Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 23)
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- Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 23)
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basis of completely eliminating political sectarianism alone can
bring Lebanon and Lebanese into one national unit affirming
the Arab identity of Lebanon and opening the way for democra-
tic development in the country. It is only this kind of reform that
today can serve the interests of Lebanon and the interests of
the broad popular masses in all religious communities and se-
cure the revival of Lebanon and its role in the battle of victory
against the Israeli occupation, US domination and Phalangist
domination. In all cases the victory achieved so far should be
a motive for national and progressive forces to solidify their
position and to forward the course of the Lebanese national
democratic revolution enabling it to attain its national tasks and
increase its democratic gains and make it possible to achieve
progressive gains for the benefit of the Lebanese popular mas-
ses. Although the unity of the Lebanese and progressive
forces is more urgent than ever before, still there is no doubt
that to regulate the national Lebanese-Palestinian relationship
is also extremely important in light of the present situation and
the victory achieved in Lebanon. This victory is not only consi-
dered a victory for the national and progressive Lebanese
forces, but is also a victory for the Palestinian revolution and
the fighters of the Palestinian people. We see that regulating
national Lebanese-Palestinian relations can be accomplished
on the following basis:
1.The victory in Lebanon is a Palestinian victory. An
essential part of Lebanese land was granted to serve as amain
arena for the Palestinian national struggle to regain Palestinian
national rights. We must support this in all its aspects in order
to regain all of Lebanon so that Palestinians can utilize all their
human, material, geographic and moral resources in the
national struggle against the Israeli aggression and against the
mere existence of the Zionist entity. This demands that all
Palestinian revolutionary forces offer all their means in coordi-
nation with a plan to be decided upon by the national and prog-
ressive Lebanese forces. A plan that will be discussed with
Palestinian forces will also be coordinated with the national
leadership of Syria in order to solidify the victory achieved so
far and to protect the victory and move it forward to achieve its
goals.
2.The second principle is that the Palestinians in Lebanon
are required to organize themselves and carry arms just as are
Lebanese nationalists in order to defend the areas which were
liberated as a result of the uprisings which began with the
mountain liberation war and then the uprising in Beirut and the
southern subiirbs on February 6th. Indeed it is both a right and
a duty for Palestinian nationalists to carry arms like Lebanese
nationalists both to defend these areas annd to carry out joint
tasks. National Palestinians will never be denied the right to
Carry weapons to defend themselves and their Lebanese
brothers and neighbors.
This will and should be implemented according to an
agreed upon plan under the auspices of the national Lebanese
leadership that takes into consideration the nature of the strug-
gle in Lebanon. This plan takes into consideration the exis-
tence of the Palestinian camps and the necessity of their safety
and defense against the enemy. There are no borders in West
Beirut between a Palestinian camp and a Lebanese nationalist
area. In the past, imperialism, Zionism and local Arab reaction
wanted to transform all the camps into prisons to repress us, to
terrorize us and to destroy our steadfast will. But they did not
succeed. Here we would like to affirm in this framework that
this right to carry arms should be organized in practice accord-
ing to firm rules of commitment and on a clear basis that affirms
the discipline and necessity of using weapons for the correct
purposes and not indiscriminately. The correct national line
governs everything that relates to the right of self-defense, the
right to protect the duties and role of the national forces and
above all the right to defend the victory.
3. The third principle is the right of the Palestinian people
and their revolution to use the Lebanese arena just the same
as any other Arab arena as a base for solidifying their armed
struggle inside occupied Arab land, for strengthening their
uprising. This is a right that must take into consideration the
commitment to developing the Palestinian revolution as well as
the revolution’s alliances in Lebanon and in the Arab region.
4.\t is the right of the Palestinian revolution to use all the
Arab region as a base for entering the occupied territories
according to geographical, human, material and moral
priorities. This right must be used to develop the revolution and
to enable it to cross the borders into occupied lands and not to
establish other organizations which would work in contradic-
tion to the struggle inside. This right must not be used for easy
solutions, but instead the revolution should follow the steps
taken by the PFLP, DFLP and other organizations in carrying
out operations like those in Jerusalem and Askelon which
advance the work inside the occupied territories.
ON THE PALESTINIAN LEVEL
1.Safeguarding the PLO and its unity is the result of con-
tinuous armed, political and popular struggle of the Palestinian
people. The sacrifices made during the last 20 years have
resulted in the expression of the Palestinian national identity
which the Zionists and imperialists have been savagely trying
to obliterate and eliminate with the aim of liquidating the
national rights of the Palestinian people and their just cause.
The expression of the Palestinian national identity through the
PLO was one of the most important achievements of the Pales-
tinian people and their contemporary struggle. Through the
PLO the Palestinian people could crystallize their aims and
affirm their national rights: the rights to return, self-determina-
tion and establishment of an independent national state on
their own land led by the PLO, their sole legitimate representa-
tive. The PLO was able to organize the struggle of the Palesti-
nian people and maintain their identity and unity in support of
the PLO wherever Palestinians live, whether inside or outside
the occupied territories. Over the past 20 years, the continuous
military and political struggle of the Palestinian people has
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