In Jean Genet’s article he is discussing his first hand account of seeing the travesty of Shatila and Sabra following the massacre in 1982. He recalls the horrors of the rotting bodies of the murdered Palestinians, and the violent ways in which they died. Genet also speaks of the fedayeen in Jordon and their violent struggle. Genet admits to a love of the Palestinian people and a sadness that envelopes him upon seeing all the violence and death these people face everyday. Genet argues that Middle Eastern people have been fighting for liberation and sacrificing their lives for decades, he references the Algerian Independence War to make this argument and points to how Palestinians are now facing the same struggle. His emotional account of the