Democratic Palestine : 15 (ص 9)
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negotiations. He himself has admitted
that he is not ready to enter negotiations
on the Camp David model. He wants a
popular base that will support him before
and not after entering negotiations.
«The halt of coordination between
the right-wing leadership and Hussein
presents an opportunity for the former to
withdraw (from the Amman accord) and
make up for its mistakes by renewed full
commitment to the Palestinian tenets.
This leadership is fully responsible for
the Palestinian situation. What | mean is
not so much to punish the right-wing
leadership as to protect the PLO from
future falls. This can only be achieved
through a front which includes all fac-
tions on the basis of the unanimous
national program of the PNC’s legitimate
sessions.»
[brahim Nimr Hussein, mayor of
Shafa Amer and head of the reg-
ional committee of Arab muni-
cipalities in 1948 occupied
Palestine
«Tne PLO achieved its legitimacy
and credibility from Palestinians inside
and outside the occupied territories. It is
faithful to Palestinian interests, and
decides what is required within the
boundaries of the adopted Palestinian
tenets. Our faith in the PLO is absolute. »
Tawfiq Toubi, deputy secretary
general of the Israeli Communist
Party — Rakah
«The king’s speech confirms the
soundness of our warning to the PLO
about the danger which the trend of the
Amman accord poses to the just Palesti-
nian cause and to the PLO itself.» In an
interview on February 23rd, Toubi stated
that King Hussein's declaration, of stop-
ping political coordination with the offi-
cial PLO leadership, only emphasizes
that he is on the way to a new settlement,
Camp David-style. Blaming the PLO for
hindering the peace process is to
absolve the Israeli and US govern-
ments, who are actually responsible for
blocking peace by refusing to withdraw
from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and
denying the Palestinian people’s right to
self-determination.
Toubi emphasized that the PLO is
required to clearly give up the trend of
the Amman accord and restore unity on
the basis of adhering to the rights of the
Palestinian people, the program of the
PNC’s 16th session and the Aden-
Algiers agreement. It must strive to
restore the alliance with Syria, the forces
of national liberation and the socialist
community, first and foremost the Soviet
Union.
The people of Jenin
«We declare that the West Bank
members of (the Jordanian) parliament
represent only themselves. We reaffirm
that the PLO is the sole, legitimate rep-
resentative of our people...We therefore
call on our leadership in all factions to
make serious efforts to restore the
PLO’s unity on a national democratic
basis, on the tenets stipulated by legiti-
mate PNC decisions.»
—This is an excerpt from a statement
signed by the mayor and elected mem-
bers of the municipal council of Jenin, by
22 different trade and professional
unions, womens, students and youth
organizations, other mass associations
and committees, and dozens of shop-
keepers.
Ibrahim Tawil, elected mayor of
Al Bireh
«What has happened only reaffirms
the necessity of all PLO factions’ unify-
ing on a patriotic basis...so that the PLO
can impose itself from a position of
strength and not weakness, for this only
results in further concessions — a fact
which neither our people nor the Palesti-
nian national factions would consent
to.»
Farid Al Tawil, elected member
of Beit Sahour municipal council
«History has taught us that any
political solution achieved with an imba-
lance of forces often results in
inadequate agreements where the
stronger imposes conditions on the
weaker. The net result is a form of
capitulation. It is a well-established fact
that the US will never be impartial
towards the Arab-Israeli conflict. The
strategic alliance between the US and
Israel is proof of this. The natural
response to the situation of official Arab
defeat is the PLO’s unification on a clear
patriotic basis, its alliance with the Arab
liberation movement and the support of
liberation movements around the
world... Those who are betting on US sol-
utions are swimming in a sea of illusions
— we've had enough of ploughing the
sea.»
Samiha Khalil, head of the Fam-
ily Welfare Society, Ramallah
«In these decisive times of our
people’s history. we demand unity and
only unity. Without this, we cannot be
effective. Sooner or later, our indepen-
dent Palestinian state will be established
on the land of Palestine under the
leadership of the PLO, the sole, legiti-
mate representative of our people...no
matter the obstacles and catastrophes.»
Dr. Hanna Halaq, owner of «Al
Darb» (closed by the Zionists)
«This stage requires extra efforts to
reinforce ranks and achieve genuine
national unity based on previous PNC
sessions...Any solution short of restor-
ing the rights of the Palestinians and
their sole representative, the PLO, and
establishment of a state is far removed
from the aspirations of our people...Hus-
sein’s speech meets all the US and
Israeli conditions for a settlement which
would surely be at the expense of the
Palestinian people.»
Mohammad Atrash, head of the
executive board of the youth
social center and member of the
Committee to Defend Duheisha
Camp
«King Hussein’s speech is nothing
more than a defense of US imperialism,
aimed at liquidating the PLO. The pup-
pets he addressed have no influence in
the ranks of our people in the occupied
territories. Our people have the ability to
foil the king’s plans and the plans of
those whose pockets are bulging with
his money...The PLO leadership must
pause and realize what their policies
have inflicted on our people’s cause.
They must take the _ initiative to
immediately break off the ill-reputed
Amman accord.»
Students in Bethlehem and Bir
Zeit
Student groups in these two West
Bank towns issued a statement em-
phasizing that King Hussein's teary-
eyed concern for the masses in the
occupied land does not change the fact
that these masses are a part of the PLO.
They have defended the PLO from all
past and present plots. They are always
concerned about its unity and the legiti-
macy of its representation.
«Al Mithaq» newspaper pub-
lished in Jerusalem
Al Mithaq stressed the dangers
underlying the king’s speech which
takes the blame off the US administra-
tion and its aggressive policies against »
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