Leila Khaled and Shireen Said Interviewed by Sukant Chandan
Sukant Chandan interviews Palestinian revolutionary Leila ]Khaled and Palestinian Gaza resident and revolutionary
Click to view image: 'woman'Shireen Said for International Women's Day 2010

Leila Khaled: "Palestinian women have a fundamental role in uniting Palestinians"

The Palestinian people's oppression continues due primarily to the financial, diplomatic, and military support that the Zionist state receives from the USA and secondly to the acquiescence of pro-Western states in the region. After the fall of the
Click to view image: 'woman'Zionist state's long lost brother -- the Apartheid state of South Africa -- the Palestinian struggle remains perhaps the leading and most potent anti-imperialist struggle in the world. Therefore, Palestinian women are a central example of what role women can play in the struggle to free themselves, their families, their communities, and their nation from imperialism.