Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 11)
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simply by declaring it «state» land. This is supplemented by an
array of aggressive and oppressive measures, including the
demolition of Palestinian homes, increased taxation,
economic restrictions on the Palestinian inhabitants, etc. Allin
all, they aim to force the Palestinian Arabs to emigrate.
Through this policy the Zionists had established about 144 set-
tlements in the 1967 occupied territories by the end of 1983;
107 of these are in the West Bank.
According to the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, September
20, 1983, «Approximately 55-60% of all West Bank land is now
classified as ‘state land’, so that the authorities can claim it at
any time...i.e., most of the land of the West Bank is under the
control of the authorities. »
Obviously, plans such as ‘autonomy’ and ‘civil’ administ-
ration are only other means to achieve the same end. Such
plans are part of the !sraeli political strategy vis-a-vis the 1967
occupied territories, and clear expressions of the Israeli desire
to annex the remaining land of Palestine and liquidate the
Palestinian national identity in the face of international com-
munity. This way the dream of the world Zionistmovement can
be fulfilled - the achievement of «Greater Israel» from the Nile
to the Euphrates.
Resistance compounds the Zionist dilemma
In spite of this clear strategy and Israeli military supre-
macy, the battle continues between the occupation authorities
and the Palestinian masses. While our masses’ heroic resis-
tance is unable to demolish the Zionist project, it is sufficient to
create great obstacles for the enemy, and these obstacles will
accumulate in the future. The ongoing resistance of our people
under occupation is the real reason behind the resignation of
Menachem Milsom, who was in charge of implementing ‘civil’
administration in the West Bank, and then of his successor, Eli
Shlomo. At the same time, the Palestinian national position
buried these civil administrators’ other pet project: the village
leagues, which were nurtured by the Israeli authorities to be an
alternative to the PLO.
Various Israeli newspapers have noted the relationship
between the failure of ‘civil’ administration and the so-called
Operation Peace for the Galilee, i.e., the invasion of Lebanon,
which was intended to finish off the PLO as a means of impos-
ing ‘civil’ administration. While this was for the purpose of
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annexing the West Bank especially, the invasion also aimed at
occupying Lebanese land, and at a minimum annexing the
water resources of the South, i.e., the Litani River. Here we can
see the direct relation between the Zionist state’s expansionist
wars and the confiscation of the land, and also the relation bet-
ween Israeli-style «peace» and their central theme of land
acquisition. The real word for this «peace» is expansion.
Moreover, if one reviews the Israeli «peace» proposals since
1948, whether forwarded by Labor or Likud, one finds no sub-
Stantial differences. The apparent differences are only related
to the rationale for their policies. Both parties have followed a
policy based on military power and aggression, and both have
exerted maximum efforts to annex the 1967. occupied ter-
ritories.
Cracks in the myth
It is clear that our enemy has invested tremendous efforts
through material, political and military means, in order to fulfill
the Zionist myth. However, their failure to achieve the «land
without a people» exposes this myth. All the fascist methods
applied have failed to empty the land of its original inhabitants.
Instead the Zionists’ difficulties have accumulated to the point
that even some of the most dogmatic have begun to sense that
the «desert» is not blooming under their feet, and that the
Zionist dream is an illusion. The Zionist leadership faces a
dilemma since many of the «people» for whom they usurped
the land are now escaping. Immigration policy is in an increas-
ing contradiction. Settlements built on stolen land remain as
ghost towns, as was stated in the Israeli newspaper, Yediot
Aharanot. A report written by an Israeli, Ouzi Narkis, attributes
the crisis facing Jewish immigration to the following factors:
- the low number of immigrants from western states;
- increasing emigration, including recent immigrants who
soon leave «the promised land»;
- the question of security and the fear of war;
- the lessening of «nationalist» feelings;
- living conditions in ‘Israel’ and the difficulty of finding work.
No solution with Zionism
In celebrating Land Day, it does not behove us to underesti-
mate the sources of our enemy’s strength, nor to exaggerate
its weaknesses. Rather we must base our views and struggle
on objective facts about the existence of Zionism. The basic
objective fact is the continuation and deepening of the major
contradiction between the Zionist project and the Arab identity,
not only of Palestine but of al! Arab land. Day after day, itis con-
firmed that the Arab-Zionist conflict is a struggle for existence
and not for specific geographical boundaries. For this reason,
the contradiction will not be resolved until one or the other party
is eliminated. There will be no solution to the conflict until its
cause, the Zionist project, disappears and the Arab land is
restored. @
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