Democratic Palestine : 5 (ص 8)
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Enthusiastic Palestinian Response
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After the signing of the Aden-Algiers agreement between the
Democratic Alliance and Fatah’s Central Committee, many Palesti-
nian mass organizations and patriotic personalities publicly
declared their support of the agreement. The following are samples
of the response from the occupied territories, Jordan and Syria. (We
thank the comrades of the DFLP who translated most of these state-
ments which have been published in the DFLP Bulletin.)
Bassam Shaka’a, legitimate Mayor of
Nablus:
«We hope that this agreement will
be implemented as soon as possible.
The agreement constitutes a landmark
strengthening our unified national
action, consolidating our Arab and inter-
national alliances.»
Ibrahim el-Tawil, legitimate Mayor of
Bireh:
«Our people are in great need of
this agreement. Such an agreement
symbolizes the new state of upsurge in
our people's spirit inside the occupied
territories.»
Wahid Hamdallah, legitimate Mayor of
A'nabta:
«The agreement is anew stemming
point for the PLO to continue bearing its
historical responsibility of defending the
interests of our people and achieving its
aims, especially that of building its inde-
pendent state.
We appeal to all our brothers in
other organizations to endorse this
agreement.»
Azmi Al-Shua’ibi, member of Bireh
Municipal Council:
«Our masses received the histori-
cal Aden agreement with joy and hope.
We welcome what the agreement
includes politically and organizationally.
We ask all other organizations,
national forces and institutions of our
people to provide all support for the
agreement.»
Dr. Haidar Abdel Shaffi, head of the
Palestinian Red Crescent Association in
Gaza:
«Simply and briefly, there can be no
better gift than this for our people inside
and outside the occupied territories
especially in the face of our enemies’
insistence on splintering the PLO.»
Haj Amin al Nasir, Mayor of Qalgqilya:
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«This agreement is what our people
have been waiting for. Our people
appreciate this agreement and hope that
the crisis and obstacles which hinder our
unity will not take place again.»
Youssra_ Barbari, head of
Women's Federation in Gaza:
«We feel happy about the restora-
tion of the unity of the Palestinian institu-
tions on the basis of the PNC resolu-
tions. | emphasize the importance of
implementing what has been agreed
upon.»
Akram Haniya President of the Arab
Journalists’ League:
«The agreement reached by the
main Palestinian organizations through
their democratic dialogue in Algiers and
Aden constitutes an achievement of
paramount importance.»
Ali Abu Hilal, Secretary of the Labor
Unity League in Gaza and West Bank:
«The agreement is a victory for the
realistic revolutionary policy of the
Democratic Alliance and is a defeat for
the adventurist policy.»
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Zuhaira Kamal, Chairman of the
Executive Council of Women Action
Committees in West Bank:
«We consider the agreement as a
great step to consolidate the unity of the
PLO together with democratic practice
within the institutions of the PLO. We call
on all the organizations to support the
agreement.»
Bashir el-Barghouthi, Editor-in-Chief
of «Al Talia» in Jerusalem:
«Undoubtedly this agreement will
contribute in the unity of the PLO and
strengthen its Arab and international
position as well as its patriotic role.»
Tawfiq Toubi, Polit-Bureau member of
the Communist Party of Israel:
«The agreement is a historic step in
the march of the Palestinian national
movement. It is an important step to
overcome the difficulties that have risen
and intensified in the aftermath of the
Israeli-American aggression against
Lebanon.
| express the joy and appreciation of
all here for the success achieved by the
Palestinian national movement in over-
coming the difficulties and elements of
division, and restoring the political and
organizational unity of the PLO.
We hope that the agreement will be
implemented soon in the interest of all
the sympathizers with the just cause of
our Palestinian Arab people. »
Palestinian masses support
the Aden-Algiers agreement:
Palestinian masses inside and
outside the occupied territories declared
their support for the Aden-Algiers agree-
ment. Telegrams and memoranda
expressing the Palestinian masses’
backing of the agreement were sent to
the Chairman of the PNC, and the Gen-
eral Secretaries of the organizations of
the Democratic Alliance. The messages
stressed the importance of achieving
national unity and safeguarding the PLO
in this crucial period. They called on all
other Palestinian patriotic organizations,
forces and personalities to support this
great step towards establishing the unity
of the PLO on a patriotic line.
Palestinian masses in the camps in
Syria (Yarmouk, Khan al Sheikh,
Jeramane and Danoun) sent delegates
who met with the Chairman of the PNC
and General Secretaries of the organi-
zations of the Democratic Alliance, and
emphasized their support for the Aden
agreement.
Palestinian masses in the camps in
Homs, Aleppo, Hama and Lattakia acted
likewise.
The Executive Committee of the
General Union of Palestinian Students
issued a statement in which it declared
support to the Aden agreement for
restoring the unity of the PLO on the
basis of its patriotic line and PNC resolu-
tions. The communique called on all the
Palestinian organizations and patriotic
personalities to work seriously for the
success of comprehensive national
dialogue.
In a telegram sent to the Chairman
of the PNC and the leaders of the Pales-
tinian organizations, 12 Palestinain and
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