Rantissi Remembered

Lost in Battle for Palestinian Victory*

By Genevieve Cora Fraser

 April 23, 2004

Zionists destroy our lives

Because we fight

To put an end to tragedy

The multi-faceted suffering

Of the Palestinian people

 Zionists continue

To destroy our lives for no reason

But that we demand our legitimate rights

If the suffering stops

We have achieved victory

We, the Palestinians

Have been engaged in a war

The Zionists have imposed on us

1948

They left their countries

To occupy ours

And imposed the war on themselves

By their crimes

They create suffering

Slaughtered thousands upon thousands

Aggressively

Unjustly

Exiled millions from their land

The exiled will return

To their land

To their cities

To their villages

Though they are imprisoned

They will be set free

I do not know

When I will die

But please remember

The enemy’s might

Does not achieve victory

The unjust collapse

While appearing strong

The strong will

Of Palestinian youth

Is mightier

Than the Zionist soldier

Thousands of times stronger

The battle

Has never been about weapons

If it were so

The Zionist would have conquered

By destruction and terror

Win victory

By protecting the children from slaughter

Win victory

By executing plans

Force the enemy

To leave a piece of land

Without giving up our rights

Victory

Is exposing the evil

Face of Zionism to the world

Victory

Is regaining our stolen rights

Victory

Is putting an end

To the suffering

Of Palestine

Based on a conversation with Abdel Aziz Rantisi one day before his assassination, as published in Bitter Lemons 19/04/2004.