The Roots of the “Stealth Intifada”
Part of Fatah’s sophisticated strategy.
March 9, 2016
It’s a poem, not an instruction manual.
Psalm 137 famously depicts Israelite exiles sitting “by the rivers of Babylon” mourning their lost homeland. Required by their captors to “sing . . . one of the songs of Zion,” they begin with the oft-quoted “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.” But the less well-known final verses of the psalm strike a very different note:
Part of Fatah’s sophisticated strategy.
While still avoiding the worst.
A very rare find.
And has garnered the attention of its Western funders.
It’s a poem, not an instruction manual.
Psalm 137 famously depicts Israelite exiles sitting “by the rivers of Babylon” mourning their lost homeland. Required by their captors to “sing . . . one of the songs of Zion,” they begin with the oft-quoted “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.” But the less well-known final verses of the psalm strike a very different note:
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