Democratic Palestine : 13 (ص 20)
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- Democratic Palestine : 13 (ص 20)
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masses in Lebanon participated in and contributed to confront-
ing the enemy with all methods and means.
As for the obstacles and difficulties put by some (allied)
forces to prevent the Palestinian revolution from exercising its
right to fight the Zionist enemy, we will try to overcome and deal
with this through continued dialogue. We will prove to these
forces that the task of liberating South Lebanon is a joint
responsibility and the responsibility of all Arabs. No single
force should stand as an obstacle to any other nationalist force,
Palestinian or otherwise, which aims at effectively contributing
to the task of liberation. We do not accept any excuse on the
part of any force that is creating obstacles for the Palestinians’
struggle against the occupation.
How has the formation of the Palestine National
Salvation Front affected the military struggle?
The National Salvation Front was established to confront
deviation and the rightist leadership of the PLO. One ofits main
tasks, in responding to the deviating right, is to step up military
attacks against the Zionist enemy in occupied Palestine and
Lebanon. However, the joint military arrangements between
the factions of the Salvation Front have not yet been com-
pleted. Therefore, we cannot yet judge the Salvation Front in
terms of joint military work.
However, each faction of the Salvation Front is carrying
out military activities in the occupied homeland and southern
Lebanon. The Salvation Front has drawn up a project for joint
military arrangements that we hope will be implemented, unit-
ing the military forces of all factions of the Salvation Front out-
side the occupied homeland, and upgrading coordination bet-
ween them in Palestine. These matters are now being discus-
sed by the Saivation Front leadership. We have great hopes for
the program decided on by the Salvation Front in this field, as
well as for the other programs proposed by ourselves and
other factions to arrive at the best possible forms for stepping
up the joint effectiveness of the Salvation Front in Lebanon and
the occupied land.
The PFLP has a policy of cooperation on the
ground with nationalist Palestinians who are still
affiliated with Fatah’s Central Committee. How do
you evaluate this cooperation, especially in terms
of the military struggle?
In our view, any cooperation between all the factions,
including those outside the Salvation Front, with the exception
of Arafat's group, would follow a path hostile to Arafat's deviat-
ing policies. These factions have taken a clear position against
the Amman accord, the Cairo statement and the moves of
Arafat and his central committee. This provides common
ground for cooperation, since these factions have an effective
military and political role against the Zionist enemy in occupied
Palestine and outside. These forces also play an effective role
against the liquidationist policies that Arafat and his central
committe are trying to implement unilaterally. Therefore, we
must always look for points of mutual agreement and reinforce
them so that all forces unite against the Zionist-imperialist
plans for the region. All forces must unite to face the
deviationist trend, and work for annulment of the Amman
accord and all the isolationist and liquidationist policies.
Can you evaluate the efforts that succeeded in
warding off the expected internal strife in the Saida
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area, and our relations with the Nasserite Organi-
zation there?
The PFLP has a firm, clear position on how to deal with
contradictions that arise among the factions of the Palestinian
resistance in Lebanon on the one hand, and between the
Palestinian resistance and the Lebanese nationalist forces on
the other. Therefore, we put forward a proposal for organizing
the situation in the camps in Lebanon, especially those in
Beirut and the South. The essence of this proposal is prevent-
ing internal Palestinian fighting or any battle between Palesti-
nians and Lebanese nationalist forces. To this end, we prop-
osed practical measures in order to attain our expectations of
uniting the masses in Lebanon to confront the Zionist enemy,
and the danger of deviation and the practices of the right-wing
PLO leadership. The PFLP proposed forming mass commit-
tees and local leaderships for the camps. These would assume
the tasks of solving social probiems and meeting the needs of
our masses in the camps. Such committees were formed and
shouldered their tasks and executed the decisions of the Sal-
vation Front. This resulted in avoiding problems that, at certain
times, might have escalated to fighting in the camps.
At one point, it was expected that the Palestinian right-
wing would create conflicts inside Ain al Hilweh camp in par-
ticular. However, through certain guidelines and responsible
methods put forward by the Salvation Front in the camp, we
were able to prevent such fighting. In addition, we were able to
contain any individual incident that might have escalated. This
experiment was put to several tests which proved that it was
the best method for solving differences and contradictions in
the nationalist ranks. This is especially true in view of the fact
that our masses in the camps are against deviation and liquida-
tion. Therefore we feel that the liquidationist trend failed to
penetrate our masses in the camps of Lebanon.
As for our relations with the Nasserite Organization led by
Mustafa Saad, they have our deepest appreciation. We are
proud of our positive relations with this organization , which
are being reinforced day by day. We feel this organization's
consciousness of the Palestinian revolution and masses. We
also know their great willingness to protect and support the
continuation of the revolution and armed struggle. We are
fighting side-by-side with our brothers and comrades of the
Nasserite Organization against Lahd’s forces and the Zionist
enemy. Our relationship with the Nasserite Organization is a
historical one, determined by common destiny. There is no
problem between us. Rather there are positive, militant rela-
tions with a high degree of coordination. This organization has
made many sacrifices and given many martyrs to protect Saida
and the line of liberating the occupied part of Lebanon.
How has the lack of Palestinian national unity
affected the liberation struggle militarily? How has
the PFLP sought to deal with this problem?
Since 1967, we in the PFLP have advocated the impor-
tance of unifying the military efforts of the Palestinian revolu-
tion. We are fully convinced that the aim of liberation can only
be accomplished through uniting all potentials, especially in
the military field. Over the years, we have presented several
proposals for unifying the military forces of the different organi-
zations of the revolution. We have struggled enthusiastically to
achieve this aim, but we were always faced with obstacles,
mainly those erected by the then dominating leadership for its
own political reasons, the aims of which have since become
very Clear. At the time, we realized that uniting the Palestinian - هو جزء من
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