Democratic Palestine : 22 (ص 23)
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tional conference is solving the pro-
blems of Soviet Jewry and finding a
substitute for the PLO!!!
About the Jordanian ‘development’
plan, Spadolini said that «despite its
economic nature, it is connected with
an international conference.» This un-
covered Spadolini’s real goals, since the
basic thrust of the ‘development’ plan
is negating the PLO’s role and finding
substitutes.
STICK AND CARROT
The flood of western ‘thought and
fact gatherers’ continued. Australia’s
prime minister, Bob Hawke, visited the
region on January 23rd. His visit in-
cluded Jordan, ‘Israel’ and Egypt,
where else?
Earlier in the same month, the
Australian government had strongly
objected to hosting a UN-sponsored
international forum to discuss the
Palestinian problem, refusing to allow
a PLO delegation to attend. Still,
Hawke followed in the path of the
other western diplomatic brokers. In
line with the stick-and-carrot policy, he
said that «Australia is willing to
recognize the PLO if the PLO
recognizes Israel’s right to exist.»
Hawke also expressed his approval of
the Jordanian ‘development’ plan,
showing that he adheres to the im-
perialist consensus on negating the
PLO’s role.
After meeting in Alexandria with
Peres in September 1986, Mubarak
predicted that 1987 would be the year
of ‘peace’. In imperialist-reactionary
jargon, this was no mere slip of the
tongue. Imperialism’s effort to impose
a capitulationist settlement in the
region has steadily escalated, especially
seeing that there are Arab regimes fully
willing to cooperate. In this effort to
the anti-imperialist forces,
impose US hegemony in the Middle
Fast, the role of other western states is
obvious, as are the disputes in ‘Israel’
about an international conference. All
this attempts to spread illusions about
the nature of the settlement being
promoted, and to lure more Arab
partners into negotiations with the
Zionist enemy. This is the carrot, all the
while the US Sixth Fleet is threatening
Lebanon and the Gulf, enacting the
stick part of the US’s policy.
In contrast to the dreams of Arab
reaction, peace in the region cannot be
achieved by following the lies and con-
spiracies of the US, or by accepting the
imperialist-Zionist conditions. Genuine
peace will only be achieved by ending
the secondary conflicts that now divide
enabling
stronger resistance of the enemy plans,
and escalating the struggle against US-
Zionist control of the region. @
New Wave of Arrests in Jordan
a
‘Housecleaning’ for Reagan
The arrest of comrade Azmi Al
Khawaja (Abu Issam), and other na-
tionalist and democratic militants in
Jordan, coincided with the end of
Richard Murphy’s visit to the region.
The purpose of Murphy’s trip was to
dictate the US administration’s condi-
tions for a capitulationist solution to
the Palestinian issue, by making Jordan
participate in direct negotiations with
the Zionists. On this basis, the Jorda-
nian regime directed its activities to
reorganize the internal situation,
escalating its campaign against na-
tionalist and democratic persons and
organizations. At the same time, the
regime continues with the division of
functions policy with the Zionist entity
to impose joint Israeli-Jordanian rule
on the occupied West Bank and Gaza
Strip. This policy is seen in the ap-
pointment of mayors, the Jordanian
development plan and the opening of
branches of Jordanian banks in the oc-
cupied territories. All this means a
policy of normalizing relations between
Jordan and ‘Israel’ prior to the signing
of a formal peace treaty. The arrest and
oppression campaign is the Jordanian
regime’s certificate of ‘good conduct’
for its American masters.
Below is an account of the Jordanian
regime’s most recent repressive cam-
paign as was issued in a memorandum
by the General Secretariat of the
Committees for the Defense of
Democratic Freedoms in Jordan:
The days and weeks since the start of
this year have been characterized by an
increase in the severity of oppression
and civil rights’ violations. This was
apparent in the authorities’ broad
campaign arresting citizens from the
various popular and syndical circles,
affecting unionists and nationalist
leaders in particular. In addition,
several detained political and union ac-
tivists were brought before the military
court and tyrannically sentenced to Jail
terms of varying lengths. The security
forces expanded the scope of their in-
terference in the work of the workers’
unions and_ student organizations.
There were added restrictions on the
press and journalists, and other such
human rights’ violations.
ARRESTS
Concerning the authorities’ wide ar-
rest campaign, the main incident was
the arrest of Mr. Azmi Al Khawaja,
member of the PFLP’s Politbureau, the
Palestinian National Council and the
Jordanian Peace and Solidarity Com-
mittee. The General Intelligence ar-
rested Mr. Khawaja on January 12,
1987, in his home in Amman. He was
put in solitary confinement where he is
currently subjected to savage torture
and humiliating treatment. It is worth
mentioning that Mr. Khawaja is 50
years old, married and has four sons,
and suffers severe diseases in his
stomach and kidneys due to successive
long-term detentions in Jordanian jails.
He once spent 30 continual months in
solitary confinement without the
minimal health and humanitarian con-
ditions.
At the beginning of this year, the
authorities arrested the known union
activist, Mr. Ali Abdel Malek, former
president of the executive committee of
the UNRWA teachers’ council in Jor-
dan, and present member of the coun-
cil’s executive committee. The
authorities have refused to disclose why >»
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