Democratic Palestine : 13 (ص 19)
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- Democratic Palestine : 13 (ص 19)
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Palestinian Armed Struggle Today
In anticipation of the PFLP’s 18th anniversary, we asked comrade Abu Ahmad Fuad, Politbureau
member in charge of the military department, to address a series of questions related to the current con-
ditions for Palestinian armed struggle.
In retrospect, can you evaluate the Palestinian
role, and especially that of the PFLP, in the
Lebanese National Resistance to Israeli occupa-
tion?
It is known to all Lebanese nationalist forces that almost all
the Palestinian resistance factions have participated effec-
tively in fighting the Zionist enemy when its troops were in the
mountains, Beirut and the South of Lebanon. All factions of the
Palestinian resistance participated with an effort that cannot be
denied by any friendly force. In particular, what we know very
precisely is our effectiveness as the Popular Front, alongside
all the factions of the Lebanese National Resistance Front
(LNRF), in upgrading our ability to attack the Zionist enemy
and its agents in Lebanon. In fighting against the Zionist
enemy, we relied on the following steps:
First, we extended all possible requirements and support
to all the factions of the LNRF. Second, we participated side-
by-side with them in military operations in the different areas of
Lebanon. A number of operations were carried out jointly with
the militants of the Amal movement, Hezbollah, the Lebanese
Communist Party and other factions of the LNRF.
We know that a great responsibility rests on our shoul-
ders. We consider this part of our duty towards our people and
the masses, Lebanese and Palestinian. No one can deny our
right to participate in defending Lebanon and liberating it from
the Zionist occupation and its agents. There are several exam-
ples of our actions in this field, and a number of comrades were
martyred while confronting the Zionist enemy in the South or
other areas that were occupied until the Zionist enemy was
forced to withdraw. We still have our fighting role, as the PFLP
and jointly with Lebanese nationalist factions.
When the LNRF was initiated, we took a decision not to
claim responsibility for the operations we carried out, either as
the Popular Front or the Palestinian resistance. Any
announcement of such operations would be by the LNRF. But,
unfortunately, some factions of the LNRF allege that the forces
of the Palestinian revolution had no role in fighting the Zionist
occupation forces in Lebanon. We say to these authoritative
persons who make such allegations from time to time, that they
themselves know the role of the Palestinian resistance in con-
fronting the Zionist enemy. All the cadres and fighters of the
LNRF acknowledge the effectiveness of the Palestinian
revolution in silently fighting the Zionist enemy without claiming
these attacks.
What are the difficulties facing the Palestinian
armed struggle in Lebanon today, and how does
the PFLP propose to solve these? What does it
mean that forces with whom we allied in the LNRF
now work to hinder the Palestinian struggle?
There is no doubt that the difficulties have increased. The
enemy has established new barriers and widened the so-cal-
led security zone. Now there is a part of this zone densely
occupied by Israeli forces, another part with UN emergency
troops, and another filled with the forces of the agent Lahd. In
practical terms, fighting units now have to penetrate at least
two barriers to reach the Zionist occupation forces and attack
them. | do not mean by this that Lahd’s forces and those of the
Zionist enemy are separate. At many points, they are present
jointly, and many LNRF operations have targeted Lahd’s
forces and the Zionist enemy's forces at the same time. It has
been proven that the casualties of these operations were from
both.
These obstacles and difficulties affect the LNRF to a cer-
tain extent from the military angle. However, we cannot say
that overall effectiveness has decreased. Rather, qualitative
operations have been carried out since the enemy has taken
these new security measures in the South. There were large
heroic operations that are a source of pride to all Arab
nationalists. In addition, there is the mass struggle in the
occupied zone. Of course, we were anticipating that the milit-
ary effectiveness would be higher than it is.
Currently, all the Lebanese and Palestinian nationalist
factions are making certain arrangements to overcome these
difficulties and obstacles. The correct method of confronting
the occupation forces and those of Lahd is guerrilla warfare
and inflicting daily losses in the enemy's ranks. This would lead
to an accumulation whereby the fighting forces would be larger
and operations spread more widely. This would inevitably lead
to the evacuation of the occupation forces from Lebanon.
We believe that all military methods must be used against
the enemy, starting from small fighting units, to larger groups
and complex operations, and then rocket and tank attacks
when this is useful and effective against the enemy. Experi-
ence has proven that the best method is mobilizing the mas-
ses, recruiting and arming them, then preparing the right condi-
tions for them to launch military attacks. Fighting against the
Zionist enemy must become the task of all the masses and not
only the vanguards. To a certain extent we can say that the
past period proved that most of the Lebanese and Palestinian »
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