Arab MK Azmi Bshara goes on trial today. He is accused of supporting a terrorist organization, as manifest in his declarations supporting Hizbullah on two different occasions - one in Syria, and one in Um el-Fahm. Hundreds of Bshara\'s supporters and civil rights activists from abroad showed up at the trial, many of them waving PLO flags. The judges did not allow dozens of Arab lawyers to enter the courtroom, and a large scuffle ensued. MK Bshara said again today that he would be willing to repeat his offensive remarks.
Earlier this month, Bshara wrote in the Cairo weekly, Al-Ahram, that “the Palestinians’ only hope is to resist\" and that the “intifada… needs more than rhetorical support…the Lebanese resistance won the battle against Israel thanks to the genuine backing of both Syria and Iran.” Bshara summed up by writing, “Palestinians [need] to resurrect the language and tradition of national liberation… [They] cannot keep alternating between two languages: that of Oslo and that of national liberation.\"
Earlier this month, Bshara wrote in the Cairo weekly, Al-Ahram, that “the Palestinians’ only hope is to resist\" and that the “intifada… needs more than rhetorical support…the Lebanese resistance won the battle against Israel thanks to the genuine backing of both Syria and Iran.” Bshara summed up by writing, “Palestinians [need] to resurrect the language and tradition of national liberation… [They] cannot keep alternating between two languages: that of Oslo and that of national liberation.\"