Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 25)
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- Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 25)
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The Misguided Document
«Prospects of a Palestinian—Israeli Settlement»
Beginning at the Arab Summit in
Algiers, a document was circulated with
the title «PLO View: Prospects of a
Palestinian Settlement.» Essentially it
proposed that: (1) ‘Israel? and the
Palestinians share an interest in
peace;(2) the Palestinians agree with the
Israeli desire for direct negotiations,
but demand that they be «conducted
under a UN-sponsored international
conference;» and (3) an internationally
supervised referendum could be held in
the West Bank and Gaza Strip, if
anyone doubts the PLO’s representa-
tion of the Palestinians. This docu-
ment, signed by Bassam Abu Sharif,
advisor
Arafat, was later circulated interna-
tionally, including to the US State
Department.
The document met with the con-
demnation of almost all Palestinian
organizations. Statements against it
were issued by the PFLP, DFLP,
Palestinian Liberation Front, Popular
Struggle Front, PFLP—General
Command and the Fatah Provisional
Leadership (Abu Musa). It was also
to PLO Chairman Yasir
criticized by Palestinians in the oc-
cupied territories, and by prominent
Palestinian officials, such as Abu Iyad
and Farouq Qaddoumi of Fatah’s
Central Committee.
Though the Palestinian right-wing
leadership surely stood behind the air-
ing of this document, they stood silent
in the wake of the heavy criticism,
well-aware that the views expressed
were in flagrant violation of adopted
PLO positions, and especially the
resolutions of the 18th PNC session in
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