Democratic Palestine : 24 (ص 3)
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Editorial
Unifying Palestinian
National Council
Palestinians, patriotic Arabs and progressives from all over
the world celebrated the convening of the Palestinian National
Council’s session of national unity and steadfastness, held in
Algiers, April 20-26th, which resulted in reunifying the PLO
on a patriotic basis.
It was well-known to Palestinians that the main reason for
the disruption of the PLO’s unity was the right wing’s policy
which was manifest in the following:(1) establishing strong,
official relations with the Egyptian regime and succumbing to its
pressure which aimed to transform the PLO from a revolu-
tionary body into reactionary one;(2) signing the Amman ac-
cord with King Hussein, giving the Jordanian regime the right
to share the PLO’s representation of the Palestinian people; (3)
Showing signs of readiness to recognize security Council
resolutions 242 and 338 which deal with the Palestinian cause
as a question of refugees,that could be solved by resettlement
or some kind of charity; and(4) trying to impose the political
line of one group (Fatah) on the PLO as a whole by dominating
all its institutions.
These moves by the rightists led to disrupting Palestinian
national unity and the unity of the PLO, a situation which was
further aggravated by the convention of an illegal session of
the PNC in Amman in 1984.
IMPETUS TOWARDS UNITY
Since that time, a series of developments have occurred,
presenting the possibility of restoring the PLO’s unity on a na-
tionalist basis. Chief among the factors pushing for renewed
Palestinian unity were the ceaseless efforts of imperialism,
Zionism and Arab reaction to impose their conditions on the
PLO’s rightist leadership without giving anything in return.
This was a main factor forcing the right wing to reconsider its
policy, rather than risk losing the support of the Palestinian
masses altogether.
Another main factor mitigating for Palestinian unity was the
dangerous situation facing the Palestinian camps and revolu-
tion in Lebanon. This portended serious damage to the
Palestinian people and their struggle if the PLO did not unite
on a nationalist basis to face the situation.
A third factor pushing for renewed Palestinian unity was the
efforts made in good faith by progressive Palestinian forces,
on the political and mass levels, to reunite the PLO and restore
its national program.
A fourth significant factor was the great efforts exerted by
the Palestinian revolution’s Arab and international allies,
especially Algeria, Libya, Democratic Yemen and the Soviet
Union.
The combination of these factors led to a meeting of six
Palestinian organizations in Tripoli, Libya, to discuss Palesti-
nian national unity and the reunification of the PLO. This
meeting resulted in a document to be put to discussion in the
Palestinian national dialogue which began in Algeria on April
13th and culminated in the convening of the PNC on April
20th.
RESTORING THE NATIONAL PROGRAM
Great efforts were expended by those participating in the
national dialogue to enable the holding of the PNC. Equally
great efforts had to be made at the PNC session itself to main-
tain this agreement. In both instances, the most controversial
issue was the PLO’s relations with the Egyptian regime. The
problem was not limited to the right-wing forces who wanted
to maintain these relations. Arab reaction, via the Egyptian
regime, staged a blatant attempt to interfere in the PNC’s
decision-making. The Egyptian regime applied pressure and
threatened retaliatory measures against the Palestinian people
if the PLO were to sever relations with it.
However, thanks to persistent efforts by the Palestinian
progressive organizations in particular, all these pressures
came to naught. The PLO adopted a political program which
stipulates keeping good relations with the Egyptian nationalist
forces while severing relations with the regime as long as it
adheres to the Camp David accords.
The PNC also stressed rejection of Security Council resolu-
tions 242 and 338, because they don’t deal with the Palestinian
question as a political cause of a people who want to return to
their homeland and establish their own independent state.
Concerning organizational matters, the PNC decided that a
collective leadership should be. elected from among the
members of the Executive Committee, to serve as the PLO’s
daily leadership. It was also decided that the Executive Com-
mittee will reconsider the structure and personnel of PLO of-
fices in all countries.
To these achievements should be added the public and of-
ficial cancellation of the Amman accord before the convening
of the PNC session. Moreover, clear decisions were taken
stressing the PLO’s will to improve relations with Syria.
The political and organizational programs adopted at this
session of the PNC have restored the PLO’s nationalist line. At
the same time, Palestinian unity has been restored since all the
major organizations of the Palestinian revolution were par-
ticipants in the PNC. All Palestinian nationalists and pro-
gressives should support the PLO in implementing its newly
adopted decisions. At the same time, those organizations who
boycotted the PNC session should join in and play a more ac-
tive, constructive role in the Palestinian struggle led by a
unified PLO, the sole, legitimate representative of the Palesti-
nian people. @
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