The Cadre, January 27, 1976, page 10_

Autobiography.of'a

MY PEOPLE SHALL LIVE

by Leila Khaled as told to George Hajjar. 240pp.,

9 ill. 5%x8k, $4.00 paper; back. $10.00 cloth 1975 Toronto.

The first four books I will be reviewing this term will be some releases sent to me by the New Canada Press. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them 'for these books. Un fortun-' ately, however, I canndt su— mmon up too much gratitude for their first offering.

MY PEOPLE SHALL LIVE, is the autobiography of a Pale—

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stinaian Liberation Organiz- ation member. The story is chronologically told beginn-

,ing with her leaving Pales—

tine at the age of four, and ending with her hyjacking of a plane when she is captured' and subsequently released. The purpose of her story ap— pears to be to relate the

. tale of events which led to

her becoming a revolutionary, her exploits and the ration- ale behind them.‘ I only wish she had acheived her purpose. Instead we see Ms.

:Khaled paint a picture of

herself as some sort of self-

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Wonderful Palestinian ' Liberator

appOinted Joan of Arc.

In the early chapters we are subjected to stories of how Khaled as a four year old is charitably helping out three year olds. The plOt thickens and four years

. later we find Khaled as an

eight year old magnanimous— 1y helping out; seven year. The story goes on to' tell of Khaled participating in her first riot and Khal d now knows she is_to be a re- volutionary. Unfortunately she has to tell everyone so we hear of countless incide- nts of her loudly proclaim- ing, I am a revolutionary. The next major segment of this book deals with Khaled and her exploits in the P.L.0. She also attempts to give the rationale for and the aims of the P.L.0. This is‘not very well done though; for example, at one point she is’proclaiming the aim of the P.L.0. is peaceful coexistence with the Jews in Palestine, while throughout the book she sets out to pr- ove-the Jews will be an et- ernal foe. Seeing the book intersperSed with comments/ like, "I admired Hitler be— cause I thought he was the enemy of the Jews;" add to

that conception that Jews are

the only people who commit war crimes, leads one to surmise that Khaled will nee ver exactly pave the road to

peace.

Khaled then begins her hyjacking career when she and a fellow Palestinian guerilla hijact an Israeli plane to Syria. After being.

detained for this episode Lei-

1a is released quietly. It is this section of the

~book I find most frustrating. Prior to her hyjacking expe- .

rience in the book and after- ward Khaled expostulates the ideology of the P.L.0. What

is sad about this is that her

writing is such a mismash of

inconsistencies combined with a self-adulating over—emotio- _ nalism that any hope for in—0

telligent thought is lost. The point is that the ‘P.L.O. has a point. They are Vmore or less a displaced peo— ple; they have no true coun— try and they are dominated by another race in their locale ity._ I . Traditionally the Israelis in supporting there cause have presented eloquent aute' hors and speakers. The P.L.O. from some of the quotes in this book that Khaled uses‘ do also buy why they are not used more often I'll never know. , , Back to Khaled. To be" faor there are parts in this which preSent logical and consistent insights. 'Her an-i

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aIysis of the imperialiSt influences in the Middle] is extremely accurate mm basic statement of’Palem ians as a misplaced peopl rings true. However, an is so much offusacating

otionalism that any such insights are either c110,“1 or completely submerged.

can realize that she »a right to be'emotionalb such phrases as "0h Pal& I welcome you in an etern embrace",-"I am absolutel fearless" or "I am a livi revolutionary" serves mu to degrade the book anda to her selfeadulation.

The book closes with led hyjacking a secondpl in which her partner isk ed and she is taken asa soner by the British. subsequently traded forh tages and is presentlyba in the P.L.0. '

To sum up, this bookc cerns itself with two mai .questions from Khaled," is the most wonderful Pal tinian liberator?" and" am I?"

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