Democratic Palestine : 23 (ص 17)
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Striving for Palestinian National Unity
A series of intensive, inter-
Palestinian meetings have been going
on in the capitals of Algeria, Tunisia
and Libya for some weeks now, aimed
at restoring the PLO’s unity. The
reported agreement among some
Palestinian organizations to convene
the Palestinian National Council (PNC)
gave these efforts added importance.
Thus, it is necessary to once again ex-
amine the issue of the PLO’s unity and
on what basis it can be achieved.
The policies of the revolutionary
democratic Palestinian forces concer-
ning the PLO’s dilemma, have been
based on serious, consistent efforts to
restore the unity of the PLO, while
enacting the needed changes in its line
and structure. To this end, a joint
communique was issued on December
22, 1986, by the PFLP, DFLP and
Palestinian Communist Party (PCP).
The communique laid out the basis for
restoring the PLO’s unity, stressing
that: «The main task which guarantees
successful confrontation of the ag-
gressive, liquidationist onslaught is the
continuation of the efforts to reunite
the PLO on an anti-imperialist, anti-
Zionist and anti-capitulationist basis.»
The communique reasserted the con-
ditions for restoring the PLO’s unity on
a nationalist basis, especially «to cancel
the Amman accord explicitly and of-
ficially» and «to stop relations with the
Egyptian regime as long as it adheres to
the Camp David accords.»
This joint communique was viewed
as a unified position on the part of
these three democratic forces, for
confronting the rightist leadership and
working to restore the PLO’s unity ona
solid political and organizational basis.
Unfortunately, two of the parties who
signed the communique, the DFLP and
the PCP, did not adhere to its contents.
As a result, the mid-March meetings in
Tunis, between Fatah’s Central
Committee, DFLP, PCP, Arab
Liberation Front (ALF) and the splinter
group of the Palestinian Liberation
Front (Abu Abbas), yielded only con-
cessions to the right wing, strengthen-
ing its position. The Amman accord
was considered ‘dead’, thus relieving
the right wing of responsibility for
abrogating it, at a time when relations
with the Jordanian regime are being
revitalized (see article on an interna-
tional peace conference). Moreover, the
agreement reached in Tunis neglected
the issue of the PLO rightist
leadership’s relations with the Egyptian
and Moroccan regimes. It also labeled
the next PNC as the 18th session, thus
legitimizing the 17th session held in
Amman without Palestinian national
consensus, which finalized the division
of the PLO. This also means that the
membership of the 18th session would
be based on the composition of the 17th
session, giving undue weight to rightist
elements. The Tunis meetings were
followed by announcements about
convening the PNC on April 20th.
However, if convened on such an
unclear, soft basis, this PNC would
organizations:
only serve as a forum for blessing
Arafat’s policies.
NEW DIALOGUE
In Libya, a dialogue is now in prog-
ress between six Palestinian
PFLP, DFLP, the
Palestinian Liberation’ Front
(mainstream), PFLP—General
Command, the Popular Struggle Front
and Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Abu
Nidal). These meetings are in response
to Libyan and Algerian initiatives and
directed towards formulating a unified
position for restoring the PLO’s unity
on a solid political and organizational
basis. As we go to press, the results of
these meetings are unknown. However,
given past experience, it is imperative to
point out that real agreement requires
adhering to the terms agreed upon not
only in speeches, but in practice as well.
The rightist trend’s sincerity about
achieving the PLO’s unity is now being
put to the test. If it fails to respond
positively to the ongoing dialogue,
another blow will be dealt to the PLO’s
role and its dilemma will be prolonged.
In conclusion, it is necessary to
reaffirm the political and organiza-
tional basis without which any talk of
Palestinian national unity is in vain.
First is public, official cancellation of
the Amman accord, and _ stopping
relations with the Camp David regime
in Cairo. Second is adhering to the
resolutions of the legitimate PNC ses-
sions, including the 16th session, on
UN Security Council resolution 242.
Third is adhering to all PNC sessions
including the 16th and considering any
others illegitimate. Fourth is applying
real democratic reforms in the PLO, as
outlined in the Aden-Algiers agree-
ment, stressing the importance of col-
lective leadership. All moves should be
judged by these standards.
We are confident that the Palestinian
revolution will eventually be able to
overcome all divisive trends, whether
coming from the right-wing devia-
tionists or from the adventurists. This
confidence stems from the fact that the
Palestinian masses are well-versed in
hard struggle. Sooner or later, the
masses’ struggle will impose the unity
needed to achieve their legitimate na-
tional rights.
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