Democratic Palestine : 35 (ص 12)
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establishment of a Palestinian state
with Jerusalem as its capital.
The communique called for
«escalating the popular intifada in
order to end the Zionist occupation,»
and for protecting the intifada
politically by confronting the
autonomy plan and other liquidationist
projects aimed at creating false alter-
natives to the PLO. The conference re-
jected Shamir’s plan, because elections
should be free and held under interna-
tional supervision - conditions that can
only be fulfilled after the Israeli
withdrawal. Instead, the conference
declared «total commitment to a fully
empowered international peace con-
ference on the Middle East, convened
on the basis of international legitimacy
and UN supervision, with the par-
ticipation of the five permanent
members of the Security Council and
all concerned parties, including the
PLO on an equal footing and with
equal rights as the other parties.»
Concerning the controversial issue
of what conditions should be set for
meeting with Israelis, the conference
adopted a very positive position: «to
continue dialogue with the democratic
Israeli forces that reject the occupation;
support our people’s inalienable rights,
including repatriation, self-
determination and the establishment of
an independent state;» and _ that
recognize the PLO as the sole legitimate
representative of the Palestinian peo-
ple. However, this issue is not solved
via adopted resolutions. The PNC
previously defined the basis for rela-
tions with the democratic Israeli forces.
Nonetheless, some in the PLO leader-
ship have used these resolutions to
make contacts with outright Zionists,
including members of the Likud. It is
this practice that needs to be addressed
and rectified.
Despite our reservations about the
term armed action, it was positive that
this was related to asking the Arab
states which border on Palestine to
respect the Palestinian revolution’s
right to practice its militant tasks across
all the Arab borders and to mobilize the
Palestinian masses in the struggle for
freedom and independence. This could
be the point of departure for a common
Palestinian plan for revitalizing armed
struggle across the Arab borders with
Palestine, beginning with the most
concrete possibility we have, which is
Lebanon.
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On the Arab level, the conference
defined the PLO’s position in the Arab
liberation movement and confirmed the
need to «consolidate relations with the
national democratic forces, movements
and parties in the Arab homeland.» It
defined the position of Palestine on the
Arab official level, by confirming
commitment to the Arab Summit
decisions. The statement called on the
Arab states to implement these resolu-
tions, especially in terms of their
financial commitment to the intifada.
Such a statement was needed in view of
the Arab states’ negligence in carrying
out the summit’s resolutions.
In particular, the conference called
on «the Arab confrontation states to
unify and mobilize the parties and
masses in order to face the Israeli ag-
gression.» The statement also con-
firmed the special relations between the
Palestinian and Jordanian people, and
the need to develop these relations in
harmony with the national interests.
The form of relations between the two
people was defined as a Palestinian -
Jordanian confederation, although it
was not specified that this should
follow the establishment of the
Palestinian independent state.
Concerning Lebanon, the conference
expressed support to the Lebanese
people for the achievement of national
unity, sovereignty and an end to the
Zionist occupation of their land.
However, the statement did not take a
stand on the current war in Lebanon.
Avoiding a definite stand with the
Lebanese national forces in this crucial
battle does not benefit the Palestinian
revolution or the Palestinian presence
in Lebanon.
It is also a problem that the con-
ference chose to explicitly condemn
Syria, while remaining silent on the
specific role of other Arab regimes,
even the Egyptian regime that signed
the Camp David accords with the
Zionist occupier.
On the international level, the con-
ference defined its position towards in-
ternational and regional organizations
in accordance with their stand on the
Palestinian cause and the people’s
struggles in general. It confirmed the
continuation of the PLO-US dialogue,
but at the same time indirectly criticized
the US policy because it does not
recognize the Palestinian people’s
rights to self-determination and an in-
dependent state. It noted that the US
has a totally biased policy of supporting
the Zionist occupation forces and
covering up their violations of our
people’s rights. It rejects an effective
international conference and the UN
resolutions that favor the Palestinians,
while denying the PLO’s representation
of the Palestinian people. The con-
ference put the US in the corner that it
deserves. This being the case, Fatah’s
policy should be based on the fact that
the US remains as the main enemy of
the Palestinian people, which merits
denunciation, not false hopes and ap-
pellations. Accordingly, ways must be
found to force the US to submit to our
people’s rights and to stop its total
alignment with the Zionist enemy.
The most prominent point in the
final communique was about laying a
plan for «escalating and guaranteeing
the continuation of the intifada. We
must enhance the United National
Leadership’s role through developing
the popular committees and _ the
popular and union activities, including
the strike forces. In addition, we must
undertake to guarantee material, in-
formational and political support to the
intifada from the Arab nation and in-
ternational community.» The com-
munique confirmed the conference’s
denunciation of «terrorism and
especially state terrorism,» referring to
the Zionist enemy, and insisted on the
Palestinian people’s «right to practice
all forms of struggle, including armed
struggle, against the Zionist occupa-
tion,» despite this being omitted in the
program.
Generally, the fifth conference
renewed Fatah’s commitment to the
principles for Palestinian national
work. This can serve to strengthen
overall Palestinian gains under the
PLO’s leadership. National unity in the
PLO is a key to upgrading the Palesti-
nian national work and escalating the
intifada to be even more effective in the
struggle against the Zionist state and its
ally, the US. Armed struggle must be
intensified in the occupied homeland
and from the surrounding countries in
order to create the conditions for en-
forcing our people’s rights to repatria-
tion, self-determination and an in-
dependent state. Hopefully, there will
be a dialogue among the organizations
of the PLO on how to best work
together to achieve the national tasks
stressed by the conference. @
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