Democratic Palestine : 26 (ص 11)
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- Democratic Palestine : 26 (ص 11)
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There are, moreover, indications that
Cairo and Amman are preparing a new
agreement to replace the defunct Am-
man accord, as the basis for future
relations between the PLO and the
Jordanian regime. This is an indication
of the Egyptian regime’s dangerous
role. It also refutes the arguments of
those who advocate relations with
Egypt to strengthen the PLO’s hand
vis-a-vis Jordan, and other illusions
about the PLO benefiting from sup-
posed contradictions between these
regimes. In fact, Cairo and Amman are
constantly coordinating their efforts
worsening situation in the Gulf. Added
to this is Peres’ failure to convince
Israeli Prime Minister Shamir of the
idea of an international conference as
an umbrella for direct negotiations.
These facts force both the Jordanian
and Egyptian regime to intensify their
pressure on the PLO, in an effort to
keep the US ‘peace’ process rolling. The
two regimes aim either to subjugate the
PLO to their conditions, or to exclude it
from any negotiations by creating an
alternative Palestinian leadership.
Second: The restoration of the PLO’s
unity affirmed that the PLO is a power
working to restore relations with Cairo
and Amman to demonstrate that the
PLO’s present radicalization is tem-
porary and will vanish as soon as
Jordanian - Egyptian - Palestinian
dialogue is restored.
ADHERENCE TO PNC
RESOLUTIONS
The restoration of the PLO’s unity
was an objective necessity for confron-
ting the threats and challenges to the
Palestinian cause and the PLO. These
dangers had been intensified by the
division plaguing the Palestinian
revolution for four years, as a result of
the policies of the right-wing PLO
leadership. Yet despite the PLO’s
renewed unity and the _ resolutions
adopted, the rightist trend is reverting
to a policy similar to its previous one.
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vis-a-vis the US plan for the area.
Despite differences in wording, the
essence of their positions on resolving
the Palestinian question is the same,
and it is diametrically opposed to the
PLO’s own program.
WHY THE RENEWED
CONTACTS?
Hassan’s visits, the Arafat-Mubarak
meeting and Arafat’s reported upcom-
ing visit to Cairo all indicate that
something is going on, despite the
outstanding differences between the
parties involved. The reasons for the
renewed contacts can be summarized as
follows:
First: The talk about an international
conference has recently lost momen-
tum, having been overshadowed by the
factor that cannot be avoided in the
Middle East equation. The Jordanian
and Egyptian regimes thus find rela-
tions with the PLO to be necessary, asa
means of exerting pressure aimed at
influencing PLO policies.
Third: Both Mubarak and Hussein
hope to capitalize on the fact that rela-
tions have not yet been normalized
between the PLO and Syria. The Jor-
danian and Egyptian regimes will con-
tinue to use this stalemate to claim that
the PLO’s only option is to return to
betting on US solutions. Both regimes
have a role to play in achieving such a
return.
Fourth: The pro-Jordanian right
wing trend in the PLO was disap-
pointed by its failure to impose its line
on the PLO at the last PINC. It is thus
In the process, it is violating the
resolutions of the unification session
without regard for discipline or unity.
In short, the rightists’ policies are an
effort to evade the PNC resolutions.
Experience has proven that the
PLO’s advance towards achieving the
Palestinian people’s goals cannot be
insured without confronting the right-
wing trend, forcing it to relinguish all
policies harmful to the revolution.
There were no illusions that renewed
unity would magically dispell all pro-
blems. Rather, the process of internal
struggle continues even after unifica-
tion. In this struggle, the democratic
and nationalist Palestinian forces can
rely on the objective conditions, chiefly
the fact that, until now, the right-wing
leadership has been refused entry into
the US settlement for the region. In the
space provided by this fact, the
democratic and national forces can
continue their struggle inside the PLO
for reform and improvement of the
PLO’s course, working to make it the
truly revolutionary leadership of the
liberation struggle.
Confronting the various attempts to
eliminate the PLO and the revolution
necessitates adherence to the Palesti-
nian national program. It demands an
intense and consistent struggle within
the PLO’s framework and on the mass
level, to impose adherence to collective
decisions and respect for the national
consensus. The PLO’s’ Executive
Committee and Central Council are
therefore required to outline ways of
dealing with all violations of PNC
resolutions, and to impose adherence
by all. @
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