"We have no faith in the Lebanese ... we will keep our weapons until we return to Palestine ..."

Via Friday-Lunch-Club

 

"...Prior to this sombre anniversary, Ahmed Moor argued in an article for Cif that Palestinian weapons are the key issue preventing Palestinian refugees from obtaining basic civil rights in Lebanon, which the state has denied them for 62 years. He described the camps as "heavily armed" and their Palestinians as gripped by an "illusion of martial security."

As someone who has lived in Lebanon for several years, I was struck by these assertions. Anyone familiar with Lebanese politics recognises them as the typical refrain of the right wing, whose adherents object not only to providing Palestinians refugees with basic rights but to their very presence on Lebanese soil. Nor do these characterisations come close to accurately describing the camps or the Palestinians in Lebanon I know. The camps today are far from heavily armed, especially when compared to the various Lebanese militias or the Lebanese army...."

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