Democratic Palestine : 23 (ص 18)
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- Democratic Palestine : 23 (ص 18)
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The Palestinian camps in Lebanon are still heaving under the heavy
shackles of Amal’s brutal siege imposed almost six months ago.
Although some relief has been allowed into the camps in the form of
minor quantities of food and medical supplies after the entry of the
Syrian troops, various ploys have been used to circumvent
agreements and measures taken, rendering them useless.
Disease and sickness have spread
rapidly, not only because of severe
shortage of medical and food supplies,
but also because of inability to give
proper burial to the dead. More women
have been exposed to death while trying
to secure food than if they had carried
arms; 90-95% of the wounded and
martyred from mid-February to mid-
March are women.
The atrocities perpetrated by the
Amal gangs inevitably resulted in
solidarity campaigns with the besieged
Palestinians, which Amal and_ its
backers could not ignore. In an effort
to relieve these pressures, Amal
mobilized the media in an attempt to
show that they had taken a ‘big step’
towards restoring their ‘humanitarian
standing’. Nabih Berri has declared
more than once that the blockade on
food and medicines had been lifted
from all the camps - however, Amal
reserves the right to impose a military
siege. These tactics are obviously
designed to put the wool over the eyes
of the public, thus allowing the Amal
gangs to pursue their acts of brutality
without being scrutinized.
A number of other factors have
molded a new situation which, though
not forcing Amal to retreat, has forced
it to resort to tactics of deceit, i.e.,
making a pretense of allowing in food
and medicines, only to launch attacks
On unsuspecting mothers and other
civilians. The first of these factors is
Amal’s inability to break the Palesti-
nians’ spirit of resistance, or to score
any major victory in the camp war
begun two years ago. Second, the
falseness of all pretexts given for the
continuance of this ugly war has been
exposed to the Lebanese masses, in-
cluding the Shiites whom Amal boasts
of representing. Third, Amal’s
credibility suffered when it decided to
open fire on all Lebanese nationalist
and democratic forces in West Beirut.
How serious Amal is about lifting the
siege can only be measured by the steps
it takes in practice. So far, the entry of
Syrian troops into Beirut has had no
major deterrent effect with regard to
the camps. In many instances, the
military siege on the camps in West
Beirut has been intensified. Amal’s in-
tentions can no longer be misinter-
Demonstrators in Hamburg, West Germany, demand an end to the siege::
«Hands off the Palestinian refugee camps!»
Zuhdi Al Adawi
preted. It aims to break the camps’
resistance from within in order to avoid
storming them, for that would have
unwished for international and regional
repercussions. Most crucially, the Amal
forces would suffer heavy losses if they
chose a head-on collision with a people
well-versed in warfare. - هو جزء من
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