Israel's iron fist fails to roll back Palestinian uprising
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The Great Uprising of the Palestinian people-the "Intifadeh"—is now into its fifth month. Although the Israeli reprisals against an unarmed people have been barbarous, the repression that once filled the people with despair now fuels their will to push forth in their struggle for self-determination.
On April 16, the Israeli government took a step which it hoped would help behead and ultimately quash the uprising: It sent its commandos to assassinate P.L.O. Commander Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in Tunis.
But rather than demobilize the insurgent Palestinian masses, the assassination of the P.L.O. commander only angered and emboldened the population, provoking the largest mass protests in the West Bank and Gaza since the uprising began in mid-December.
The Israeli press unanimously ascribed the murder operation to Israeli Navy commando units and the Mossad—an assault involving 30 people. The Israeli newspaper Davar reported on April 18 that the decision to assassinate Abu Jihad was approved at the cabinet level while Secretary of State George Shultz was in Jerusalem. The article stated that the operation proceeded after receiving a green light from the United States.
Such an operation, with all its implications, could not occur without U.S. sanction. It reveals the real nature of the Shultz "peace" proposals. They are a cover UNIONS" TAT TAT TAT-T-T TATT SOUTH AFRICA 11985 for preparations to crush the uprising and for a new war.
Over 180 Palestinians have been reported killed in the West Bank and Gaza over the past five months; 20 of them alone in the two days following Abu Jihad's death.
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