And, yes, we could also add that the increasing indifference of some of the neighbouring Arab countries in the Middle East to the plight of the Palestinians, have also contributed towards the attack of 7th October on their Israeli oppressors.
Nobody wants to be ignored, and neither do a people who have been subjected to over 70 years of Israeli and American and European oppression and dehumanization, wants them and they case for justice to be ignored.
As far as the Palestinian struggle for their freedom and sovereign state is concerned, I have been following their journey from afar for many decades.
Going back to the last third of the 20th Century when some Palestinians were pursuing armed struggle, including hijacking aeroplanes and taking the passengers hostage.
The days when LK became both famous and probably infamous in joining the armed struggle for the freedom of her people.
I have been around in the various wars which have been fought in this struggle, the building of presumed impregnable 'security fences' by Israel to keep the Palestinians in their desolate 'reserves' and keep the citizens of Israel 'safe' from armed action by the Palestinians.
I have lived at a time when the IDF used aircraft to kill many of the leaders and fighters of the Palestinian struggle, including the killing of an Imam who had no legs.
I have lived through the period of the assassination of Yitzak Rabin Zionist of the ilk who are now in charge of the government of Israel and leading the depletion of the Palestinians and the destruction of their lands, cities, towns and villages.
I have, during my time on planet Earth, seen the now apparent mirage, promise of peace and viable settlement between Palestinians and Israelis, only for it to be brutally dashed against the tempest and disappear below the ocean as an unseaworthy ship.
I have experienced a time when I felt that the armed struggle of the Palestinians for their homeland was justified and defensible.
And I have moved with the time to a point where I still felt that the cause remain credible and reasonable.
To be continued!
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