July 8, 1972: Ghassan Kanafani Assasinated

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🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani and his niece were killed by a car bomb planted by the Mossad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.6	On this day in 1972, Palestinian author and revolutionary,
0:43.2	Gassan Kanafani, was assassinated by the National
0:46.8	Israeli Intelligence Agency, Mossad.
1:13.6	Welcome to today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parkast. Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of murder that some people may find offensive. We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Today, we're covering the assassination of Gassan Kanafani.
1:17.6	Let's go back to July 8, 1972,
1:21.6	to Kanafani's apartment in Beirut.
1:38.3	Family was important to 36-year-old Gassan Kanafani. He inherited his love of his homeland from his mother and father.
1:43.3	Canafani saw literature and ideas as the
1:46.4	battlefield on which he would fight for Palestinian liberation. He believed the struggles of his
1:52.5	people were universal, a cause that displaced and oppressed people across the globe would
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