Democratic Palestine : 31 (ص 17)
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- Democratic Palestine : 31 (ص 17)
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nature of the struggle, the Arab dimension of this struggle has
come to rotate around the main axis, that of the Palestinian-
Zionist struggle.
The third feature of this stage, which appeared more clearly
than in any other period, is the role of the masses in making
history - their potentials, abilities, initiative and talents. We are
now living in one of the historical periods that has tangibly
manifested what this expression means. After 1982 specifical-
ly, the masses reviewed the long struggle and the results of the
Arab-Israeli wars. They reviewed the October War and Sadat’s
deviation towards Camp David, and they also reviewed the
crisis experienced by the Palestinian armed presence in the
Lebanese arena. They asked, «What about all the sacrifices?
What about the hope? What about my legitimate national
rights?» Consequently, they armed themselves with rocks,
knives and molotovs against the occupation, to prove that they
will defend their rights and remain alive until the achievement
of victory.
The fourth feature of the new Palestinian stage was
crystallized in the first few months of the uprising, when a set
of values was established by the masses in the occupied ter-
ritories, which increases our belief in our ability to achieve vic-
tory. These values are self-reliance, international and internal
solidarity, despising the life of exploitation, emphasis on
economic self-sufficiency and boycotting Israeli products. A
new set of values crystallized during the first year of the upris-
ing which, all together, constitutes a new stage of the Palesti-
nian national struggle, and paves the way for a new Stage in the
Arab struggle. This is the uprising. We must know what the
uprising means historically and how to use it on the Palestinian
and Arab levels.
On the Arab level, you all know that in 1978 began the stage
of Camp David and the struggle against it, as it was correctly
designated by the progressive forces and parties. The Camp
David Accords meant the surrender of Sadat and the Egyptian
regime, and its discontinuing the struggle against the Zionist
offensive. This led to the establishment of a tripartite alliance,
imperialist-Zionist-Arab reactionary, confronting the Arab
mass movement’s aspiration to uproot the Zionist invasion.
This is the Camp David stage and the struggle against Camp
David.
What has happened during these last ten years? All formulas
that were drawn up by the Arab League and the Arab na-
tionalist governments failed.The Baghdad resolutions to
isolate the Egyptian regime evaporated, as did the Syrian-Iraqi
agreement... The Steadfastness Front? Where is it? All the
tactical steps that were taken to face Camp David ended. This
means that the Camp David regime, that raised the Israeli flag
over the skies of Cairo, will attend the next meeting of the
Arab League. We are now witnessing the complete deteriora-
tion of the official Arab position. The subject is not Sadat,
because there will be a Sadat II and III, and IX and X. Now
our masses in the occupied territories are introducing the
model and example, not only to the Egyptian masses, but to all
the Arab masses and Arab national liberation organizations.
That shows that the masses can, despite all difficulties, fight
for their rights and hopes. It is impossible for the masses to
raise the banner of surrender. For this reason, we said that the
uprising represents a new stage in the Palestinian national
struggle and will begin a new stage in the Arab national strug-
gle.
THE PNC
Comrades, I want to address the vital political subjects con-
cerning the uprising and the PLO, which were the main topics
of discussion before and during the PNC. The first result of the
PNC was the Declaration of Independence. What is the
Declaration of Independence? It is the responsibility of every
Palestinian to read it, study it, and to ask about every phrase in
it. The Declaration of Independence announced the
establishment of a Palestinian state on Palestinian land, based
on the natural and historical rights of the Palestinians to
Palestine, and on all the legitimate international resolutions.
The various articles of the Declaration of Independence cannot
be interpreted separately. Some understood that the Declara-
tion of Independence means the complete and final recognition
of UN resolution 181 and thus of the partition of Palestine. >
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