Democratic Palestine : 19 (ص 8)
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- Democratic Palestine : 19 (ص 8)
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PLO to the position that enabled our people and revolution to
make great achievements. On the other hand, we will not be
obstructive or limited in our horizons, and turn our backs on
national unity, for we want to strengthen the confrontation of
the US-Zionist-Arab reactionary plan.
What then is the correct course to present to our people and,
to our Arab and international allies. The answer is clarity and
reform that will strengthen the structure of the PLO. A chronic
disease cannot be treated with aspirin. An operation may be
painful, but it will alleviate the disease. At the minimum, the
self-evident national issues, as specified in the PNC’s resolu-
tions, cannot be tampered with, but the right-wing leadership
has deviated from these very resolutions. What we are deman-
ding - and some call it an obstacle to unity - is commitment to
the PNC’s resolutions. The Amman accord is a deviation from
the PNC’s resolutions; so are relations with the Egyptian
regime and collaborating with suspicious elements in the
occupied territories, and the other matters noted in our polit-
bureau’s statement of August 10th.
We challenge anyone to prove that what we are asking for,
as the basis for political and organizational unity, is a violation
of the PNC’s resolutions. Despite all the developments in the
Palestinian arena since 1982, we have not violated the PNC’s
resolutions. Therefore, we insist that the right-wing leadership
give one positive sign - announcing cancellation of the Amman
accord signed by Arafat and King Hussein - to show their wil-
lingness to review their miserable policies that have harmed the
PLO and our cause.
Some are circulating accusations in their political meetings
that the PFLP is putting impossible conditions for dialogue,
referring to our demand for cancelling the Amman accord
before dialogue. They add that our position is such because we
are submitting to certain pressures. We don’t have to answer
these baseless claims. The Palestinian and Arab masses know
well that the PFLP bases its positions on the Palestinian
people’s national interests, adherence to the Arab masses’
national causes, and faithfulness to our martyrs who died to
protect the Palestinian people and revolution. We have gone
through worse battles before, and we submitted only to our
own convictions, based on the interests of our people. We have
never hesitated when we felt issues were vital to our people and
cause, even if a high price was extracted for our positions. This
is Our policy, our political line, and we need no testimony to
defend our position.
Maybe the rightist leadership, and those who promote its
policies by attempting to distort the PFLP’s position, again
want to test the independence of our position. Then we will tell
them: We want to test your seriousness about cancelling the
Amman accord. We want to test your willingness to review
your policies that caused the PLO’s deterioration. Then you
can test us and see for yourselves that we will not evade our
responsibilities. Our people will be our judge. They will decide
if our decision is independent or if we submit to others.
If the right-wing leadership takes one step in the right direc-
tion towards national unity, we will take two. But if they are
hesitant and cowardly, and keep jumping from Amman to
Cairo, then the only reponse they will get from us is a solid
position that gives no cover for their policies.
The PFLP’s politbureau feels the great responsibility of the
issue Of national unity, and defines the requirements for this
accordingly. In our view, the first stage is for the rightist lea-
dership to cancel the Amman accord that was a turning point
on the road of deviation. The next step is to open dialogue on
the political and organizational basis of national unity. If the
results of the dialogue are positive, we will then go on to the
third step which is comprehensive national dialogue, among all
organizations, with topics including the formation of a
unifying PNC.
The question now is: What is the real threat to the national
cause and the PLO? It is the implementation of Camp David,
which is already in process, on the basis of normalizing rela-
tions between Jordan and ‘Israel’, to be followed by signing an
agreement. Don’t we all agree that Jordan represents the new
gate to Camp David? Isn’t national unity most needed now to
confront this threat in particular?
The PLO Executive Committee statement, issued in
Baghdad on August 10th, spoke of the Jordanian regime’s
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liquidation plan and that the US administration and ‘Israel’ are
working jointly on an economic aid plan for the 1967 occupied
territories. What is the role of the Jordanian regime? Is our
problem with this regime merely that it closed down PLO
offices and expelled Abu Jihad? Isn’t it rather the sum of all
the regime’s policies for implementing Camp David II?
Yet until now, the right-wing PLO leadership is avoiding
even talking about the Jordanian regime’s responsibility for
this role in the US-Zionist plan of capitulation. How, then, can
they be serious about restoring the PLO’s unity based on
commitment to the national program and PNC resolutions?
Despite this, we are still demanding that this leadership take
one brave step, but they still insist on continuing their policies.
We do not feel there is any real difference between the reac-
tionaries, whether Mubarak or Hussein, but the rightist lea-
dership insists on alternating relations with these two.
CURRENT TASKS
In addition to restoring the PLO’s unity, we have other
‘urgent tasks, most importantly, defending our revolution and
people, and consolidating their role in the occupied territories.
A part of this task is exposing suspicious elements who claim to
represent the Palestinian people. We feel it is important to
repair the gaps in the Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian alliance in
order to consolidate it. Another task is consolidating Palesti-
nian armed presence in Lebanon, on a correct basis, that will
protect the right of the Palestinian people to play their national
role, for as long as we insist on carrying arms, we will insist on
rejecting the settlement plans.
The war of the camps has been waged against us twice, on
the pretext of purging the camps of Arafat’s group, but
actually for political reasons. If this continues, it will threaten
the Palestinian and Lebanese national existence, and it will be
difficult to confront the fascist forces and the Israeli occupa-
tion of the South.
The Palestine National Salvation Front proposed a plan for
organizing Palestinian-Lebanese relations. This was approved
by all the nationalist forces in Lebanon, but then war was
waged against the camps again. After every agreement, there
has been a war, instead of nationalist relations improving.
Some said that the second war was between the Cairo agree-
ment and resolution 425, meaning a war between the Palesti-
nian national armed presence and the guarantees to ‘Israel’ for
implementing resolution: 425. This is the reality of the war
being waged against the camps. Are the nationalists going to
accept this? If these deeds are allowed to pass, all nationalists
will pay the price. Moreover, the whole national plan for
Lebanon will fall in the face of Israeli hegemony.
We insist that Palestinian-Lebanese relations beorganizedon
the basis of the approved paper, in order to restore Lebanon to
its role in confronting the imperialist-Zionist plans and the
Phalangists’ fascist plan. We will not barter the Palestinian
national presence. Our arms are part of the Lebanese national
arms. We fought fascism together; we fought ‘Israel’ together;
and we will fight the US plan and Israeli occupation together
until the total liberation of Lebanon and Palestine. This is our
right.
Another task is reactivating the Steadfastness and Confron-
tation Front, and the role of the Arab liberation movements in
Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and every Arab country. It is impor-
tant that they shoulder responsibility for confronting the
conspiracy.
This is how we analyze the confrontation process on the
Palestinian and Arab levels. Our analysis is congruent with the
analysis of our international allies, concerning the necessity of
the PLO’s unity and the unity of the countries of the Stead-
fastness and Confrontation Front. On this occasion, we salute
our brothers in Algeria for their initiative that shows their
interest in regaining the PLO’s unity. At the same time, we
note the great concern of the Soviet Union and the socialist
community about achieving this on the basis of a nationalist
Palestinian-Syrian alliance, to confront the enemies’ plans. We
are ready to respond positively to these concerns of our allies,
but the subjective factor is the crucial one. It is the strong,
correct Palestinian position and struggle that give incentive to
our allies to play their role in defending the PLO, the revolu-
tion and the national program. @ - هو جزء من
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