Editing Malcolm X (section)

=== Palestine ===
In 1959, Malcolm X visited and met with religious leaders at Al-Aqsa mosque as a representative of Elijah Muhammad.<ref name="Middle East Eye">{{Cite web |title=When Malcolm X visited Gaza in September 1964 |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/when-malcolm-x-visited-gaza-september-1964 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225153521/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/when-malcolm-x-visited-gaza-september-1964 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1964, X visited the [[Khan Yunis refugee camp|Khan Younis]] refugee camp in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] where he visited a local hospital and dined with religious leaders in Gaza. He also met Palestinian poet, [[Harun Hashim Rashid|Harun Hashem Rashid]], who recounted to him how he narrowly escaped the [[Khan Yunis massacre|Khan Younis massacre]] of 1956. A few weeks later, Malcolm X headed to Cairo where he met with members of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|Palestinian Liberation Organization]].<ref name="Middle East Eye" /> These meetings and experiences inspired Malcolm X to write an essay entitled "Zionist Logic" that was published in the [[The Egyptian Gazette|Egyptian Gazette]].<ref name="Middle East Eye" /> In this essay Malcolm X explained how the "[[Occupied Palestinian territories|present occupation of Arab Palestine]] has no intelligent or legal basis in history" and described how [[Zionism as settler colonialism|Zionism was essentially a colonial]] and imperialist project:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Socialist Viewpoint ... news and analysis for working people |url=https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/mayjun_05/mayjun_05_21.htm |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=www.marxists.org |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225153521/https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/mayjun_05/mayjun_05_21.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{blockquote|The ever-scheming European imperialists wisely placed Israel where she could geographically divide the Arab world, infiltrate and sow the seed of dissension among African leaders and also divide the Africans against the Asians.}}

Following his return to the United States, Malcolm X continued to speak about the issue of Palestine describing in 1965 in one of his speeches in Detroit how "We need a free Palestine... We don't need a divided Palestine. We need a whole Palestine."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=The New Arab |date=February 21, 2024 |title=What did Malcolm X say about Palestine, Gaza and Zionism? |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/what-did-malcolm-x-say-about-palestine-gaza-and-zionism |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=newarab.com |language=en |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225155024/https://www.newarab.com/news/what-did-malcolm-x-say-about-palestine-gaza-and-zionism |url-status=live }}</ref>