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Virtually all Palestinians in the Diaspora, and in those parts of Palestine occupied by Israel in 1948, and most non-Palestinian Arabs, feel euphoric about the Intifada – the uprising in the Occupied Territories (OT), that is, the West Bank and Gaza Strip which were occupied in June 1967. The feeling is understandable and justifiable in view of the admirable courage, the cohesiveness, the self-reliance, and the tenacity of the Palestinians of the OT, in conducting an unarmed struggle for liberation against the formidable Israeli military machine. The struggle is all the more admirable as it has been conducted for eleven months now, with no direct, physical participation by any Palestinians from outside the OT, with only marginal external financial support to lighten the extreme economic hardships suffered by the OT, and no more than verbal and mostly lukewarm solidarity from the Arabs – governments and general public alike.
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