Democratic Palestine : 13 (ص 28)
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- Democratic Palestine : 13 (ص 28)
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despite all. If national unity is achieved
later on, the rightist figures will be
allowed to occupy only the modest posi-
tion they deserve in the revolutionary
process.
The toiling revolutionary classes
will continue the struggle against the
enemy and all imperialist and Zionist
plans, both politically and militarily. At
the same time, we will strive for the unity
of the nationalist and democratic forces.
As PFLP, we raise the slogan: «Unity of
all patriots who support the Palestinian
National Charter and the national prog-
ram.» In addition we will implement unity
in the field with all sincerity, raising the
slogan: «All the toiling Palestinians,
regardiess of their organizational affilia-
tion, against the occupation and its
plans.» We do not say that there is a
state of collapse, and invite all to cry over
it. We say that, true, there is this condi-
tion, but we point to the alternative for
continuing our revolution.
Aims in Lebanon
Brothers and sisters, in this difficult
year, our masses in Sabra, Shatila and
Bourj al Barajneh have been exposed to
serious attempts to wrench away their
guns. It is our duty to extract lessons
from this painful experience, in order to
prevent recurrence of fighting among
those in the same trench. We, the Pales-
tinians, along with the Lebanese
nationalist forces and masses, should
start by realizing that the aims of the
PNSF, and all the Palestinian forces
opposed to deviation, differ totally from
Arafat’s aims. We in the PFLP and
PNSF do not wish to control the decision
of the Lebanese nationalist forces, as
Arafat did before 1982. We do not wish
to exploit the Lebanese arena and mass
struggle to better a bargaining position
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at the negotiations table. The presence
of the PNSF in Lebanon is for entirely dif-
ferent purposes. | do not wish to be con-
tent with saying that we will confront all
misconduct; this goes without saying.
On the political level, our aims differ.
What does PNSF want from Leba-
non? It is our right to fulfill the duty of pro-
tecting our Palestinian masses and
camps.No leadership can ignore this
duty, especially after the trials of 1982-
85. Our people have the right to clearly
specified civil, political and social rights
which would be realized if a national
democratic government came into being
in Lebanon. Until that time, the PNSF
has the right to ensure the masses’ sec-
urity.
Another issue has to do with our
right to fight the enemy from Lebanese
soil. There are those who tell us: «Fight
from within occupied Palestine. You will
find all the masses there ready to sup-
port you.» | appeal to those people to
understand the special and complex
nature of our cause. Such a call means
asking us to fight heroically for a few
years without any political perspective. It
would mean an end to the resistance.
Some of you remember well our
experience in the Gaza Strip. Some of
you actually lived that experience. You
remember the Zionists’ acknowledging
that the fedayeen controlled the Strip by
night, while they could only control it dur-
ing the day. Gradually, however, after
the clearance of large areas of orchards
and a plan, supervised by Sharon per-
sonally, whereby new roads were
paved, the enemy was able to affect our
struggle.
We give first priority to our struggle
in the occupied territories. However, we
do not consider that sufficient. We will
not leave our masses in the occupied
homeland to despair. The presence of
the Palestinian resistance outside has
always constituted a moral and material
support to our people in the occupied
territories.
If these are our goals, then there
‘should be no contradiction between the
Lebanese nationalist program and the
Palestinian national program. There-
fore, we hope that the agreement con-
cluded in Damascus, after the camp
war, remains the basis for relations bet-
ween the Palestinian revolution and the
Lebanese nationalist forces. Any
development should be dealt with
through dialogue. | am sure that we will
always reach a positive solution if we
-adhere to the primary conflict with the
Zionist and imperialist enemy.
We and Amal still have the Zionist
enemy to fight - this battle is not over. We
want a solution to the problem which has
arisen between the Palestinian resis-
tance and Amal, because any confronta-
tion of the imperialist assault should be
based on consolidation of the Palesti-
nian-Lebanese-Syrian alliance. The
situation clearly calls for the slogan: «All
guns against the Zionist enemy in the
South and the security zone.»
For a national front in Jordan
Brothers and sisters, in the light of
this difficult situation, we must be aware
of the role of the Jordanian regime. The
cancelling of the Amman _ accord
requires serious struggle in the Jorda-
nian arena, and the formation of a
national front. The slogan for this pro-
cess is: «Close all doors to US solu-
tions.» The Jordanian regime has four
alternatives open to it now: (1) direct
negotiations with ‘Israel’; (2) the Amman
accord with the rightist leadership;
(3) Camp David - Hussein is still hesit-
ant, but does not reject it; and (4) keep-
ing the door ajar to Syria.
If Hussein receives US guarantees
concerning the settlement process in
March, the pace towards negotiations
will quicken. This shows the urgent need
for mass struggle in the Jordanian
arena, aimed at closing the doors to the
imperialist and Zionist plans, and at the
same time strengthening cooperation
with Syria and the other nationalist
regimes, and with the socialist commun-
ity.
Brothers and sisters, all of you are
aware of the connection between the
Palestinian and Arab national struggle.
Without this connection, the national lib-
eration struggle has no horizon. This
leads us to the subject of the Palesti- - هو جزء من
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