Democratic Palestine : 12 (ص 4)
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Editorial
Let No One Fall into an Enemy Trap
In the last few weeks, rumors, articles, declarations and
Propaganda about expected fighting in West Beirut have
spread rapidly. This news reminded us of the atmosphere that
preceded the Amal Movement’s unholy war against the Pales-
tinian camps of Beirut last summer. The main rationale for the
new war, according to those who predicted, is the necessity of
«Cleaning» West Beirut of «armed gangs», aborting Arafat’s
efforts to ignite violence, and providing the prerequisites for
national security.
In the light of what is going on, the PFLP would like to
again stress the following basic points:
One: The nationalist and progressive Palestinian organi-
zations continue to support the Lebanese nationalist forces in
their efforts to control the security situation in West Beirut. We
place all our resources at their disposal in order to uproot any
group that tries to endanger the security of the Lebanese mas-
ses and nationalist forces.
Two: The nationalist and progressive Palestinian organi-
zations continue to support efforts to solve the Lebanese crisis
on a national democratic basis, preserving the unity, indepen-
dence, Arab identity and democratic development of Lebanon.
Three: The nationalist and progressive Palestinian
otganizations, that signed and abided by the Damascus agree-
ment to end the camp war, have tried throughout the previous
months to reorganize Palestinian-Lebanese nationalist rela-
tions on a clearer and stronger basis. We have persisted in
these efforts despite Amal’s continued violations of the
Damascus agreement. In these efforts, the Palestinian nation-
alist and progressive forces are motivated by a great feeling of”
responsibility for consolidating the Syrian-Lebanese-Palesti-
nian nationalist alliance.
Distinguishing between principled and tactical
changes
The propaganda campaign about «cleaning» West Beirut,
runs parallel to the talks in Damascus, between the various
Lebanese leaders, to find a solution to the Lebanese crisis and
end more than ten years of civil war. The fact that the Lebanese
Forces, led by Elie Hobeika, have entered into drafting plans
for reforming the sectarian system, does indeed signal a re-
treat for the fascist program. However, this retreat, like Hobei-
ka's advocating the Syrian option, does not mark a change in
principle for the fascists. It is rather a tactical move designed to
buy time in the context of the current balance of forces which
rules out imposition of the fascists’ program.
Thus, we warn that the Lebanese Forces are engaging in
tactical maneuvers, aimed at aborting the achievements of the
Syrian-Lebanese-Palestinian nationalist alliance. The fas-
cists, moreover, are secretly retaining their own forces and
program, as well as their option of returning to alliance with
Zionism, if they later see the chance to block democratic
reform in Lebanon. These facts should be kept in mind when
evaluating the motives and anticipated results of the talked-
about «clean-up» in nationalist West Beirut and the Palestinian
camps.
Needless to say, striking the Palestinian nationalist armed
presence in Lebanon remains to be one of the main aims of the
imperialist-Zionist-reactionary alliance, as a prelude to crush-
ing the Palestinian revolution all together. The results of
weakening Paiestinian armed presence in Lebanon will not be
limited to the Palestinian arena. We are deeply convinced that
this would directly and negatively affect the Lebanese
nationalist and progressive forces, as weil as all contingents of
the Arab national liberation movement. Proceeding from this,
we stress our legitimate right to defend our masses and revolu-
tion. At the same time, we warn all nationalist forces from fal-
ling into an enemy trap.
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Two Ways to Deal with the Imperialist and Zionist Enemy
At a time when imperialism and Zionism have escalated their aggressiveness against the Arab people,
the two ways to deal with the imperialist and Zionist enemy emerge with increasing clarity. One is the way
of Arab reaction, together with the right-wing PLO leadership headed by Yasir Arafat. This path leads to
offering concession after concession to imperialism, every time the enemy escalates its aggression.
In stark contrast, there is the way of the masses and the progressive and patriotic forces which insist
on confronting imperialist and Zionist aggression. This means responding to aggression by striking
imperialism’s interests and confronting it in the way it deserves.
On September 26th, Yasir Arafat, in
an interview with A/ Jumhurriyeh news-
paper (Cairo), called for negotiations
between the PLO and ‘Israel’ on the ba-
sis of «land in exchange for peace» as
mentioned in the Amman accord of Feb-
ruary of this year. In the same interview,
he praised Thatcher's decision to meet
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with the Jordanian-Palestinian delega-
tion. In another interview with the Saudi
newspaper Shark al Awsat (Paris),
Arafat says that Thatcher's decision
gave a boost to the Amman accord.
On September 27th, King Hussein
made a speech at the UN General
Assembly, clearly indicating the extent
to which Arab reaction places its hopes
on US imperialism. He said that after the
signing of the Amman accord between
the PLO and Jordan, the two began con-
tacting many of the major capitals (im-
perialist Capitals) in order to revive the
peace process, in light of the special
relations binding the US and ‘Israel’ - the - هو جزء من
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