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Tokyo Commemorates Sabra - Shatila Massacre
A special exhibition showing items
remaining from the victims of the Sabra
Shatila massacre in September 1982
was held in Tokyo at the Yamate church.
The exhibition was organized by several
Japanese organizations. More than 100
items collected from these two camps or
through the families of the martyrs,
photos taken by photo-journalist Mr.
Hirokawa, as well as paintings by Pale-
stinian and Japanese artists dedicated
to the martyrs, were exhibited.
The opening ceremony was held on
September 14th with the presence of 12
ambassadors and participation of many
representatives from Japanese support-
ing and solidarity organizations as well
as Japanese press. Mr. Nuku’i, chief
editor of the socialist newspaper, the
organ of the Japanese Socialist Party,
stressed the importance of the exhibition
in his speech. He mentioned his visit to
Sabra and Shatila in 1980, and con-
gratulated the organizers on the suc-
cess of the exhibition. Mr. Monsouri,
Director of the Arab League Office in
Tokyo, spoke as one of the sponsors of
the exhibition, saying that the items exhi-
bited are only a part of the material and
photos from a huge massacre. Mr.
Baker Abdel Munem, PLO representa-
tive to Japan, also spoke, thanking the
Japanese friends for their efforts in
organizing the exhibition. He said that
«the Sabra-Shatila massacre was one
of the massacres the Palestinian people
had to face, and the PLO is forced to
face political massacre and _ con-
spiracies. Nevertheless, the Palestinian
people under the leadership of the PLO
will continue the struggle until victory.»
Mr. Hirokawa spoke at the end on
behalf of the organizing committee. He
mentioned the first moments of entering
Sabra and Shatila on the morning of
September 18th, 1982. He said, «All |
could do was to push the button of the
camera to take pictures of the killed,
massacred people. But after that | felt it
was my responsibility to make records of
the documents about the people killed in
the massacre. So | decided to visit Beirut
again and to collect material remaining
from the massacre. Any single item or
personal belonging to tell about the life,
dreams and aspirations of these Palesti-
nians.»
An opening concert was given at
the exhibition hall dedicated to the
Palestinian martyrs by Japanese musi-
cians. Miss Akiko Mizuno sang songs
she had composed based on a letter
from a Palestinian woman survivor of the
Beirut massacre, titled «Please
remember what happened on that day».
Mr. Takeshsi Okada also sang songs,
he had composed, one of them based on
the poem «She».
Works by Palestinian artists were
exhibited in one corner, especially the
works of Vladimir Tamari, a Palestinian
artist living in Tokyo, and the following
films were shown: «Why?», «The Pale-
stinian people do have rights», «Pale-
stine - years of victory 1976-1983».
All these materials were later
moved to the atomic bomb striken city of
Hiroshima for an exhibition on Sep-
tember 20th to 30th. @
Abu Sharif Greets Rally
Comrade Bassam Abu Sharif,
member of the Joint Leadership of the
-PFLP/DFLP extended the Bc
greeting to the rally held in Tokyo on the
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