Democratic Palestine : 5 (ص 11)
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- Democratic Palestine : 5 (ص 11)
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Joint Leadership. As examples we can
cite the positive response to the program
for unity and democratic reform, the
initiative of the Democratic Alliance for
restoring the PLO’s unity, and the agree-
ment between it and the Fatah Central
Committee. Similarly, there was positive
support on the part of the Arab masses
and their national and progressive
organizations, and from the international
friends and allies of the Palestinian
people.
In general,the past year’s experi-
ence of the Joint Leadership has been
successful. This experience lays the
foundation for more steps forward in the
process of cooperation with the aim of
total unity. In this process, the Joint
Leadership’s work is not limited to the
leading bodies of the respective fronts.
Rather there was participation by the
cadres and members of both fronts
through the creation of joint leaderships
in organizational, political, mass and
informational fields. The necessary
working papers have been adopted for
each of these fields.
This year’s experience proved that
conviction in the unity of the left is strong
among the members of both fronts. The
overcoming of difficulties and differ-
ences between the two fronts in the last
year shows solid determination to con-
tinue this process to its ultimate goal.
This is the subjective factor that is
needed to provide solid ground for the
success of the overall unity process,
which is accompanied by the masses’
support and the need of our people for
such unity.
Moreover, the past year’s experi-
ence has proven the viability of resolving
internal differences through principles of
comradely, democratic dialogue, taking
existing agreement as the point of
departure, and finding solutions for sec-
ondary differences on the basis of the
actual political development. It would not
be scientific to say that the experience of
the Joint Leadership will not face difficul-
ties in the future whether due to objec-
tive conditions, existing differences, or
problems created by other forces. Yet
we can scientifically say that experience
so far has provided a firm basis for mak-
ing this experience successful and over-
coming all obstacles.
Occupied Palestine
Repression and Resistance
Our Palestinian masses in the occupied homeland continue
their heroic resistance against the occupation and its armed gangs.
Mid-July witnessed an escalation of military operations, highlighted
by two successful attacks in the space of less than an hour in Jabalia
camp in the occupied Gaza Strip. Also hand grenades were thrown
at an Israeli patrol in Nablus in the West Bank. In Duheisha camp,
there was courageous mass confrontation of a group of Zionist-
backed thugs. Also in this period, the National Guidance Committee
was reactivated in the West Bank.
Popular solidarity in Duheisha
Duheisha, near Bethlehem, was
placed under curfew, and the occupa-
tion forces carried out an extensive
arrest campaign after clashes between
the camp residents and a group of thugs
which lasted throughout the night of July
14th. The fight began when three thugs
attacked 65 year old Hassan _ Jibril
Manaa, who is secretary of the Progres-
sive Workers Bloc in the camp. He was
critically wounded by repeated stab-
bings and almost paralyzed from blows
by an iron rod. Alerted by the commo-
tion, camp residents poured into the
streets.Defying the thugs who shot
wildly about to prevent anyone from aid-
ing Manaa, they picked up stones, sticks
and metal rods and encircled the attac-
kers, preventing them from fleeing. The
houses and cars of the thugs were set
ablaze.
Units of the Zionist army and border
guards were rushed to the scene. They
cut off electricity in the camp and started
firing their rifles. This led to continued
clashes which lasted throughout the
night. The army clamped a curfew on the
Camp and surrounding area, and broke
the encirclement of the thugs. Twenty
camp residents were arrested in the ini-
tial sweep of an extensive arrest cam-
paign. In another act of collective
punishment, the Zionist troops cut offthe
Camp's water supply.
The facts of the incident combine to
indicate that the attackers are col-
laborators. How else can one interpret
the fact that they had pistols, or that they
gave the Zionist forces such a golden
opportunity to harass the camp and
actually received protection from the
enemy? Adding to the seriousness of
the situation was the fact that there had
been a series of destructive acts against
nationalists’ homes and institutions in
the preceding weeks.
_Inresponse the people of Duheisha
banded together and took their own
measures. A/ Fajr reports the details of
how they used the traditional form of
sulha (reconciliation). Five hundred resi-
dents attended negotiations between
representatives of the attackers and
their families, and the representatives of
the Manaa family. Monetary compensa-
tion, the usual peace offering, was
refused by the Manaa family. Instead it
was decided that the three attackers
should be totally banned from the camp.
Thus a measure was taken to preserve
the solidarity of Duheisha which is
known for resistance to occupation.
The National Guidance Com-
mittee
The National Guidance Committee
is now being reactivated after having
been banned by the Zionist authorities in
the spring of 1982. Reports from the
occupied homeland tell that the Zionists
have recently adopted new measures
against National Guidance Committee
members, aiming at finishing the com-
mittee once and for all. Angered by the
renewal of the committee’s activities, the
‘civil administration’ is planning more
stringent measures: Besides imposing
house arrest on members, they are con-
sidering deporting them away from
population centers into deserted areas
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