Democratic Palestine : 38 (ص 29)
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the anti-Zionist opposition in Israel,
saying that he supported the decision
to invite them because it is absolutely
necessary and correct to integrate
everybody in the struggle for the
triumph of truth.
The representative of the Union
of Palestinian Women’s Committees
also addressed the final session, and
her words were considered as a com-
mon platform for future activities. She
began by greeting the congress from
the masses of the intifada, and con-
tinued to say: «Our national struggle is
waged in different forms, reflecting the
justified will of our people to obtain
their rights to return, self-determina-
tion and the establishment of an inde-
pendent state on their national terri-
tory under the leadership of the PLO,
their sole legitimate representative.
The continuation of the intifada until it
reaches its goals of freedom and inde-
pendence, is an expression of our
people’s rejection of the Zionist occu-
pation. We assure you that we will
continue despite all the repression...
despite all the political conspiracies by
the US administration and its agents in
the region, which aim at smashing the
intifada so it will not achieve its goals.
Our will and national unity have pro-
ven stronger than all the repression,
destruction and conspiracies...»
She commended the congress as
an important demonstration of solidar-
ity with the Palestinian people, and the
first of its kind in the FRG, emphasiz-
ing that the spirit of the intifada is one
of unity and cooperation that should
also prevail in Palestine solidarity
work. She had three proposals for
work in the coming period: (1) forming
a committee to coordinate the solidar-
ity work; (2) efforts to stop the immi-
gration of Soviet Jews to Palestine,
since this furthers the Zionist aim of
expelling Palestinians from their home-
land; and (3) intensified solidarity
activities to support the daily struggle
of the intifada. This could include
pressure to reopen the Palestinian uni-
versities, schools and kindergartens,
campaigns for political prisoners, expo-
sure of Zionist policies like house de-
molition and expulsion, and concrete
material support, especially to Palesti-
nian families and children who are har-
dest hit by the repression. She also
encourged more working visits to Pal-
estine as a form of moral support to
the intifada, as well as a way to build
stronger relations of solidarity. @
Namibia Celebrates Independence
Colonialism in Africa was dealt
another blow on March 21st when
Namibia celebrated its first day of
independence. As jubilant Namibians
witnessed the raising of their new
republic’s flag at midnight on Indepen-
dence Day, over a century of colonial
occupation officially came to an end.
Sam Nujoma,leader of SWAPO during
its 30-year war of liberation against
South Africa, was sworn in as Nami-
bia’s first president. In his inaugural
speech, Nujoma said that a new era of
justice had begun for his people. The
Democratic Palestine, March-April 1990
country’s independence will certainly
strengthen the position of the Frontline
States vis-a-vis the apartheid regime in
South Africa. This sentiment was
expressed by the crowd as people
shouted, «We’re free!» and «South
Africa is next!»
This historic event was celebrated
as well by progressive forces worldwide
as a victory over racism and
imperialism. We at Democratic Pales-
tine take this opportunity to congratu-
late the people of Namibia on their
establishment of an independent state. - هو جزء من
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