Democratic Palestine : 17 (ص 3)
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- Democratic Palestine : 17 (ص 3)
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_ Editorial
For a long time, we have been warning that the time might
come when the Arab patriotic forces would find themselves
unable to influence the course of events in the area in a positive
way. Recently, there have been several indications that the time
we have warned of is near. One of these indications is related to
the uprising in Jordan: Students rebelled against the regime’s
suppression of their academic rights and nationalist activities.
Yet the organized political movement in Jordan is not yet strong
enough to protect and sustain their uprising. A second indica-
tion is to be found in the war of attrition against the Palestinian
masses and revolution, in the camps of Beirut. Despite the per-
sistence of the war of the camps, the nationalist forces
-Palestinian, Lebanese and Arab - have yet to find a solution
whereby all guns would be pointed against the real enemies. The
third indication is Yasir Arafat’s consistent refusal to cancell his
accord with King Hussein of Jordan, and the repercussions this
has in the Palestinian arena.
JORDAN
The monarch of Jordan and his police forces were surprised
by the broad scope of the uprising at Yarmouk University. They
cracked down on the masses in the most violent manner, killing
18 people and injuring hundreds of others. (See following
story.) This uprising occurred at a time when King Hussein is
trying to facilitate the imposition of US imperialist plans in the
area. The Jordanian monarch is doing his best to convene an
Arab summit which he hopes would rescind the Rabat Summit’s
resolution recognizing the PLO as the sole, legitimate represen-
tative of the Palestinian people. Changing this resolution would
help King Hussein to enter into a unilateral deal with the Zionist
state, similar to Camp David. Encouraged by his imperialist
masters, especially in Washington and London, King Hussein is
doing his best to create a puppet leadership for the Palestinian
people, as an alternative to the PLO. However, the broad upri-
sing in Jordan showed that the monarch and his regime repre-
sent nothing other than the interests of imperialism and Zionism
in Jordan -and Arab world.
BEIRUT
Also in Beirut, the masses are subject to attack, as the Amal
movement continues its most recent war against the Palestinian
people and revolution, and the Lebanese nationalist forces. To
justify its war, Amal is taking advantage of Arafat’s declara-
tions about returning to Beirut, and the persistent reports that
he has made a deal with Amin Gemayel to this end.
The Amal movement and its leadership know very well that
the Palestinian fighters and masses have always been in the
patriotic camp and will remain there in the future. Yet Amal
insists on referring to Arafat and his declarations as a phoney
excuse for continuing the deadly war against our camps. In this,
Amal forgets that the Zionist army with all its US-made jets,
tanks and bombs, failed to discourage the Palestinian fighters
and people from continuing their revolution. Despite all the
attacks against them, the Palestinian masses have continued
their struggle against imperialism and Zionism, to achieve their
legitimate aim of establishing an independent Palestinian state.
Yet Amal, determined to subdue the Palestinian masses in
Lebanon, has refused all the proposals of the Palestine National
Salvation Front for: (1) an immediate ceasefire in and around
the camps; (2) allowing the Red Cross to evacuate the dead, treat
the injured, and bring in food and water; (3) withdrawal of
Amal’s fighters from around the camps; and (4) a stop to
Amal’s harassment of Palestinian civilians in Lebanon.
We have made our position on the war of the camps clear in.
the past, and today we are making it even clearer: What Amal is
doing against the Palestinian revolution in Lebanon serves only
the enemies of the Lebanese masses and patriotic forces. What
Amal is doing against the Palestinian camps strengthens Arafat
and makes him more popular, rather than weakening him as
Amal claims. What Amal is doing in Beirut tilts the balance of
forces in Lebanon to the benefit of the fascist, sectarian forces.
For this reason, we call upon all Arab patriotic forces to join
their efforts with those of the Palestine National Salvation
Front, to stop this unholy war against the Lebanese and Pales-
tinian patriotic forces in Beirut. We also remind all Palestinian
patriotic forces that the attacks are directed against all of us,
from different parties and trends. Moreover, these attacks will
continue unless all Palestinian patriotic forces join ranks in the
PLO, to restore its national line of struggle against imperialism,
Zionism and Arab reaction.
PLO
It has become clear that the Palestinian right wing, led by
Yasir Arafat, continues to insist on deviating from the PLO’s
national program. The right wing persists in clinging to the
Amman accord with King Hussein. The right wing is, further-
more, taking advantage of the differences among the Palesti-
nian patriotic and leftist organizations, hoping to restore a
semblance of unity to the PLO, based on its deviationist pro-
gram and line. This is why Yasir Arafat and his group refuse to
cancell the Amman accord, to pave the way for Palestinian
national dialague aimed at reunifying the PLO on a strong,
patriotic, political and organizational basis. Their refusal dis-
rupted the honest initiative made by President Shadli Ben Jadid
of Algeria, for reunifying the PLO and restoring its national
ine.
The rightist trend pursued by Arafat and his followers serves
to keep the Palestinian arena divided. It also helps pave the way
for the imperialist, Zionist and reactionary plots, antagonistic
to our people and revolution. That is why we call on all pro-
gressive and patriotic forces in the PLO to unite their efforts to
impose the cancellation of Yasir Arafat’s accord with King
Hussein. This is the prerequisite for a serious, responsible dia-
logue aimed at reactivating the role of the PLO in the struggle
against the imperialist-Zionist-reactionary plots against the
Arab masses and progressive forces.
The US strike on Libya, the Zionists’ iron fist and the Jorda-
nian regime’s brutal repression show that the enemy alliance:
will stop at nothing to impose its plans on the area. Repelling
this violent onslaught requires that the Arab national liberation
movement regain the initiative. The Palestinian revolution has
vital interests in contributing to this process, by regaining its
place at the forefront of the anti-imperialist struggle in the area.
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