Tal Az-Za`tar

It is the anniversary of Tal Az-Za`tar in 1976.  This is why I wrote about Hafidh Al-Asad for Al-Akhbar English.  Tal Az-Za`tar was a crucial event in our lives.  Arafat was culpable too: he refused all military plans that would have open routes to the camp.  But that is another story about another lousy man who did so much harm to the Palestinian struggle.