By Tariq Ali Originally published on https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/uprising-in-palestine?pc=1543 In December 1987, a new intifada erupted in Palestine, shaking Israel as well as the elites of the Arab world. A few weeks later, the grand old Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani wrote ‘The Trilogy of the Children of Stones’, in which he denounced the older generation of Palestinian leaders – today represented by the corrupt, collaborationist Palestine (No-)Authority. It was sung and recited in many a Palestinian café: The children of the stones have scattered our papers spilled ink on our clothes mocked the banality…
