🇵🇸 Remembering Theresa Halasa: Revered Veteran of the Palestinian Resistance
As an 18-year-old Palestinian fighter in 1972, Theresa was one of four militants who hijacked a Belgian Sabena plane, Flight 571, en route to Tel Aviv. Their demand: freedom for 315 Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails.
The four Palestinian fighters, #ThereseHalasa, #RimaTannous *(a young Jordanian woman*), Ali Taha Abu Sneineh and Abdel-Aziz al-Atrash, and the plane were attacked by Israeli forces after landing in Palestine, disguised as Red Cross workers and aircraft technicians. The forces that attacked the plane and killed Abu Sneineh and al-Atrash – as well as a 22-year-old passenger, Miriam Anderson – included Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu; Netanyahu himself was shot in the shoulder, and Therese Halasa was severely injured.
#Palestine #Resistance #Hijacking #SabenaHijacking #History
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As an 18-year-old Palestinian fighter in 1972, Theresa was one of four militants who hijacked a Belgian Sabena plane, Flight 571, en route to Tel Aviv. Their demand: freedom for 315 Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli jails.
The four Palestinian fighters, #ThereseHalasa, #RimaTannous *(a young Jordanian woman*), Ali Taha Abu Sneineh and Abdel-Aziz al-Atrash, and the plane were attacked by Israeli forces after landing in Palestine, disguised as Red Cross workers and aircraft technicians. The forces that attacked the plane and killed Abu Sneineh and al-Atrash – as well as a 22-year-old passenger, Miriam Anderson – included Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu; Netanyahu himself was shot in the shoulder, and Therese Halasa was severely injured.
#Palestine #Resistance #Hijacking #SabenaHijacking #History
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🇵🇸 Remembering Therese Halasa, Palestinian revolutionary: Rima Tannous’ prison story | Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
After her release, Therese Halasa was expelled from occupied Palestine. She lived the rest of her life in #Jordan, marrying and working as a #nurse caring for patients with disabilities. She continued to tell her story, including to documentarians and filmmakers researching the history of the Sabena hijacking and the Palestinian #revolution. Despite her illness and battle with lung cancer, she continued to be present at countless sit-ins and demonstrations for Palestine in Jordan.
#Palestine #Resistance #History #Hijacking #SabenaHijacking
#Testimonies #Book #Detention #Prisoners #RimaTannous #ThereseHalasa
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After her release, Therese Halasa was expelled from occupied Palestine. She lived the rest of her life in #Jordan, marrying and working as a #nurse caring for patients with disabilities. She continued to tell her story, including to documentarians and filmmakers researching the history of the Sabena hijacking and the Palestinian #revolution. Despite her illness and battle with lung cancer, she continued to be present at countless sit-ins and demonstrations for Palestine in Jordan.
#Palestine #Resistance #History #Hijacking #SabenaHijacking
#Testimonies #Book #Detention #Prisoners #RimaTannous #ThereseHalasa
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🇵🇸 Therese Halasa: Crossing the Border from 1948 Palestine to #Lebanon and Joining the #Revolution | Learn Palestine 2016
#Palestine #Resistance #ThereseHalasa #RimaTannous
#SabenaHijacking #History #Testimonies
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#Palestine #Resistance #ThereseHalasa #RimaTannous
#SabenaHijacking #History #Testimonies
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