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Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 5)

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the Palestinian and Arab national struggle. PFLP Politbureau
member Abdul Raheem Mallouh, who participated in the Aden
talks, explains this point: «The entire US policy in the area is in
a predicament, and so is Arafat's new policy... Mubarak did not
grant Arafat any significant gains. The PLO Research Center
was allowed to operate in Egypt after a long complicated pro-
cess, but this in itself is not of great significance. Mubarak in
fact refered Arafat to Jordan. However, it is also clear that the
Jordanian regime is not in any way willing to cooperate with the
PLO as areal partner; Jordan has its own special plans for join-
ing the process aiming at a political solution, and is using the
PLO to advance its own role. This fact has become clear to all.»
The strong stand against deviation taken by the Palesti-
nian masses and resistance organizations, combined with the
failure of the right to extract any gains, sharpened discussion
within Fatah itself. Arafat and some of his followers continue to
pursue their deviation, making disparaging remarks about the
inter-Palestinian dialogue, which they fear will limit their room
for maneuver. The majority in Fatah, however, want adher-
ence to the national line and are aware of the importance of the
PLO’s unity. Also the sincere desire of the PLO’s Arab and
international allies to see a unified PLO, firmly positioned on an
anti-imperialist line, had an important influence. In specific, all
forces recognize the importance of having strategic relations
with Syria.
For a new balance of forces
At this stage the Palestinian left has both the opportunity
and responsibility to effect a meaningful change in the balance
of forces within the PLO. Post-Beirut experience has con-
firmed that it is the revolutionary democratic forces that are
most concerned with national unity as a tool for advancing the
liberation struggle. Meanwhile, the right has exhibited its read-
iness to sacrifice this unity and all our people’s gains for the
sake of illusions about the imperialist settlement. Accordingly,
a persistent democratic struggle is required to end the
bourgeoisie’s domination of the PLO leadership and constitute
a leadership which is genuinely committed to the goals of the
Palestinian masses.
Thus, while expressing our optimism concerning the prog-
ress made in the inter-Palestinian dialogue and our hopes that
this will facilitate an overall national consensus, we note that
this does not negate the need for a broad national front within
the PLO. Such a front has the mission of safeguarding the plat-
form agreed upon, and fighting any deviating tendencies that
persist. Such a broad front, representative of the masses’
interests, is the long-term guarantee that the PLO will persist in
the struggle against imperialism, Zionism and Arab reaction in
order to achieve our people's rights to return, self- orem
tion and an independent state.
PALS TNE
Aden talks
Decisive Step towards
Palestinian Unity
In Aden on June 28th, the delega-
tions representing the Central Commit-
tee of Fatah and the Democratic
Alliance, which is composed of the
PFLP, DFLP, PLF and PCP, succeeded
in reaching an agreement on political
and organizational matters. This agree-
ment is an important step towards put-
ting an end to the crisis in the PLO.
The political part of the agreement
includes a clear position on the following
matters: relations with the Egyptian
regime, relations with Jordan and
alliances on the Arab and international
level. These points clearly chart the
strategy of the PLO for the coming
period. As far as relations with the Egyp-
tian regime are concerned, the delega-
tions considered the visit of Yasir Arafat
to Cairo a violation of the PLO program;
its consequences should be stopped
immediately and Arafat should be tried
before the Palestinian National Council
for such a violation. Of course the dele-
gations agreed that the PLO should stick
to its commitment to the Baghdad sum-
mit decision which calls for boycotting
the Egyptian regime until it completely
detaches itself from the Camp David
accords. This in itself is a victory for the
Democratic Alliance, because it clearly
condemns the deviation committed by
Arafat, and decides that the PLO must
adhere to its original anti-imperiailist line.
Concerning the relations with Jor-
dan, the delegations agreed that these
should be conducted in accordance with
the decisions of the PNC which clearly
state that no mandate will be given to
Jordan to represent the Palestinian
people, that activities carried out by the
PLO and Jordan should not infringe on
the PLO’s right to represent the Palesti-
nian people.
As for the PLO’s alliances, the dele-
gations clearly stipulated that the PLO
should have a deep and strong alliance
with the Lebanese nationalist forces,
with Syria and the Arab nationalist
regimes, and with the Arab liberation
movements. This in itself also clearly
charts the strategy of the PLO on the
Arab level. As for the international level,
it calls for strengthening relations. with >
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