Democratic Palestine : 34 (ص 7)
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The Call of Steadfastness
and Heroism
Text of Call no.40 issued by the PLO/United National Leadership of the Intifada
In these days while heroic struggle is being waged, we com-
memorate the 22nd anniversary of the Arab armies’ defeat
which took place on June 5, 1967. At that time, the Palestinian
armed resistance was consolidated and constituted a revolu-
tionary alternative and hope, instead of the gloom which
prevailed after the defeat: Additionally, this month we com-
memorate the 7th anniversary of the Israeli invasion of
Lebanon, and the anniversary of the legendary steadfastness
which our revolutionaries in Beirut proved. We are now
witnessing official Arab silence towards the intifada. They
have remained only as observers who are betting on the ter-
mination of the revolution and the PLO, but our people
persevered as examplified in the defeat of Brezhenski’s plan
and Reagan’s plan through their sacrifices and steadfastness.
History repeats itself once again. The struggle of our people,
their sacrifices and the uprising are defeating the Zionist
repressive machine and have received solidarity from the entire
world with the exception of the Arab countries which have not
even held a demonstration or a solidarity march with the
uprising.
The Arab masses should overcome the barriers of silence and
express their real solidarity with our unarmed people who are
waging their war of independence.
To the heroes of the intifada:
Your sacrifices and confrontations bring the day of salvation
closer, the day of freedom and independence, and shorten the
age of the occupation. Your struggle is bringing about the
defeat of the occupation’s projects of liquidation. The Shamir
plan, which has become the official conspiracy of the enemy’s
government will be defeated through our masses’ heroic con-
frontations just as the case with the Camp David autonomy
plan and Jordan’s Condominium plan, although the enemy
will refuse to admit their defeat. Nevertheless, the occupation’s
army and authorities are loosing their nerves and are deceiving
themselves by thinking that through escalating the daily
repression and massacres, they will be able to revive the
military option which has been defeated by the masses of the
uprising. The Israeli ministers are calling for the isolation of
the occupied territories from the world in order to liquidate the
uprising, in addition to calls by Sharon and others for increas-
ing expulsions and administrative detentions, as well as racist
calls from Zionist officials to dispense with Arab laborers. In
fact, all these calls coupled with the fascist repressive measures
of shooting at our masses to cause thousands of injured and
hundreds of martyrs from the waves of confrontation which
are determined to continue the struggle until the termination of
the occupation. These calls have also been coupled with im-
posing curfews on more than one million Palestinians and at-
tacking villages and camps, as well as demolishing tens of
houses. In fact all of these measures, which constitute the
government’s official policies, are a desperate attempt to ter-
rify our people and create the proper atmosphere in order to
Democratic Palestine, August 1989
implement the Shamir plan. This plan aims at liquidating the
Palestinian cause and aborting the uprising, and is supported
by the US administration which supports the occupation’s aims
and ignores the will of the international community. This is
instead of recognizing the national and legitimate rights of the
Palestinian people. The US administration has adopted
Shamir’s plan which is based on the Camp David agreements
which were catagorically rejected by our people. It has tried
through its envoys’ visits to the area including Dennis Ross, to
offer its support to this conspiracy thereby exposing our people
to more suffering and terrorism.
The UNL along with the Palestinian masses confirms its
decisive rejection of Shamir’s conspiracy for holding elections
in the occupied territories while under occupation. Elections
will never occur until the occupation ends, and only under in-
ternational supervision as a first step towards convening an in-
ternational peace conference. This is considered the only way
to establish peace in the area and the recognition of the
Palestinian people’s right to repatriation, self-determination
and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state
under the leadership of the PLO. The UNL also reaffirms the
determination of our people to accept the challenge and con-
frontation in order to bring about the final defeat of all these
conspiracies.
To our heroic masses:
Due to the occupation authorities’ failure in confronting the
will and steadfastness of the PLO’s army, the army of the na- >
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