Democratic Palestine : 16 (ص 21)

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Democratic Palestine : 16 (ص 21)

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True Internationalist
In March, the PFLP comemmorated the martyrdom of the great
Palestinian revolutionary, Wadi’ Haddad.
On March 27th, 1978, Comrade
George Habash, with tears in his eyes,
announced the martyrdom of Wadi’
Haddad, one of the great leaders of the
Palestinian revolution, with the following
words: Comrades of Wadi’, Palestinian
revolutionaries, our steadfast people in
Palestine, brothers and sisters in every
camp and place of exile, our Arab mas-
ses, progressive comrades around the
world...With a heart full of love and pain,
sorrow and determination to continue
the struggle to victory, | announce the
martyrdom of our comrade in life and
struggle, Wadi’ Haddad. | announce to
you the martyrdom of Wadi’ of the
camps, Wadi’ of the oppressed, Wadi’
of the confrontation against the Zionist
invasion and the reactionary Jordanian
plots.
Wadi’ Haddad graduated from the
American University in Beirut in 1952.
During his school years, he combined
studying and politics, and was distin-
guished in both. After graduating as a
medical doctor, he devoted his efforts to
the poor and the refugee camp popula-
tion. He was among the initiators of the
Arab Nationalist Movement, helping to
build its first armed cells in the West
Bank and Jordan, with the aim of liberat-
ing all of Palestine from Zionism. He was
active in building the mass movement in
the mid-fifties.
As a result of his revolutionary
activities, Wadi’ was imprisoned in Jor-
dan in 1957, and served three years. In
.1960, he was expelled from Jordan. In
1967, he was one of the founding mem-
bers of the PFLP, and a leader in
organizing armed struggle, based on
belief in the peoples’ war as the only way
to liberate Palestine. Wadi’ stressed the
importance of destroying the superman
image of the enemy camp. He raised
and practiced the slogan: Pursue the
enemy everywhere. Wadi’ was _ in
charge of the PFLP’s international oper-
ations which were a major factor in forc-
ing western public opinion to acknow-
ledge the existence of the Palestinian
cause in the early seventies. In coordi-
nation with internationalist militants, the
tables were turned: From being pursued
by imperialist and Mossad agents,
revolutionaries went on the offensive,
pursuing the enemy in the international
arena. This caused the enemy camp to
designate our comrade, Wadi’, as the
number one terrorist in the world at that
time.
In reality, Wadi’ was far from being a
terrorist. He was a sensitive humanist
who cried upon seeing the suffering of
children. He was always searching for
the lost childhood of which Zionism had
robbed him. Wadi’ was a humble person
who refused cameras and publicity. He
disliked big, complicated words. He did
not enjoy engaging in lengthy political
discussions, because for him, things
were quite clear: He was ready to give
his life for Palestine and the Arab revolu-
tion, and he would fight the enemy camp
to his last breath. His moral code was
simple: What gets us closer to Palestine
is good, and what moves us farther from
Palestine is bad.
Wadi’ never lost his optimism. In his
last days of sickness, he kept up with the
political developments. His friends say
that when he talked, one felt that we
were returning to Palestine the next day.
Wadi’ was a revolutionary humanitarian
who hated evil, and whose role in our
area can be compared to that of Che
Guevara. Because of his search for his
lost playgrounds in Safad, his place of
birth in the Galilee, they called him a ter-
rorist. We, on the contrary, will always
remember his great role as a creative
revolutionary. We will struggle until we
liberate every inch of Palestine, and can
name a playground in Safad after Wadi’
Haddad. | @
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