Reality Is not lts mlenuon, oul lls really In Palestine. What is the reality for the Palestinians? November 1,380,000 Palestinian Arabs were living in Palestine. By 15 May 1948, 960,000 of those Palestinians had become refugees and 78 per cent of •secome 1967, Israel occupied what remained of Palestine: the West Bank of the Jordan and the Gaza Strip. As a consequence, a further 500,000 Palestinians became homeless.
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Occupation In In 1982, desperate, cessful, alicllol has seen the destruction of over 100 Only four remain, cheek by jowl with new Israeli settlements. The Syrian Druze of the been forced, despite vigorous opposition, to take Israeli the whole of south Lebanon was occupied by Israel in a ultimately unsucdestroy the Liberation Organisation (PLO) politically as well as militarily.
In January of this year, it became clear that the US had another such adventure lined lor ner East proxy. Ma'aviv, language newspaper, reported on 2 January: "The world and especially US is today fooking at Libya through a rifle's viewfinder. Americans are heroically leaning on us to attack and punish Ghaddafi and the terrorists under his protection..
Four days later tne newspaper informed the Israeli public that: •Prime Minister Shimon Peres nas rerusea lo ruie oul an punishment raid on the terrorist camps in Libya.' Israel's failure to attack Libya, leaving it to Britain and the US, does on her part. Rather it seems increasingly likely that a war against Syria or Jordan or both is in prospect. Israel's aggression towards both her Arab neighbours and the Palestinians continues unabated.
The prospects for the Palestinians today are not good. But, even as they again come under attack rerugee camps of South Lebanon, who suffer 'Occupied ritories' under the Israeli 'Iron Fist' policy and are the object of hollow 'peace proposals' which seek to deny them their inalienable rights, Palestinians are steadfast. They continue to resist and their resistance is increasing.
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31 MAY SAW the biggest demonstration in Belgian Socialist Action 27 June 1986