Democratic Palestine : 25 (ص 25)
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- Democratic Palestine : 25 (ص 25)
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and putting his arm in boiled oil so the
flesh would heal. I can’t forget the
children crying for food. I urge all the
Arab countries to send their officials to
see the inhuman conditions we live in.»
EXPECTATIONS
Aggression against the Palestinian
people and camps in Lebanon has still
not stopped. All indications point to the
possibility of another explosion and a
new episode of the camp war. In spite
of the ceasefire concluded in April, the
Palestinian camps in Beirut and South
Lebanon are still besieged.
There have been a series of arrests
and other provocations in the camps of
the Tyre area. Tens of Palestinian
youth were arrested in Al Bus and Burj
Al Shamali camps in a very brutal way.
In Rashidiyeh camp, Amal has started
fortifying its positions and bringing in
more arms. In Beirut, the Palestinians
in Shatila and Burj al Barajneh are
forbidden to walk out of the camps in
order to get food. Only a minimum of
food and medical supplies are permit-
ted to enter the camps. Around Ain al
Hilweh and Miyeh Miyeh in the Sidon
area, Amal is reinforcing its fortifica-
tions, armament and forces.
Amal has continued its policy of ter-
ror and intimidation against Palesti-
nian and Lebanese patriots. Along with
the latest political developments, par-
ticularly the cancellation of the Cairo
agreement and the assassination of
Prime Minister Karami, everything in-
dicates that the situation will be ignited
once again, to block the nationalist
struggle against the Zionist-fascist
plans. It is therefore most important
for the Lebanese nationalist forces to
confront Amal’s plan for eliminating
Palestinian armed presence in
Lebanon, for this is part of implement-
ing a sectarian solution. At the same
time, the Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian
nationalist alliance should be con-
solidated against the Zionist-fascist
plans.
The previous camp wars have turned
against Amal. If Amal again starts such
a war, the results will be horrendous,
for the Palestinians will resist fiercely
to protect their presence in Lebanon,
and to protect the PLO from all sec-
tarian plans.
Dr. Hassan Hamdan
Communist Writer Assassinated
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On April 18th, reactionary forces carried out yet another murder in
the streets of Beirut, coldly silencing Dr. Hassan Hamdan, who was
known as Mahdi Aamel, a Lebanese communist and great Marxist
thinker.
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Murderous bullets torn apart the
body of Dr. Hassan Hamdan, and
another patriot fell victim to the sec-
tarian project in Lebanon, like Hussein
Mroweh, Khalil Naous, Suheil
Taweileh, Labib Abdul Samad and
scores Of Palestinian men, women and
children in the camps of Lebanon.
Their ‘guilt’ lay in their antagonism to
the sectarian fascist project; their
‘guilt? lay in their aspirations for a
democratic Lebanon, the simple fact of
being a member of the Lebanese
Communist Party or being a Palesti-
nian. The assassination of Hassan
Hamdan, like that of respected
Lebanese Communists before him, is
an attempt to silence all democratic
voices as a prelude to imposing the sec-
tarian project in Lebanon.
Despite the great loss signified by the
martyrdom of Hassan Hamdan, we are
positive that his comrades will continue
on the same path. His works will con-
tinue to disturb and expose his
assassins, while his comrades will
strengthen their confidence in the vic-
tory of the democratic project and the
defeat of the sectarian one. If the
‘bullets that killed Dr. Hamdan had
known where they were headed, they
would undoubtedly have returned to
where they came from.
DR. HAMDAN’S LIFE
Dr. Hassan Hamdan was born in
1936. His hometown is Harouf in
Nabatiyeh province, South Lebanon.
He obtained a bachelor’s and doctor’s
degree in philosophy at Lyon Universi-
ty in France. He taught philosophy at
the social sciences college of the
Lebanese University. He was an active
member of the Lebanese Writers’
Union, South Lebanon’s Cultural
Council and the Lebanese University
Teachers’ League.
Dr. Hamdan was active in the strug-
gles of the Lebanese students, youth,
teachers, writers and intellectuals. He
participated in organizing the na-
tionalist confrontation against the
Zionist occupation in South Lebanon,
and against the fascist project in Beirut
and the mountains. He was active in the
resistance to the Zionist siege of Beirut
in 1982, and in the liberation of Beirut.
In 1960, he joined the Lebanese Com-
munist Party on the basis of his con-
viction in scientific socialism. At the
party’s fifth congress in 1987, he was
elected to the central committee.
WORKS
Dr. Hamdan published a number of
studies concerning the Lebanese and
other Arab societies. Among his works
we mention only a few:
-«A Study of the Causes of the
Lebanese Civil Wars» (1979);
- «The Dilemma of the Arab Civiliza-
tion or the Dilemma of the Arab
Bourgeoisie?» (1980);
- «A Prelude to Refuting Sectarian
Thought» (1980);
- «About the Sectarian State» (1986).
Dr. Hamdan also wrote poetry and a
number of studies and articles that were
published in different magazines and
newspapers. He was a member of the
staff of the famous Lebanese magazine,
Al Tariq. e
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