Democratic Palestine : 35 (ص 8)
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- Democratic Palestine : 35 (ص 8)
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PLO accepted resolution 242, but the PFLP did not agree on
this. The occupation tried to exploit this, but the response of
the people in the occupied territories was clear and conclusive.
It was clear that they will continue the struggle against the oc-
cupation together, meanwhile understanding these differences
on the political level, without that detracting from unity in
struggle.
The main threat at this stage is the Shamir plan for li-
quidating the uprising and confusing world public opinion.
The Israeli government wants the world to think that it is con-
sidering a political solution. Meanwhile, this plan was coupled
with bloody repression in many forms: outright killing, collec-
tive arrests and detentions, expelling activists, starvation and
economic siege.
The United National Leadership and all our people have
strongly rejected this scheme, because it does not take into
consideration our goals of repatriation, self-determination and
the independent state. This plan is only a new embellishment of
Camp David and the autonomy plan.
I would also like to emphasize that the open and secret
meetings that have taken place between prominent Palestinians
and Zionists, officials or otherwise, constitute a threat to the
unity of the Palestinian people and the PLO, and to the interim
program. The political struggle is part of our struggle as a
whole. We must take a clear position against these meetings,
because they aim at creating an alternative leadership to the
PLO in the occupied territories. This has been confirmed in the
calls of the United National Leadership.
Regarding support to the uprising from outside, there is
financial support, but the problem is one of organization and
distribution. The PLO has the principal responsibility in this
field. Support is badly needed in view of the horrible condi-
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tions of life for the people under occupation. So far, there are
99,000 injured, just to give one indication of the need. The
PLO, including all the Palestinian organizations, should
organize the delivery of support to all sectors of the masses,
knowing all the restrictions Israel imposes to try and stop
money from coming in.
The Arab regimes are another factor in this problem. Many
of them have not provided the financial support as was decided
at the Algiers Summit. It is the PLO’s duty to urge the Arab
countries to provide support, and to make sure the money is in
good hands and is well distributed. There are special commit-
tees in the occupied territories in charge of this process. They
channel funds to the different societies and cooperatives, and
are involved in creating projects aimed at improving the con-
ditions of the people.
How do you view Hamas’s role in relation to the
uprising?
Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) is the outgrowth of
the Muslim Brotherhood and the religious trend in general.
After the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, their
position was as if there was no occupation and no need to
struggle against it. Instead of working to attain our rights, this
trend was attacking the national movement and the political
organizations. However, at the beginning of the uprising,
Hamas was formed and it began to issue statements and be in-
volved. It has called for strikes in contradiction to the program
set out in the calls of the United National Leadership, thus
creating confusion. This imposed on the Palestinian nationalist
organizations the important task of strengthening their own
united work in order that all resistance be organized within the
Jerusalem April 1989
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