But at any rate, for Mr. Amin, here is what a fellow supporter of the
Resistance is willing to do to possibly help him re-assess his conclusion about
what is going on in Yarmouk: I invite Mr. Amin to appear in the lobby of the
Dama Rose hotel in Damascus at 9 a.m. sharp on January 24. I will buy him
breakfast, and as we dine, two contacts from Yarmouk will brief him on our
morning program--a program that will include Mr. Amin discretely accompanying us
to the south side of Yarmouk, where, depending on conditions that morning, we
will arrive in front of the Zakerin Mosque in Al-Buweida, maybe 300 yards from
the Az-Zain neighborhood. Mr. Amin will then need to join us crawling through a
rather claustrophobic and smelly 30" diameter drain pipe that is approximately
40 yards in length. We will at this point hopefully end up safely in the
basement of "Abu Ali's" remaining half-house, where several refugees are still
trapped. Mr. Amin can also visit with others next door. He should bring some
cash, however, because his host doesn't have much and we may need a bit to
bribe a couple of gun-kids from one of the militias to facilitate our exit in
case we are ratted out, so to speak.
Finally Mr. Amin will be able to see for himself, and listen to direct testimony, about what presently is, and has been, happening inside Yarmouk. He can ask the weakened residents about the conclusions he confidently presented in his Al Akbar article in which he claimed that the Yarmouk tragedy and crimes are their fault, or, as he so confidently put it, "Today, the unfolding events (in Yarmouk) are 100 percent a Palestinian responsibility." He may be surprised at what he learns about camp residents still trapped there, people scrabbling to feed themselves, and who have had no say or active role in the deplorable events that have overtaken them.
Just maybe, then, Mr. Amin will be motivated to edit a bit his earlier ridiculous broadside attacking the victims of the Yarmouk siege. And should he feel any contrition, maybe he will devote some of his energy and space in his newspaper to actually working for two elementary civil rights for Palestinians in Lebanon--the right to work and home ownership. Their achievement will benefit Lebanon and the Resistance, both of which Mr. Amin claims to support.
Finally Mr. Amin will be able to see for himself, and listen to direct testimony, about what presently is, and has been, happening inside Yarmouk. He can ask the weakened residents about the conclusions he confidently presented in his Al Akbar article in which he claimed that the Yarmouk tragedy and crimes are their fault, or, as he so confidently put it, "Today, the unfolding events (in Yarmouk) are 100 percent a Palestinian responsibility." He may be surprised at what he learns about camp residents still trapped there, people scrabbling to feed themselves, and who have had no say or active role in the deplorable events that have overtaken them.
Just maybe, then, Mr. Amin will be motivated to edit a bit his earlier ridiculous broadside attacking the victims of the Yarmouk siege. And should he feel any contrition, maybe he will devote some of his energy and space in his newspaper to actually working for two elementary civil rights for Palestinians in Lebanon--the right to work and home ownership. Their achievement will benefit Lebanon and the Resistance, both of which Mr. Amin claims to support.
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