He lies down to sleep. He is exhausted. This is the toughest war Israel has ever fought. Fighting armies was easier than this. Its headlines would have been known and these armies would eventually be broken. Strike their airports, headquarters and burn their tanks. They can be forced to swallow the bitter pill and stop the fighting without reclaiming their land. The deterrence power was perfect.
In the early hours of April 11, 1973, officer Ehud Barak returned home, lipstick still on his lips. Doubts plagued his wife. She feared the young officer may have betrayed his country. But the news would soon ease her concerns. He came with Palestinian blood on his hands. Hours earlier, an Israeli commando unit had carried out a raid in Beirut, killing three leading members of Fatah: Abou Youssef al-Najjar, Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser. During one of the raids, Barak, disguised as a woman, shot dead one of the Fatah members.
The day is March 9, 1973. Two generals rejoiced over news they deemed as the “grand prize”. The generals are Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan, who was then defense minister. Tales at the time said Dayan wanted to make sure himself and when he did, he ordered that sweets be handed out to the soldiers involved. Yes, the corpse was that of the “Guevara of Gaza”, who was released from prison years earlier with a greater determination to fight the occupiers.
A ceasefire is not enough to put out the flames. The oppression that causes the blaze needs to be confronted. Avoiding confronting the heart of the problem turns a ceasefire into a truce and paves the way for a broader conflagration. This oppression dates back seven decades. The embers of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have been burning since the Nakba. The embers will only die out once the oppression ends. Generations have been born under the occupation or in refugee camps. Many have been killed, but the dream lives on in defiance of its killers.
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