Democratic Palestine : 16 (ص 27)
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- Democratic Palestine : 16 (ص 27)
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Have the Palestinian organizations helped ease
socio-economic problems?
We didn't see that yet. | am speaking specifically of the
Palestinian National Fund, which has the money of the Palesti-
nian people, but only provided four million Lebanese pounds.
This didn’t cover one percent of the need. Here we have
refugees from camps that were wiped out. We asked all parties
to help build housing. We asked the Palestinian National Fund
with no reply. We asked the Palestine National Salvation Front,
and they said wait until after the rebuilding of Sabra and
Shatila. There is no serious planning. We need projects. There
are projects carried out by the PFLP and the Palestinian Work-
ers Union, but these are not enough.
There are two reasons for this situation. The first is the
Palestinian division. One side has the money and that is Arafat.
He wants our people to agree with his policy of capitulation
before releasing the funds. Secondly, Arafat gives money
according to certain lists, without the recipients working. This is
positive in terms of solving immediate economic problems, but
it tends to make our people lazy and unproductive. The alterna-
tive is to build productive projects. Our people fought the Israeli
army without anything in return. They don’t want money with-
out producing anything. We expect our leadership to have pro-
ductive plans.
What about the relations between the camp and
the people of Sidon?
After the Zionist invasion and the presence of the
Lebanese Front fascists in 1982, relations improved dramati-
cally between the people of the camp and of Sidon. This was
especially so with the policy initiated by the Palestine National
Salvation Front, to support and not control the Lebanese
national movement. The Popular Nasserite Organization, led
by the militant comrade Mustafa Saad, played a special role in
developing the excellent relations we have today.
How does the current war between the Zionist-
backed South Lebanon Army and the Lebanese
nationalist-Palestinian forces, affect the camp?
The war in South Lebanon is part of the overall situation in
Lebanon. Whenever the nationalist side makes gains, we see
the interference of ‘Israel’ and the US. We participate in the
conflict and fight the fascists.
How did the masses react to the leaflets dropped
by the Zionists, warning against cooperation with
the revolution, after the bombing of the camps?
We are used to receiving blows from the Zionist enemy.
The Zionist policy is to create a gap between the Palestinian
people and the revolution. This is known. This psychological
warfare has no effects on our people. As long as we carry guns,
‘israel’ will attack, so that will continue because we cannot
make peace with the enemy. Our duty is to answer by building
more shelters for the masses. That would make a million Israeli
threats worthless.
Would you comment on the new directive forbid-
ding UNRWA employees from expressing their
political views?
UNRWA is acting like a security agency. Anybody who
talks about nationalist issues is thrown out of work. The
Zionists fight us with air raids. UNRWA fights us with our bread.
This is part of their policy of trying to destroy our identity. We
have a meeting tomorrow about this very issue. UNRWA’s
rules and regulations permit political work, so we are going to
fight those responsible for this new policy.
How did people react to Hussein’s speech?
All our people know that Hussein wants to cancel the role
of the PLO as the sole, legitimate representative of the Palesti-
nians. He is pressuring Arafat even if Arafat agrees to his
plans. People refuse that, even those who get salaries from
Arafat.
Women’s Work
Amal, head of the Palestinian Women’s Organiza-
tion in the Saida area.
Comrade Amal is 28 years old and has two children. She
has been in the revolution for ten years, working with women in
the camps.
What is the nature of your work?
The Palestinian Women’s Organization is a fraternal
organization of the PFLP. Our work is to solve the problems of
women in the camps and to educate them in general and polit-
ically. Palestinian women suffer terribly because of the condi-
tions of life in the camps. These conditions worsened after the
1982 Israeli invasion and the imprisonment of most of the men
in Ansar concentration camp. In that difficult period, women
had to work directly against the occupation; it was easier for
them to move than for men. Women had a big role in the >
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