Response to “The truth about the LTTE and the Palestinian struggle”
Response to Ragavan’s article published in Himal: https://www.himalmag.com/politics/ltte-plo-gaza-tamil-tiger-eelam-sri-lanka-palestine-liberation This author who had a falling out with the LTTE and deserted it (in 1984 per this article or 1982 per an older article ) before it even took off is hardly a neutral source on the matter. After all, the late sister of his partner Nirmala Rajasingham was assassinated by the LTTE. Both of them have an axe to grind and have been on a vindictive spree to discredit the LTTE at every turn. The author’s conflict of interest needs be taken into consideration. He and his partner have also been known to have links to state-affiliated goons. Even during the height of the Tamil genocide in 2009, the duo hijacked progressive outlets to justify the genocide . They blamed the LTTE for the civilian suffering and demanded its surrender. However, they would never frame the Gaza genocide this way, urging Hamas’ surrender, and they would rightly be cancelled by