Razan’s Reviews > The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine > Status Update

“Ghassan Kanafani paid great attention to the great Revolution of 1936-1939… because he recognized that it was the defeat of that revolution that paved the way for the occurrence of the Palestinian Nakba in 1948.”

“a colonizer who cannot accept the humanity of the colonized, because, like the clarity of a polished mirror, it forces him to confront his own inhumanity.” - foreword

“[the 1967 war] also created a new mechanism for imperialist invasion and aggression in the region, marking the first time a United Nations (UN) member state would justify initiating military conflict using the threat of anticipated attack; a tactic indispensable to the imperialist playbook in the region still today.”