Democratic Palestine : 37 (ص 26)
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unity of the main participant forces;
and developing and diversifying the
methods of popular confrontation. It is
especially necessary to be ready to face
two interrelated and dangerous options
toward which Israeli policy is heading:
the instigation of civil war, using the
settlers, on one hand; and mass expul-
sions on the other. A very important
question arises: Woul- the intifada
resort to arms to at least defend itself
against the racist Zionist violence that
aims to uproot the Palestinian people
from their homeland? This would con-
Stitute a turning point for the intifada,
so its advantages and disadvantages
must be thoroughly examined, and
requirements for this eventuality must
be prepared if need be.
We must examine how to practice
more solidarity with the detainees, and
to revive the protest campaigns against
repression, if this can even partially
bridle the occupiers’ terrorist practices.
We must not pay less attention to the
provision of material aid to guarantee
the intifada’s continuation and provide
wed
the masses with the minimum require-
ments of life, so they can go on
Struggling. Again comes to the fore the
question of harming the Israeli
economy and interests at vital points,
for the more losses the intifada causes
to the enemy, the greater its chances
of victory.
Yet the basic issue remains that of
the political line which can insure the
continuation and development of the
intifada. We must discuss frankly and
realistically the difference between
putting forward the interim program
which adheres to the national nights of
the Palestinian people on one hand,
and putting forward the strategic prog-
ram and _ considering the intifada
respnsible for realizing it on the other.
The main issue at present is not setting
the line of demarcation between adher-
ing to basic principles on one hand,
and farfetched slogans and a fool-
hardy trend on the other. Most impor-
tant is to determine the dividing line
between political flexibility on the one
hand, and the trend of gratuitous con-
cessions, which squanders Palestinian
rights and interests, on the other. Let
us put aside accusations and suspicion;
let’s assume good faith on the part of
all. Then there can be an objective dis-
cussion to agree on the limits within
which flexibility remains within the
realm of tactics aimed at isolating the
enemy, meanwhile reinforcing the
forces of the revolution in occupied
Palestine, and providing as much sup-
port as possible from outside, so that
flexibility will not turn into a strategy
whereby a solution, any solution,
becomes the ultimate target. That
would involve moving from one con-
cession to the next, to the point of
relinguishing the basic national rights,
and subsequently aborting the intifada
and liquidating the Palestinian cause.
Furthermore, I want to focus on a
thorough examination of the relations
between the various forces that consti-
tute the revolution, those which play a
vital role in leading and developing the
intifada. We stress the unity of these
forces as an essential condition for the
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