231 Quotes About Palestine

و يذهب المؤرخون الى أن اليهود كانوا أدنى حضارياً و رٌقياً من الكنعانيين و أنهم اقتبسوا من هؤلاء الكثير من حضارتهم و ثقافتهم و آدابهم و أطقوسهم و أن ما شيّد في عهد اليهود من قصور و هياكل انما تمّ بمساعة الفينيقيين.

و من البدء حتّى النهاية لم تكن مملكتهم سولى حادث طارئ في تاريخ مصر و سوريا و اشور و فينيقيا, ذللك التاريخ الذي هو أكبر و أعظم من تاريخهم

Palestinians and Israelis were connected by a fatalistic dialectic, whose movement was punctuated by violence and directed towards an apocalyptic conclusion. One might argue that this dialectic enveloped a land, mythical and actual, spiritual yet earth-bound, ancient yet very much poised towards unfolding actualities.

They had bombed and burned,killed and maimed,plundered and looted.Now they had come to claim the land.

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

وتظمأُ حتى السعار وحولَكَ دجلةُ والنيلْحولكَ دجلةُ والنيلْ

We would do well to remember that the success of any struggle depends on the determination of its leaders and the clarity of its purpose, not the doubts of naysayers.

Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as a hallmark of refugee society. But the price they paid was the subduing of tender vulnerability. They learned to celebrate martyrdom. Only martyrdom offered freedom. Only in death were they at last invulnerable to Israel. Martyrdom became the ultimate defiance of Israeli occupation.

We can not fight for our rights and our history as well as future until we are armed with weapons of criticism and dedicated consciousness.