Democratic Palestine : 38 (ص 5)
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PFLP and Hamas as part of the UNL’s
longstanding attempts to draw Hamas
into the organization, the assertion that
the Front is going to withdraw from the
UNL is absurd. Although differences of
opinion have been expressed concerning
the political line of the UNL and practical
action in the occupied territories, the
PFLP has strongly reaffirmed the need
for national unity and the continuation of
democratic dialogue within the UNL. All
liberation movements experience vary-
ing degrees of internal disagreement, as
this is a natural and necessary part of the
revolutionary process. That this occurs
within the UNL is thus a normal
phenomenon and, in fact, speaks for its
democratic nature. Thus, official Israeli
postulations that the PFLP is going to
split from the UNL are clear attempts to
drive a wedge between the two.
Accompanying the false rumors of
disunity was intensified repression
against the Palestinian population. The
West Bank town of Beit Furik near Nab-
lus was under curfew for 11 days in mid-
March as thousands of soldiers, using
helicopters, besieged the village. The
army arrested hundreds of people and
conducted tax raids on homes in a fashion
reminiscent of Beit Sahour. The repres-
sion came in response to an escalation of
the intifada in recent months. Women
demonstrators numbering in the hun-
dreds marked International Women’s
Day with demonstrations throughout the
occupied territories. In Jerusalem, 150
women carrying Palestinian flags were
attacked by Israeli police and border
guards firing rubber bullets and tear gas.
In Tulkarm, women demonstrators
attacked military patrols with stones and
bottles(Al Fajr, March 12th). On Land
Day there were large-scale demonstra-
tions in both the 1948 and 1967 occupied
territories. In Taibe, violent confronta-
tions took place with the police, resulting
in the injury of several policemen and the
arrest of many Palestinians. Demonstra-
tions took place in every major city in the
West Bank, despite the massing of extra
troops. All of Gaza was under curfew for
the third time this year, but this did not
deter Gazans from staging demonstra-
tions on this important Palestinian
national holiday.
There was a marked rise in col-
laborator violence in January, according
to the Palestinian Human Rights Infor-
mation Center’s report for January ’90.
In Kufr Salem, armed masked men, tak-
ing over the usual role of the security
forces, attacked the home of a wanted
youth who managed to escape. In
Zawiyeh village near Tulkarm, the local
mukhtar, who is a well-known col-
laborator, opened fire on residents when
he was stoned, injuring a young woman.
In the most serious attack which occurred
in Shweikh near Tulkarm, a known
activist was kidnapped by masked men
posing as members of a local strike force.
His mutiliated body was found several
days later. Villagers and nationalist
groups believe he was killed by col-
laborators or security forces.
In addition to violent attacks by the
occupation forces, other forms of pres-
sure were tried recently against the Pales-
tinians. In January, the Israeli Transpor-
tation Ministry tried to intimidate East
Jerusalem bus drivers into not participat-
ing in general strikes called by the UNL.
The ministry sent a letter to the bus com-
panies threatening to revoke their
licenses if they continued to strike.
Despite the threat, buses did not operate
during the general strike called on
January 9th and, in defiance of a sec-
ond threat, on January 17th (PHRIC
January report).
Further violent and political attacks
notwithstanding, Palestinians continue
to stand firm against Israeli attempts to
crush the uprising. As yet another
intifada spring begins in the occupied ter-
ritories, the masses can take pride in sev-
eral consequential achievements of the
past few months.
Democratic Palestine, March-April 1990
Palestinian arrested in Taibe on Land Day
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