Democratic Palestine : 28 (ص 32)
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greeted the steadfast Palestinians in
occupied Palestine, and expressed full
support for the PLO.
The politbureau of the Yemeni
Socialist Party held an extraordinary
meeting to discuss means of supporting
the uprising. It established a special
committee for this purpose, divided in-
to several subcommittees: the political
and media committee to work in coor-
dination with the PLO office in Aden;
an activities committee to organize
rallies and demonstrations in all
districts; and a financial committee that
started its work by printing a postage
stamp symbolizing the uprising.
Despite all these positive activities,
Democratic Yemen’s recent decision to
resume relations with Egypt remains
unjustified.
In Libya, Colonel Qaddafi directed
several televized messages to our people
in occupied Palestine, encouraging
them to be steadfast. Rallies were held
in support of the uprising, and Libya
made large donations to support the
Palestinians in the occupied territories.
All in all, the uprising had a positive
impact on the Arab level. Still, the
Steadfastness and Confrontation Front
countries must shoulder their national
responsibilities in a more serious
fashion. The front should develop
coordination among its members in
preparation for convening a summit, in
order to play the distinguished role it is
expected to play in confronting the
imperialist-Zionist-Arab reactionary
plans against the liberation struggle.
ARAB COMMUNIST
PARTIES AND LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS
In several Arab countries, the com-
munist parties and national liberation
movements were active in arranging
demonstrations and other forms of
mass support to the uprising. However,
some of these parties and forces con-
tented themselves with issuing verbal
support. This is unfortunate in view of
the overall impact of the uprising. Since
its inception, the Palestinian liberation
struggle has been in the forefront in the
struggle against the imperialist-Zionist
enemy. The Palestinian revolution has
been a catalyst and inspiration for the
Arab national liberation movement.
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The uprising did unleash the revolu-
tionary spirit among the Egyptian
masses, enabling the movement to wage
a battle against Camp David. This
provides the basis for developing the
popular rejection of the regime’s
policies, i.e., Camp David and the at-
tempts to foil the uprising, but the na-
tional movement still has a long way to
go to build the struggle required to
abrogate Camp David.
Arab communist and worker’s par-
ties signed two communiques saluting
the Palestinian uprising that foiled the
Israeli Jordanian schemes, condemn-
ing the Israeli practices, and confirming
that the only way to a lasting and just
peace is an international conference
that guarantees Israeli withdrawal from
the occupied territories, and fulfills the
rights of the Palestinian people to
repatriation, self-determination and an
independent state. (Statements to this
effect were signed on December 15th
and January 12th, by the Communist
Parties of Palestine, Jordan, Sudan,
Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia,
Syria and Egypt; and the Progress and
Socialism party in Morocco, the Na-
tional Liberation Front of Bahrain, the
People’s Front for the Liberation of
Oman, and the Socialist Vanguard
Party in Algeria.
The Arab national liberation
movements, located in Algeria and
Libya, issued statements in support of
the uprising, saluting the PLO and the
United Leadership of the Uprising. The
Arab communist parties dealt with the
uprising in all of their publications.
LEBANON
Based on the long tradition of joint
Palestinian—Lebanese struggle, the
Lebanese nationalist forces joined with
the Palestinians in organizing mass ac-
tivities in support of the uprising. In
December, 75,000 Lebanese and
Palestinians marched in Sidon. On
February 12th, a huge mass rally was
organized by the Progressive Socialist
Party at Ba’aqleen in the mountains. It
was well attended by other parties as
well: the Communist Action Organiza-
tion, the Syrian Social Nationalist Par-
ty, the Lebanese Communist Party and
the Nasserite Unificationist Movement,
in addition to the PLO delegation led
by Salah Salah, secretary of the
Palestinian National Work Committee
in Lebanon, and PFLP Politbureau
member. Walid Jumblatt, president of
the Progressive Socialist Party,
delivered an important speech which
impressed the audience and Arab
political circles. He emphasized that
any formula that disregards the PLO
will be foiled, and urged the revival of
the Palestinian—Syrian—Lebanese
nationalist alliance.
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In a short period, the uprising has
achieved great victories on the political
and mass level. This confirms that the
masses are a decisive force in all the
battles waged by the Arab liberation
movement. Therefore it is the respon-
sibility of the Arab liberation move-
ment to mobilize broadly to motivate
the masses to become a primary and
effective party to the battle.
There are other tasks awaiting the
Arab liberation movement, in order for
it to recapture its leading role among
the Arab masses, and to mobilize
political and material support for the
uprising and the PLO.
The first task is developing the
cooperation among the different
movements and moving from a
minimal program to a revolutionary
one. This step will enable the Arab
liberation movement to enter this new
stage of struggle, and achieve the goals
of the Arab masses: genuine indepen-
dance, freedom and social progress.
The second task is the serious work
needed to reestablish Palestinian-Syrian
relations, in preparation for reviving
the Palestinian — National
Lebanese—Syrian alliance on a militant
basis, to confront the US—Israeli
schemes in the area. @ - هو جزء من
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