Democratic Palestine : 18 (ص 15)
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the appointment of the four mayors in
the West Bank, and intends to give
financial aid to these municipalities.”’
He said he had discussed the issue with
the prime minister of Jordan.
The Jordanian regime knows full well
that these moves will elicit mass opposi-
tion, which is why it is presenting the
political poison with a financial sugar-
coating. There is also a lot of fear
among those proposed for appoint-
ment, because they realize the fate that
awaits those who collaborate with the
enemies of the Palestinian revolution.
The e::ecution of Zafer Al Masri has not
been forgotten. Even the right wing
leadership of the PLO has expressed its
opposition to these appointments,
because this serves ‘Israel’ as was stated
by Arafat’s deputy, Abu Jihad.
All patriotic Palestinian organiza-
tions issued a statement warning of the
dangers of this step and advising people
not to become the instrument of the
Zionist-Jordanian plans.
In Gaza, Rashad Shawwa, infamous
for his collaboration with the occupa-
tion, has become more outspoken. He
visited Jordan in mid-July, where he
saluted ‘‘the role King Hussein plays in
supporting the people in the occupied
West Bank and Gaza... Jordan is the
closest party that knows what is going
on in the occupied territories.’? Shawwa
praised Jordan’s decision to grant
passports to Gazans who reside in
Jordan-a measure that he has advo-
cated since 1970 in order to strengthen
the King’s claim to representing the
Palestinians. Shawwa said that the
PLO ‘“‘should not enforce its position
on the Palestinian people, but should
hold a referendum.’’ He expressed
support to resolution 242, claiming it
‘preserves the rights of the Palestinian
people (A! Ra’i Jordanian daily, July
16th).
Shawwa is not naive. He knows full
well the implications of proposing the
PLO hold a referendum under the pre-
vailing conditions of occupation. By
seesawing between Cairo and Amman,
he is trying to carve a place for himself
in a condominium arrangement whe-
reby the West Bank and Gaza Strip
would be jointly administered by the
Zionist state and Jordan. The right-
wing leadership of the PLO bears part
of the responsibility for Shawwa’s
moves, for it has dealt with him in a
way that gave him a nationalist cover.
All Palestinian nationalist organiza-
tions issued statements condemning
Shawwa’s remarks which are in line with
‘the Jordanian regime’s efforts to find an
alternative leadership for the Palesti-
nian people. They condemned
Shawwa’s capitulationist position and
warned all those collaborating with
Jordan of the dangers of involvement in
the Jordanian-Israeli conspiracy of
‘self-rule’ and condominium arrange-
ments.
OFFICE CLOSURES
On July 8th, the Jordanian regime
took a further step intended to weaken
the PLO and its links with the Palesti-
nians in the West Bank, and to increase
pressure on the Arafat leadership. All 25
offices of Arafat’s Fatah organization
in Jordan were closed, including
Arafat’s own office. Abu Jihad,
Arafat’s deputy, was ordered to leave
the country within 48 hours. Armored
vehicles surrounded Palestinian offices.
Soon after these measures were
announced, cheers of joy echoed in
Zionist circles. In a comment to Yediot
Aharonot Israeli daily, Prime Minister
Peres praised King Hussein and his
moves to encourage an alternative
Palestinian leadership. Defense
Minister Rabin called the Jordanian
moves ‘‘a step in the right direction.’’
An Israeli official, who declined to be
indentified, said that the closing of the
offices will improve cooperation bet-
ween ‘Israel’ and Jordan concerning the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In Washington, US officials com-
mented positively on the Jordanian
steps. One of them, speaking off the
record, said that Hussein’s aim was to
put more pressure on Arafat (AI Safir,
July 9th).
The Palestinian response was natu-
rally quite the opposite. Students at
West Bank universities demonstrated
against the King’s anti-PLO measures.
In Jerusalem and Nablus, hundreds
came out in the streets carrying the
Palestinian flag, chanting slogans for
the PLO, and condemning Hussein’s
moves. Palestinians also threatened to
burn 1,000 Jordanian passports to show
opposition to Jordanian policy.
Democratic and nationalist forces
demanded that Arafat cancel the
Amman accord to facilitate the possibi-
lity of reuniting the PLO. The PFLP, in
a communique, termed the Jordanian
decision ‘‘part of the steps taken by the
Jordanian regime in the past period,
aiming to eliminate the PLO and secure
passage of the ‘self-rule’ plot in full
coordination with the Zionist entity...
We regret that despite the continuous
blows dealt to the dominant leadership
of the PLO by the Jordanian regime,
this leadership is still avoiding fulfilling
the demand of the masses for immediate.
cancellation of the Amman accord. This
cancellation would be the prerequisite
for Palestinian national dialogue which
would enable the reuniting of the PLO
on a solid basis, opposed to the
imperialist-Zionist-reactionary
alliance.’’
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