Steadfast As A Rock - Click for full painting and artist's statement
July
July 8
Ghassan Kanafani assassinated in Beirut (1972)
Israeli Mossad agents plant a bomb in celebrated Palestinian poet and novelist Ghassan Kanafani's car, killing him and his young niece. Born in Acre in 1936, Kanafani is credited as a pioneer in "revolutionary literature," and was the editor of the PFLP magazine.The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine (a book by Kanafani, online)