Democratic Palestine : 24 (ص 6)
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- Democratic Palestine : 24 (ص 6)
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Despite the positive aspects of the
report, it ignored many important
issues such as the PLO’s relations with
the Egyptian regime despite the latter’s
adherence to the Camp David accords.
The report also tended to equate the
PLO’s relations with the Arab na-
tionalist regimes with its relations with
the reactionary regimes. The report
failed to review the problems that have
arisen in Palestinian-Arab relations,
and the bold intervention of some Arab
regimes in Palestinian internal affairs.
It was moreover not clear if the political
report was presented in the name of the
PLO’s political department or the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Meanwhile, the ten committees con-
cerned with the PLO’s different fields
of work had begun meeting. They con-
tinued their meetings on the fourth day
of the council. At the council’s general
session, the Palestinian Communist
Party was officially accepted as a PNC
member. The council then accepted 21
new members - four from the Palesti-
nian Liberation Front, seven from the
PCP and ten independents.
On the fifth day of the session, the
committees had finished most of their
work. Five reports were discussed in the
council - those of the education com-
mittee, the social committee, the
economic and finance committee, the
literature and information committee,
and the committee on the occupied ter-
ritories. The report of the military
committee was forwarded to the Ex-
ecutive Committee. On the sixth day of
the session, the recommendations of
the committee on popular organiza-
tions were approved by the PNC.
RELATIONS BROKEN
WITH EGYPT
The atmosphere was tense the last
day of the council because of fear that
the achievements so far made would be
disrupted. All concentrated on the
developments between the organiza-
tions concerning relations with Egypt,
to the extent that the general session
was largely neglected. The majority of
members and guests were waiting for
the results of the political committee’s
meeting dedicated to discussing the
statement to be issued concerning rela-
tions with Egypt, in the final com-
munique.
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A meeting between the PFLP and
Fatah delegations had reached agree-
ment on the issue, but Fatah, under
pressure from the Egyptian regime, at-
tempted to alter the agreement. The
changes requested by Yasir Arafat
undermined the basis of the agreement.
The PFLP protested this postpone-
ment, pointing out that the PNC had
been convened on the basis of a
political and organizational agreement
that was binding.
Faced with the PFLP’s firm position,
and the position of some Fatah leaders
as well, Arafat yielded and accepted the
original agreement with the omission of
one phrase. The agreement stated that
relations with Egypt would be based on
the decisions of previous PNCs,
especially the 16th session, and on Arab
summit resolutions, in particular those
of the Baghdad Summit. The phrase
omitted was that naming the Baghdad
Summit in particular. After the
removal of this obstacle, most
observers considered that the matter
was finished and national unity had
been achieved.
However, the issue was brought up
again. In a meeting with the PFLP’s
delegation, Arafat said that he had
received a warning from Egypt’s
President Mubarak. Arafat said that a
solution should be found, for the PLO
could not break relations with Egypt,
Jordan and Morocco at one time.
PFLP Deputy Secretary General Abu
Ali Mustafa explained that the PFLP
would not accept any changes in the
formula agreed on about relations with
Egypt, especially after the Egyptian
threats which constituted interference
in Palestinian national decision-
making. Following that, the political
committee adopted the resolution as it
had previously been agreed.
A second warning was issued by the
Egyptian regime, delivered to Arafat by
the head of the official Egyptian
delegation at the PNC. It stated that the
delegation was withdrawing from the
council session. Arafat and some Ex-
ecutive Committee members once again
asked for changes to be made in the
resolution. The PFLP again rejected
such changes, stressing that bowing to
these warnings would degrade the
PLO’s independence. The PFLP
threatened to withdraw from _par- - هو جزء من
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