al-Hout once asked me that question at a closed conference in Beirut regarding American policy towards the Palestinian cause. I recall that observation and list here the many factors including: First, delegating the responsibilities of simultaneously defending Palestine and leading joint military action to Jordan at a time when the regime was sold out to Britain and the Zionist movement simultaneously. Second, Lebanon’s distancing itself from the Arab-Israeli conflict since before the usurping entity was established, which protected the northern part of occupied Palestine and made it easier for Israel to face the Syrian and Egyptian armies through subsequent wars. Some Lebanese groups’ dealings with Israel made it easier to plot against the Palestinian revolution, especially after it moved from Jordan to Lebanon in 1970. The Palestinian revolution’s rise in Lebanon coincided with the collaboration between Lebanese forces and the Israeli enemy. Joseph Abu Khalil’s narrative about the commencement of Phalange-Israeli collaboration during the civil war is incorrect. Hebrew sources suggest that the Phalange Party received Israeli monetary support since the fifties (strict Israeli censorship surely would not leak information about arming the Phalange in the fifties in order to protect its allies’ interests).... Full article at <http://angryarab.blogspot.com/> ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
