Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 33)
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Solidarity Conferences
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Benghazi, Libya
EMERGENCY WORLD CONFERENCE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN POPULAR
UPRISING IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES — BENGHAZI, LIBYA
The Benghazi Emergency World Conference «appeals to all democratic national and international
organizations, solidarity and peace movements, eminent personalities and world public opinion to give a
new, fresh, more powerful impulse to all forms of assistance to the Palestinian Popular Uprising in the
occupied territories under the leadership of the PLO - so as to bring them relief and thus respond ade-
quately to their sacrifices, determination and confidence in final victory» (final declaration).
On June 14th, 250 delegates from 60
countries, among them Christian
Democrats, members of socialist and
communist parties, as well as solidarity
committees from all Western Europe,
adopted a 10-point program in
solidarity with the uprising of the
Palestinian people in the Israeli oc-
cupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The program of action stressed the
inalienable rights of the Palestinian
people to national independence, and
demanded the convening of an interna-
tional Middle East conference under
the auspices of the UN, with the par-
ticipation of the PLO, the sole
legitimate representative of the
Palestinian people. It stressed the
urgency of developing coordinated na-
tional and international campaigns. It
demanded that governments and in-
ternational institutions exert concrete,
effective pressure on ‘Israel’ for the
immediate release of all political
prisoners, an immediate stop to torture,
expulsions and the destruction of
Palestinian homes. The program of ac-
tion called for the adoption of sanc-
tions and boycott measures against
‘Israel’ in the economic, cultural and
tourism spheres, until it agrees to abide
by the UN resolutions concerning the
treatment of the civilian population. It
demanded that the Western powers,
especially the US, stop supplying
‘Israel’ with offensive weapons and
nuclear equipment. The conference
took upon itself the task of providing
material aid in the form of food,
clothes and medical supplies, 10 the
Palestinian population of the occupied
territories. Sending an international
solidarity ship with humanitarian aid
was proposed.
The two-day conference gave the
delegates the opportunity for intensive
discussions and exchange of experience,
as well as contacts with a high-ranking
PLO delegation, headed by Yassir
Arafat. ®
AAPSO, Nicosia
The International Meeting in Support
of the Palestinian Uprising sponsored
by AAPSO was held in Nicosia, from
28-30 June, 1988. Delegations from
Asia, Africa, Europe and Socialist
countries, as well as international and
regional organizations, and _ the
representatives of the U.N. Committee
on the Exercise of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian People,
eyewitnesses from the occupied ter-
ritories, Israel and the AAPSO fact -
finding mission to the occupied ter-
ritories (which was harrassed and
maltreated by the Israeli authorities)
took part in the meeting.
The President of the Republic of
Cyprus gave an audience to all the par-
ticipants in the meeting.
The participants discussed the dif-
ferent aspects of the unbearable condi-
tions of the Palestinian people in the
occupied territories. They extend their
full support to the valiant uprising
against the Israeli occupation forces.
The participants express their con-
viction that the crux of the Middle East
problem lies in the solution of the
Palestinian problem - recognition of
their right to self - determination and
independent statehood. They demand
the complete withdrawal of the Israeli
forces from the illegally occupied
Arab-territories.
They condemn the consistent viola-
tion of the Israeli Zionist rulers of all
international norms and their rejection
of all the peace initiatives made by the
United Nations and the international
community.
The participants examined the
documents and facts presented at the
meeting by the eyewitnesses who had
visited the occupied territories. They
condemn the indiscriminate firing at
the defenceless civilian people. They
were shocked to hear testimonies about
the methods of torture pursued by the
Israeli armed forces and police against
the Palestinian people. Hundreds of
Palestinians were killed, thousands
wounded and mutilated and scores of
thousands detained in concentration
camps under horrible conditions where
they are subjected to all kinds of tor-
ture. Several are buried alive and a
large number of children as well as
young and old people are subjected to
«bone-breaking». Collective punish-
ment is applied on entire towns and
villages while places of worship,
hospitals, and educational centres are
stormed. The Israeli forces and police
also use gas to kill scores of women and
children. They close down all press in-
stitutions in the occupied territories,
detain scores of journalists, demolish
hundreds of houses and expel a large
number of citizens from their country
and homes. All this is being carried out p>
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