Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 23)
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- Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 23)
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front within and based on the PLO. Its goal is uniting the PLO
on a national basis. It is the means to rally all national forces
within the PLO to rectify its path of operation. Thus, in our view,
this issue is not subject to individual interpretations or com-
promise. We will not participate in founding anew PLO or push
this trend to take the form of an alternative PLO. The deviating
trend is fully responsible for anything that may take place in the
ways of splits or dismantling within the PLO arena. We will
under no condition take any responsibility regarding this mat-
ter.
2. We will not establish bodies or institutions parallel to those
of the PLO. This point is implicit in the first point, but | wanted
to emphasize and clarify it.
3. This front is open to all without exception. It is for all con-
cerned parties who are willing to fight the capitulationist and
deviating trend in the Palestinian arena.
The deviating party is suffering from confusion due to
the fact that they thought they would win legitimacy, if
they moved fast. Yet the developments that followed
Arafat’s visit to Cairo, especially the nationalist victories
in Lebanon, and the growing size of the Palestinian
national opposition, showed the deviating party that they
are facing a tough battle. How do you view the dilemma
facing the deviators?
After Arafat’s visit to Cairo, a very big thing happenned. |
consider it the primary factor in answering this question. The
great victories in Lebanon represented by the liberation of
West Beirut, the abrogation of the May 17th agreement and the
humiliating pull out of the multi-national forces. A great victory
took place that provides a political answer regarding what is
taking place on the Palestinian and Arab levels. This victory
affirms that the position of steadfastness and confrontation
taken against imperialism, the continuation of the armed strug-
gle and mass mobilization, and not betting on the US
imperialism and Arab reaction is the only line that can lead to
results in favour of the nationalist forces.
In addition, another great thing happenned that pointed to
the end of the road for those that bet on the US and Arab reac-
tion. The US, in spite of its might and warships, was incapable
of standing up to this decisive confrontation with the Lebanese
nationalists and Syria. The US was incapable of protecting
itself and its reactionary allies in Lebanon. All this has had an
impact on the outcome of the struggle taking place between
the two lines in the Palestinian arena: between the line of
steadfastness and confrontation that is determined to continue
the revolution and the deviating and capitulationist line. Is this
outcome really clear to the leaders of the capitulationist trend?
Are these clear results going to lead the symbols of the
capitulationist trend to condemn themselves and think of
returning to the nationalist position? The answer is no; this is
clear in the explanations and evaluations they offer regarding
these victories. They don’t consider these achievements as
victories, and they believe that the course of events in Lebanon
is going along with the Israeli plans of dividing Lebanon. This is
an indication that these deviating elements are determined to
continue their path. After answering this question, | want to say
that the battle with the deviating line, in spite of these positive
acevelopments, is a very hard and long battle that we must not
underestimate. We can't rely solely on the objective develop-
ments. Rather we must combine this with extensive, subjec-
tive, well-planned efforts, if we are to celebrate the burial of the
deviationist and capitulationist trend, whereby the PLO can
regain its effective and influential power in confronting its
enemies on the Palestinian, Arab and international levels, and
regain its strength to achieve the national goals.
Any quick evaluation of the struggle between the two lines
indicates that the course of events is in favor of the nationalist
line due to two main factors: the objective developments and
the subjective efforts.
What pleases me the most in this course of events is how
it relates to our Palestinian masses in the occupied land. They
have always raised Arafat’s pictures as the symbol of the
Palestinian nationalist forces. ! was afraid they would find it dif-
ficult to comprehend the extent and danger of this deviating
step into which Arafat attempted to drag the Palestinians. Yet
our Palestinian masses are guided by their national feelings
and rich experience of struggle against the Camp David trend
and its regime. They are also fully aware of the threat posed by
the Jordanian regime to the Palestinian revolution. They have
experienced the specific Jordanian policies regarding the
occupied lands, be it regarding the delegations to Jordan, the
university teachers’ petitions, the municipalities on their posi-
tion on the civil administration. Based on all this experience,
our masses have proved that they stand firm on their national
cause and are not tied to this symbol or that in the PLO leader-
ship.
What is needed is continuous daily efforts to end the
deviating trend - our tool for this is the broad national front
which will bring an end to this trend and protect the PLO and its
unity on a national basis.
There are indications that the capitulationist party is
rapidly preparing for a PNC session, what is your position
regarding this?
This question gives us the opprtunity to state that the joint
leadership and its allies on the Palestinian level regard their
participation in the next PNC as conditional on Palestinian
leadership meetings that define a sound, political line for the
PLO which is not subject to individual interpretation. They also
regard their participation as conditional on agreement being
made concerning the organizational questions, meaning the
question of the Palestinian leadership of the PLO and its
executive committee and central council.It is also conditional
onthe honesty and effectivity of these bodies in translating the
written agreement so it brings an end to the tragedy of indi-
vidualism and failure, so we can be sure that we have com-
pletelv eliminated the diseases.
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