Guerre and Shalom

Guerre and Shalom

Terrorism is never justified

The Ayatollahs learnt from Qutb who tried assassinate Nasser who admired the Lehi who admired the IRA in turn. They all hated "British Imperialism". Was their violence a recipe for a better world?

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Daniel Clarke-Serret
Mar 25, 2026
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“Imperialism has laid its body over the world, the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in the Middle East, its arteries reaching Africa and Latin America. Wherever you strike it, you damage it, and you serve the World Revolution."

(Palestinian novelist Kanafani, justifying violence against “imperialism”)

“One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”…

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