Democratic Palestine : 27 (ص 31)
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- Democratic Palestine : 27 (ص 31)
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both at the same time». The same day, the Al Hamishmar
newspaper condemned the policies of the government and
called for a political solution that «will rid Israel from ruling
other people» and said that «the sole reason for the uprising is
refusing the occupation and the determination to confront it».
On Dec. 26 th 2,000 Israelis from the «Peace Now» move-
ment demonstrated in front of the residence of the Israeli
prime minister Yitzak Shamir in occupied Jerusalem. The
demonstrators condemned the Israeli practices in the occupied
territories and called for peace. The Israeli police used teargas
to disperse the demonstrators in an attempt to silence critical
voices within the Israeli society.
THE NATURE OF THE UPRISING
On Dec. 20 th, in a political analysis on Israeli radio, the
reasons for the uprising were stated as follows: 1. An accident
between an Israeli army truck and a Palestinian civilian station
wagon which caused the death of 4 workers and the injury of 7
others. 2. The 20 th anniversary of the PFLP, which led the
PFLP members to instigate the unrest. 3. That «terrorist»
organizations outside called for the mass unrest. Though all
these factors could have played a role in the timing of the
uprising, it would be oversimplistic to try to explain by them
the magnitude and duration of the uprising. The Israeli radio
analysis tried to cloak the main reason because of the official
Israeli line negating the existence of the Palestinians as a peo-
ple.
The main cause of the uprising is the inherent contradiction
between the occupier and the occupied, the oppressor and the
oppressed. This contradiction can only be solved by two
means: Either eliminating the existence of the people occupied,
as took place with the native Americans, or ending the oc-
cupation. Lessons troughout history leave no place for sur-
prises when mass revolts take place in countries that are oc-
cupied. What is taking place in occupied Palestine falls in the
same category as what took place in France during the German
occupation, in Algeria during the French occupaticn or to
what is taking place in South Africa.
The uprising is qualitatively particular compared with
previous uprisings of our people. Therefore we call it a land-
mark in the Palestinian national liberation movement. But at
the same time, it would be wrong to look at what is taking
place as the final battle with the Zionist enemy because this
view will create illusions. Such illusions could lead not only to
despair among our people but also to wrong political steps such
as the creation of a temporary government in exile.
The particularity of this uprising is that it represents the first
rehearsal for the battle of accomplishing Palestinian rights.
But it is clear that many other rehearsals are needed with new
factors involved specifically the elevation of the role of the
frontstates in supporting our people, before accomplishing
victory.
THE UPRISING, A RESPONSE TO THE
DECLINE IN OFFICIAL ARAB POLICIES
The uprising in occupied Palestine came at a time when the
official Arab policies reached a new low after the Amman
summit (see Arab summit article). Our Palestinian masses
answered the attempt to downplay the role of the PLO by full
adherence to the PLO which was manifested in the slogans of
the Palestinian people and by refusing all other alternatives.
The Palestinian people clearly stated their refusal of the Jor-
danian option and the plans of self administration.
This uprising was a clear response to the ideas that the Mid-
dle East problem is a problem of border disputes between the
Arab countries and «Israel». It showed that the core of the
problem is the question of the Palestinian national rights of
return, self determination and an independent Palestinian
state. The popular revolt shows that regardless of the attempts
of reactionary Arab governments to push the Palestinian
question into the background, this is still the central question
in the Arab world. Our people in occupied Palestine through
their continuing uprising were able to deal a severe blow to all
forces who try to divide the Palestinian people. The uprising
manifested the unity of our people in the West Bank, the Gaza
Strip, the 1948 occupied territories and the Diaspora. This also
showed the dialectical relationship between the unity of the
PLO and the elevation of Palestinian mass struggle.
The Palestinian mass revolt in the occupied territories shows
the Palestinian ability to adjust to the objective conditions
surrounding their cause. After the exodus of the Palestinian
revolution from Lebanon in 1982 and the difficult situation it
still faces because of attempts of Arab governments to l-
-quidate the PLO, our masses in the occupied territories, the
revolution’s first base, were able to revitalize our cause. The
uprising also showed the importance of all forms of struggle,
mass, armed, political and diplomatic.
Our masses in this uprising were able to ridicule the Israeli
theory of permanent occupation. The Israelis were betting that
the generation that grew up under occupation will adjust to life
under Israeli rule. But what took place in Palestine proves that
Palestinian youth in the occupied territories are just as deter-
mined in achieving the Palestinian inalienable rights. The
uprising showed that even the supremacy of the Israeli army
that was able to defeat several Arab armies could not defeat the
aspirations of the Palestinian people.
TASKS IN SUPPORTING THE UPRISING
The Palestinian contingents must show responsibility in
supporting the uprising through solidifying the unity of the
PLO which calls upon the adherence to the Algier PNC’s
resolutions and the rejoining of contingents still outside the
framework of the PLO. The PLO leadership must facilitate all
support to our.masses in the occupied territories and must
reconsider its working program and give priority to the issue of
supporting our people in the occupied territories.
This uprising calls upon Syria, which remains the only
frontstate in opposition to the imperialist-Zionist plans, to
reassess its relations with the PLO and to materialize its sup-
port to the uprising by restoring the alliance with the sole
legitimate representative of our people, the PLO. Patriotic
Arab regimes have the task of elevating their support to our
masses from a vocal to a concrete support through restoring
the Arab steadfastness and confrontation front.
The Lebanese National Movement has the task of suppor-
ting the uprising first and foremost by forcing an end to the
siege and war against the camps by the Amal movement and
rebuilding the Lebanese-Palestinian alliance.
The task of the Egyptian masses and their nationalist forces
is to act with all forms to support the uprising, demand the
recalling of the Egyptian ambassador from the Zionist entity,
closing down the Israeli embassy in Egypt and to fight against
Camp David until abrogating it. The task of all forces of the
Arab liberation movement is to unify their efforts against the
imperialist-Zionist aggression, to act immediately with all
forms and to initiate the formation of suitable organizations
and frameworks to support our people’s uprising. @
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