Suchergebnisse

This memoir recounts how a young, idealistic Turk came to participate in the Palestinian Resistance in the wake of his government's crackdown on Turkey's leftist and student movement in the early 1970s. In describing the two years he spent in refugee and training camps in Syria and especially Lebanon, he provides a window on life in the Resistance at a crucial time in its history and gives a sense of its international dimension and appeal.

Examines the effectiveness of Palestinian responses to Israeli repression in the occupied territories.

Argues that although the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is a total system, where daily life is almost completely regulated by the authorities, there are still areas where the Palestinians can exercise their right to resist.

In the hands of Palestinian artists, the concept of bearing witness not only serves as a means of recording a past tragedy but also involves a complex repertoire of strategies, including interrogating the past, recreating it and, most importantly, forging resistance against the assassination of liberation itself. This article examines how artists of resistance, such as Naji Al Ali, Mahmoud Darwish and Ghassan Kanafani, use the concept of bearing witness to tragedy as a tool of resistance and to guard against the idea of liberation itself dying. It is argued that the state of Israel has used assassination as a means of extinguishing the will of the Palestinian people to resist, targeting both political leaders of resistance movements as well as cultural and literary figures.