This chapter examines the critical events of 1982 that reshaped the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian struggle, including the Israeli Air Force attack in Tunis and the rise of the first intifada. It highlights the internal divisions within the Palestinian movement, the emergence of new political forces, and the importance of grassroots mobilization and civic resistance strategies. Additionally, the chapter explores the broader regional implications of the Iranian Revolution and its impact on Palestinian solidarity and the ideological battles within the Middle East.
Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the first of a two-part epilogue to Thawra (Revolution), our series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment covers the Iranian Islamic Revolution’s huge impact across the Arab East alongside Saudi and Egyptian efforts to foster religious conservative movements in an effort to supplant and suppress the secular nationalist left. Plus the Iran-Iraq War, the mujahideen in Afghanistan, the First Intifada, Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the first US-led invasion of Iraq, and the PLO’s march toward the Oslo Accords–and how Hamas and Islamic Jihad stepped into the resulting vacuum, picking up a Palestinian armed struggle the PLO had renounced.
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