Democratic Palestine : 1 (ص 8)
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decisions and damages national unity.
We call on the Palestinian leadership
to deal with this visit with wisdom and
courage in order to contain its
damaging results...We in the occupied
territories need, more than ever, your
unity, tenacity, strength and
democracy. What has happened
should be dealt with on this basis.”
Mass associations and unions
The heads of the following made
statements emphasizing that Arafat's
visit is in violation of PNC resolutions
and Palestinian collective leadership
and consensus. Several noted that this
was a step towards capitulation and
could give the impression that the
Palestinians supported Camp David.
National Union of Palestinian Women
in Gaza
National’ Collective of Secondary
Students in Gaza
Lawyers Guild in the West Bank
Dentists Union inthe West Bank
Engineers Union in the West Bank
Workers Union in the West Bank
Al Makased Society, Jerusalem
Society to Revitalize the Family, El
Bireh
Eight mass organizations and unions
in Ramallah and 2 in Bethlehem
signed statements condemning the
visit and furthermore calling on the
PLO and Fatah’s leadership to deprive
Arafat of all his posts in the PLO and
the Palestinian revolution.
General Unions
The following issued statements
condemning Arafat’s visit as a
dangerous, individualistic step which
renounced the PNC’s resolutions.
They viewed it as an unsuccessful
attempt to impose the Camp David
accords on the Palestinian question.
General Union of Palestinian Writers
and Journalists.
General Union of Palestinian Women
General Union of Palestinian Students
General Union of Palestinian Teachers
General Union of Palestinian Peasants
PNC Members
in Jordan
On Dec. 23rd, 38 members of
the Palestinian National
Council, residing in Jordan,
issued a statement (summari-
zed below) condemning Arafat's
visit to Egypt.
We, PNC members in Jordan, were
aghast to hear of the individualistic
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step taken by brother Yasir Arafat - his
visit to Cairo and meeting with Husni
Mubarak, the heir of Sadat who
betrayed the Palestinian national cause
by signing the capitulationist
agreement with the Israeli enemy, and
sunk Egypt into the quagmire of
subordination: to US imperialism. We
vigorously condemn this step, as it is
alien to Palestinian legitimacy.
This visit and meeting is an
extension of the path of individualism
and in violation of the decisions of the
PNC and the PLO’s legitimate bodies.
It causes grave damage to the PLO’s
unity and independent decision, and
offers a free credit to the Camp David
accords.
We firmly defend the unity of the
PLO and its legal bodies, and resist all
attempts to bypass the PLO as the
sole, legitimate representative of the
Palestinian people; we resist all forms
of interference in its internal affairs
and all attempts to contain its
independent decision. At the same
time, we affirm our determination to
continue the struggle to protect
Palestinian legitimacy from the
dangers of individualism, surrender
and division...
We urge all the groups of the
revolution, the Palestinian masses and
all progressive and nationalist forces
and personalities, inside and outside
the occupied homeland, to unite their
ranks in order to defend the PLO and
the gains of our people, achieved
through the revolution and_ the
Palestinian gun, in order to deter the
opportunity of those forces opposed
to our people's rights...and abort the
enemy's plan which aims to drag the
PLO into the quagmire of the
capitulationist US solutions and their
reactionary supplements, first and
foremost the Reagan plan.
PNC Members
in Syria
On Jan. 3rd, PLO Executive
Committee member Abu
Maher Al Yamani issued the
following statement:
The PNC members present in Syria
met in the PLO office in Damascus to
study the dimensions of Yasir Arafat’s
meeting with Husni Mubarak and the
dangers it could lead to. This step
departs from the PLO’s national
legitimacy, abandons the Palestinian
cause, and violates the Palestinian
National Charter and PNC decisions.
This deprives Arafat of all legitimacy
in the PLO... @
PFLP Press Conference
On December 24th, the PFLP held a press conference where
Comrade George Habash, General Secretary, addressed a large
group of journalists concerning Arafat’s visit to Cairo.
How do you describe
Mr. Arafat today?
From the formal point of view, he is
still the Chairman of the PLO’s
Executive Committee. But after this
dangerous step, I must say he will not be
defined as such; he will not be the
Chairman of the PLO’s Executive
Committee...Regardless of this legal
point, Arafat, in the eyes of the masses,
no longer represents their aims or the
aims of the Palestinian revolution. He has
become the Palestinian Sadat. I am sure
that our masses will take the same
position towards Arafat as they did
towards Sadat.
In light of your position that
Arafat has disqualified himself as
Chairman of the PLO, who will
handle the affairs of the PLO?
Of course, we are facing this problem,
but only temporarily. Now _ those
Executive Committee members who
condemn this step should discuss how to
continue the work of the PLO.
Moreover, there is the chairman who is
elected not by the Executive Committee,
but by the Palestinian National Council:
Khaled Fahoum. We hold him
responsible for filling the gap until this
problem is solved.
Besides, I would like to distinguish
between the constitutional gap and a gap
in the revolutionary work. Concerning
the constitutional gap, the problem is a
real one. On the other hand, there is no
gap concerning the revolutionary work.
Our guns will continue to be directed
against the imperialist-Zionist enemy.
We are aware that our struggle must
increase, especially at this moment,
against this enemy. Added to that is our
political struggle and work among the - هو جزء من
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