Relgocrest Lid. for Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1, Printed by Goodhsed Press Limited, 25 Murdock Road discussion, writes NIGEL WARD.
make bout the Syri Army, Before the Israeli attack They were everywhere Beirus, When they first arrived they had checkpoints every few hundred metres!
But after the invasion, with the exception of a small group isappeared from the streets People came running Beirut from the south. They would try to find lost relatives whilst looking for somewhere to stay. Well over a hundred thousand refugees, that's ob enth of the Lebanese lation, came to the Moslem half of Beirut.
Neither the Syrians nor the government did much to help the refugees; they were forced to wander from one place to another for shelter.
DROWNED The government did provide tents for ten thousand persons, but Beirut suffered a freak thunderstorm and could use this accomodation. In fact, one woman drowned.
There were some other attempts at aid for relugoes: individuals tried to make political capital refugees Since last week W.H. Smiths | have When the Zionist army invaded Lebanon, Socialist Challenge carried many pictures which illustrated the scale of destruction. In a recent discussion with a Lebanese militant, I finally came to understand the human suffering which even the camera had been unable to capture. This article is taken from that The first point | distributing blankets and the progressive forces were unable is mobilise popular support, so they too could do little The Israelis had shelled southern when the Palestinians under took how small BODIES With their invasion they had the chance to kill as many Arabs as they could and they vanco to turn te cpanes peasants against the Palestinare still finding bodies of the Zionists* victims Often the peasants would have few belongings their house. When the Isracil attacked, they hid in mosques and schools, as they tell sure the Israelis would recognise these and would therefore not attack killed in the shelling of one Most of the retagoes you talk to have lost relatives in the attack. The Israclis have also was been quite successful in their second aim.
Confessional and localist the divisions, eVen Moslem Arabs, are now acute The petty bourgeois in Beirut by. blame the Palestinians for similarly written to always everything: tbey Just want to get tid of Reactionaries like Kemal And. Ibe Lebanese parliament, have now been able agaipst the Palestinians and fascist groups A bie part of the Lebanese population ductive. agricultural workers of the LILE south ENSC OCTI forced by the earlier actacks to try and find a safe reluge. the southern that the leader was developing. mobilise for these workers.
are growing. For example i now wro peasants and groups.
Zionist The Isracil Lhe Maoist small quoting assume Name Address It was among these people | most important radicalisations had occurred Alongside their national aspsrations, a class consciousness healing deep wounds the beginnings of a trade union peasants had been shot by the police and army when on strike, This was the source of the growth of many of the Lebanese leftist Invasion de straved not only whole villages it has destroyed the whole The Times also mentioned | toheipcover the costs. We need that the condition for the paper being taken by Smiths is that it is read each week by a libel lawyer. That is now being dooc Needless to say that is costly possibilities via this Smiths deal are tremendous for left-wing However, it is also expensive following We do not receive payment at once, nor do we get the tull 15p. . Hacker DUT readers recognise the opportunity thes S. Page represents. So we ask you to . Vieux help us by sending in donations Domestic: 6 months, £5; 12 months, E10 Abroad: Airmail, £16.50. Surface, £10 per annum.
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In shorl, the Zionists have destroyed a poople; there, wil rapid Demonstration SATURDAY 13 MAY This week's food drive cotal is respectable — revealing a little more of the slogan hehind the bricks - but still leaves us way behind in our attempt to make £2,500 by the end of June. We made E153.12 thanks so the 3.38 10.00 Hackney supporter While Lebanon bleeds, the murder and oppression.
The alm of Zione is an exclusively Jewish state in This has meant expulsion of the Palestinian Arabs and a never eading conflict between the Israeli state and those it hus oppress. Only the ending of the exclusivist. Zionist state will make possäble cading of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
By equating Arab national aspirations with anti-semitism and lascism the zionisis have sought to they can against Palestinians international condemnation.
Bailding the Palestine Solidarily Campaign demonstration on 13 May iN vitally important.
munder Lebanon, the demanstration and ct the world bear:
PALESTINE LIVES! | Anon D. Boyle A and R Spalding T.A.
Camden supporters A. Storey M.B 5. DET Prof. E. Hoyle-Price M. Resney Oxiord supporan Hand HAyer H. Johnstone, Oxford A. Holling E153.12
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these y PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
assemble Ipm at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park March past Israeli embassy to an outdoor rally
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