Democratic Palestine : 32 (ص 5)
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In order to preserve national unity and
further consolidate the uprising, it is
necessary to abide strictly by the
resolutions of the PNC which did not
call for confederation with Jordan
prior to the establishment of a Palesti-
nian state, nor for direct negotiations
with Israel. The PLO must rather strive
for its dialogue with the US to be in
concert with the international consen-
sus which is for peace through an effec-
tive and fully empowered international
peace conference with the participation
of the permanent members of the
Security Council and all parties to the
conflict, including the PLO.
The new realities born out of the in-
tifada and the international support it
has engendered should be utilized to
consolidate and broaden it, in order to
advance to the next phase of total civil
disobedience. By providing the
necessary support to the intifada -
materially, militarily, morally and
politically, we can contribute to its
continued escalation which is the only
real guarantee for Israeli withdrawal
and the achievement of freedom and
independence. @
1 Associated Press, December 20, 1988.
2 ibid.
3 ibid.
4 Associated Press, February 20, 1989
George Habash
The Ultimate Challenge of the Intifada
The Palestinian popular uprising will go down in history, not
only Palestinian and Arab history, but international history as
well. The uprising, as acknowledged by the vast majority, will
have the same significance as other great historical events, such
as the Paris Commune, the victory of the Iranian revolution
and the great independence battles of colonized and semi-
colonized countries. This is no exaggeration. The uprising,
which has entered its second year, is the first of its kind in the
area. The results of its first year put it in the forefront of the
events and battles in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The effects of the uprising in different fields are continuing,
bearing all kinds of possibilities.
The uprising could not have maintained its momentum had —
it not possessed the mechanisms for escalation and renewal,
based on a set of qualities and features. These give us con-
fidence that we are witnessing a new way of life, especially for
our masses under occupation. Thus, the uprising will continue .
and escalate until achieving freedom and independence.
Organization is an essential factor for continuing and
escalating the uprising. This concerns not only the United Na-
tional Leadership of the Uprising (UNL), but also the tens and
hundreds of popular and working committees, and strike
forces, which constitute the base of the UNL, and in whose
ranks thousands of our people will be organized. Even the
enemy leadership has been forced to admit that if they want to
put an end to the popular committees, this means arresting all
the people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Such advanced organizing has had a noticeable effect in
guaranteeing the continuation of the uprising, in accordance
with a calculated program which takes into consideration the
daily needs of our people on the one hand, while keeping the
flames of the uprising burning on the other. Such organizing
would not have been possible without the accumulation of
militant experience, and the crystallization of the Palestinian
subjective factor in the occupied territories. This is clear if one
views the extent of the development which has occurred in the
effectiveness of the Palestinian nationalist and democratic
organizations, and the mass organizations affiliated with
them, such as the unions and committees for workers,
students, women, youth and professionals, and the voluntary
work committees.
Democratic Palestine, March 1989
Our satisfaction with the developed organizing of the upris-
ing, which has been created by our masses and vanguard
forces, should not, however, rule out the need for exerting
more efforts to bridge the current gaps and any gaps which
may arise, especially concerning the UNL in the occupied ter-
ritories. It should not eliminate the necessity of striving to
form more organs of popular authority to organize all the
people in this long, militant process, and to derive formulas
that guarantee the participation of all groups, forces and in-
dividuals, in the uprising, despite differences. The democratic
organizations and the PLO should continue to focus on this
task.
Comprehensiveness is the second distinctive feature of the
uprising. We don’t mean comprehensiveness only in the
geographic sense, but in the demographic sense as well. The
uprising includes all the people, of all ages, professions, classes
and strata. All our people are participating in their own way or
field, according to their potentials and special skills. Thus, the
influence of agents and reactionaries has decreased, and a new
set of values and social standards has evolved in accordance
with the characteristics of the new stage. Individualism,
selfishness and consumptive tendencies have given way to self-
reliance, self-confidence, social solidarity, austerity and pro-
ductivity. The woman’s view of her role has changed marked-:
ly, as has the man’s view of the woman’s role, in the course of >
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