Democratic Palestine : 6 (ص 12)
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People and burning barricades guarded Um al-Fahm entrances
25,000 votes for an explicitly fascist pol-
icy.
The angry demonstrators raised
slogans affirming their determination to
tight Kahane, such as: «By length and
breadth, our unity will shake the earth»,
«Go Kahane, Um al-Fahm is fire»,
«Kahane, you barbarian, go to your
country America».
The demonstrators and the police
clashed several times. Police threw tear
gas grenades on the crowd of angry resi-
dents and stone throwers. The residents
determined not to allow Kahane to enter
the town alive, formed chains of people
and burning barricades to guard the
entrances of Um al-Fahm using their
best available weapon, stones. Obvi-
ously, Kahane and his supporters were
defeated and their fiercely aggressive
move ended when he was taken away
by the police for his «protection».
The successful resistance of the
Palestinian people and their progressive
Jewish supporters forced the Israeli
Minister of Interior, Yosef Burg, to retreat
from his earlier decision which called for
the facilitation of Kahane’s entrance into
the village as his right arising from being
a Knesset member. The people forced
Burg to withdraw this decision and later
call for Kahane’s removal from the
scene for his «safety».
The Israeli authorities later
detained at least 45 residents of Um al-
Fahm and surrounding villages. Many of
these individuals were arrested when
they went to the police headquarters in
response to court summons. They were
charged with stone throwing and partici-
pation in the event. Many progressive
Jewish organizations and individuals
also joined the Palestinians in voicing
their complaints against such illegal pro-
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cedures of arbitrary interrogation. Also,
many pointed out that this event was
another opportunity for the Israeli rep-
ressive forces to arrest political activists
in general. Participants also noted the
clear collaboration between the police
and Kahane against Um al-Fahm resi-
dents and the anti-racist Jews who par-
ticipated in the successful confrontation.
After the defeat he faced in Um al-
Fahm, fascist Kahane went on to spread
his venom to mixed cities of Jews and
Arabs. He visited Acre, Nahariya and
Ma’alot after he had been to Haifa. He is
trying not just to expel all Arabs but also
to destroy the concept of the possibility
of Jewish-Arab coexistence. However,
in Acre he was met by Jewish-Arab
demonstrators that denounced his fas-
cist and racist practices. Al Ittihad of
August 28th quoted Kahane’s speech in
Acre where he said: «After the next elec-
tions, Ariel (Sharon), Rafael Eitan and |
will guarantee order in the state. When |
am the Minister of Security then | will
load all the Arabs on trucks and send
them off to Saudi Arabia directly.»
This is the fascist Kahane and the
above incidents are only the prelude to
his racist and fascist threats and prac-
tices. We must be clear that this
phenomena of Kahanism is part of the
Zionist attitude towards the Palestinian
Arabs. It is quite clear that the attitude of
the government, is also Kahanism. This
is the core of the problem, Kahane is not
just an individual but rather a trend born
from within and part of the racist expan-
sionist Zionist ideology and practice.
The significant resistance of Um al-
Fahm will not stop fascist Kahane from
proceeding to other Arab villages and
towns. However, the victory of this town
increased and strengthened the spirit of
resistance of our Palestinian masses in
confronting his future aggressive fascist
and racist activities.
Um al-Fahm added one more day to
the history of the successful resistance
of our masses under occupation and
affirmed their determination to fight the
Zionist racist and fascist practices.
Progressive Jewish demonstrators: «Kahane, go home, you have an American passport!»
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