Democratic Palestine : 20 (ص 12)

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Democratic Palestine : 20 (ص 12)

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night classes to teach the essential sub-
jects.»
Abu Lu’ai also stressed the impor-
tance of political education: «I would
like to reaffirm the importance of con-
sistent political education. Our people
hear about the differences between the
organizations, but they don’t always
understand all the reasons. There
should be constant clarification about
the difference between the nationalist
political line and the capitulationist
line, in order to mobilize the people...
We have to keep the people aware of
the enemy’s schemes, in order to stop
them from emigrating. Before 1985, we
never heard that our people wanted to
emigrate. Now, because of the difficult
economic and security situation, people
want to leave. Our leadership has to
move fast on all levels - to provide the
conditions for, steadfastness and to
raise the people’s political awareness.»
Zionist Plane Downed
warplane.
Selling the scraps
When the Zionists occupied Palestine
in 1948, some journalists asked Ben
Gurion: «What about the Palestinian
people?» He answered: «The old will
die... and the young will forget.»
No doubt he was mistaken. The
young have not forgotten. They kept on
fighting and reminded their children
not to forget. For years, Israeli fighter
planes have been terrorizing the very
Palestinians whom they drove from
their home in 1948, but our people in
exile don’t forget; nor do they give up
their struggle.
On October 16th, the Israeli air force
staged its 13th bombing raid on
Lebanon this year. Israeli bombers
attacked the Palestinian refugee camps
Ain Al Hilweh and Miyeh Miyeh, near
Sidon, in South Lebanon. Facing: this
attack, Palestinian revolutionaries shot
down an Israeli F-4A plane; the plane’s
navigator was captured. This was a
reminder that the Palestinians do not
forget. They will continue to fight for
return to their homeland.
CONVERTING THE SCRAPS
OF AGGRESSION
The children of Ain Al Hilweh have
transformed the remnants of the Israeli
F-4A fighter plane into a source of
income. Within a few days, children
began flocking to the site where the
plane had been shot down, about five
kilometers from Ain al Hilweh, near
Miyeh Miyeh camp. Ranging from fif-
teen to nineteen years of age, they did
not bother with the hardships of the
roads which blocked their path to the
F-4A remnants. Nor did they care
about the Israeli MK surveillance plane
which kept flying over the area. They
tushed to the site and started gathering
what they could carry of the remnants.
They carried these back to the camps
and nearby villages, and sold them to
«buy books and school items, so we can
obtain an education which is the most
important weapon in life,» as one of
these children said.
The plane’s metal was aluminum
which scrap metal dealers eagerly buy.
Thus, Palestinian children found an
unexpected source of income in this
American-made Israeli tool of destruc-
tion, which had been a frightening
ghost of death over their heads only a
few days before. Hassan, a resident of
Ain Al Hilweh, told reporters that he
had paid part of his four children’s
school fees from this revenue. A child,
putting his load on the scale to be
weighed at the metal dealer’s, said, «If
only another plane would be shot
down, so we could buy more books and
school items, and winter clothes» @

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