Democratic Palestine : 45 (ص 11)
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Commerce refused the civil
administration’s proposal in May to
hold elections under occupation,
because of the political implications. On
this background, it is all the more
disturbing that some of the PLO
leadership appeared to have given a
green light for Hebron merchants to go
to the polls. The need for a clear —cut
PLO policy on such issues is made more
urgent by the fact that the occupation
authorities are continuing this attempt,
coupling the offer of elections with
economic incentives. On July 2nd, there
was a meeting between civil
administration officials and Jericho.
merchants about such matters.
Moreover, the occupation authorities
are inching towards the political aspect
of their plan. Call no. 72, July Ist, noted
that agents previously appointed as
mayors, after Israel dissolved the elected
municipal councils, are now being
replaced by new faces «in an attempt to
restore the authority of the occupation
on these councils once again... The UNL
reiterates its established position of
rejecting appointment in principle... The
problem of the councils can only be
solved by restoring all the elected
councils, pending suitable circumstances
that allow us to conduct new elections in
which freedom of expression and choice
is guaranteed — removed from the
occupation authorities.» The UNL
called on the people to confront the
phenomenon of appointments and
prohibited accepting them.
Reassessment
Due to the flagging of the intifada’s
initiative, serious debate is underway
both in the occupied territories and in the
ranks of the Palestinian organizations in
exile. The calls of the UNL have lately
included increasingly direct references to
improper behavior that must be stopped.
Call no. 72 warned of «attempts to abort
the intifada and rob it of its militant
substance, by associating it with some
wrongdoings...»
In June, a number of prominent
Palestinians in the occupied territories
publicly called for reassessment. Most
notable were the calls of Faysel Husseini,
Riyadh Malki and Zahira Kamal,
because they are associated with the
three major organizations of the PLO —
Fatah, PFLP and DFLP, respectively;
all three are prominent in the work of
national institutions in the occupied
territories, and have been among those
to meet with Secretary of State Baker.
Faysel Husseini noted that he had
pointed to the dangers surrounding the
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intifada one and a half years ago,
especially the attempt to militarize it. He
called for rebuilding the economic and
educational structures of the intifada,
restoring its popular character and
reviving the village and neighborhood
committees based on criteria of
efficiency, rather than factionalism
between the UNL organizations.
Riyadh Malki stressed reassessing the
intifada so as to guarantee its continuity
with the participation of all the national
movement in the broadest sense. He
called for criticism and self — criticism,
to insure that mistakes are corrected and
a new program drawn up to develop the
intifada.
Zahira Kamal identified the serious
problems the intifada is undergoing with
the national movement’s failure to carry
out a program capable of facing up to
the occupation. She pointed to the
negative effects of factionalism. In her
view, the transformation of the intifada
into military groups has led to its decline,
by reverting to the model of individual
heroism rather than collective action.
The calls of the UNL _ have
consistently stressed ending factionalism
in favor of national unity as the key to
resolving the intifada’s problems. In call
no. 70, this was related to the need «to
rectify the course of the Palestinian.
struggle via providing the intifada with
the means of continuing, enhancing its
internal and_ external influence,
escalating its activities, strengthening its
capacity and dynamism of linkage...»
The same call designated this year as a
year of construction wherein all
capacities should be devoted to re—
constructing and developing Palestinian
economic, educational and __ social
institutions. The UNL also stressed the
need to provide jobs for workers barred
from Israel, at the same _ time
encouraging workers to «return to the
land, increase agricultural production
and confirm steadfastness on our
land...» It called for reviving several
pursuits which have been lax in the past
year, particularly the boycott of Israeli:
goods (for which there are Palestinian
substitutes), local production and
popular education.
Successive calls condemn those who
use political action as a cover for serving
their own personal or family interests.
Call no. 71. stressed rehabilitating
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