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August 12, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/inside.php?id=207

Only Sympathy Remains

(bitterlemons-international.org) Riad Kahwaji- The 9/11 terrorist attacks have seriously damaged the Palestinian cause, with the U.S. administration equating the Palestinian resistance to al-Qaeda and branding almost all armed Palestinian factions as terrorist groups. Following 9/11, many Palestinian charity groups were closed down because of links with Palestinian factions; state-backed Arab satellite television stations stopped their regular telethons to raise funds to support the intifada; and the enthusiasm of the Arab League to establish funds to help families of Palestinian martyrs came to an end. There are no more banquets at luxury Arab hotels to raise money for the Palestinian cause. The writer heads the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) in Dubai.

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