Palestinians deliberately kept Arafat’s ruined compound unrepaired as defiance

Evidence

There he saw the Muqata‘a, Arafat’s compound that the Israelis had laid siege to in September 2002. Arafat’s people kept it in a state of disrepair as a gesture of defiance and memory, and Akram strolled around the compound, his mouth agape at the destruction. Wrecked cars were strewn about. The walls were crumbling. You could still see where the tanks had fired shells into the walls. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 528 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

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Broader Connections

• Arafat’s compound was deliberately kept in ruins as a gesture of defiance #corroborates (1.00) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 528