Democratic Palestine : 6 (ص 9)
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charging people for treatment. What did the organizations do
to help? | frankly say nothing! We don't have financial means to
solve them. We are seeking a solution through the PLO. So far,
the PLO is not paying any attention, and the gap between our
masses and the PLO is widening. We don't need speeches
from the Bekaa Valley or the North. We need action. We need
the revolution to resolve our problems. Honestly, our children
are hungry, poverty is mounting, and employment is not avail-
able. | hold the PLO and the Department for Social Affairs
responsible. It must work to find a solution for our needs.
Otherise our lives will become decadent, and people will be
forced to resort to stealing. Is that what they want?
«People were left without a leader. We took the initiative and
formed the Popular Committee.» This is what brother Darwish,
another member of the Committee said. He also added: «In
spite of the mistakes of our leadership in the PLO and all the
tragedies we have suffered, our people remained steadfast,
and are still proud of our leadership. We were left alone in the
camps. There is no leadership, and no Popular Committees to
guide the work. This existing Popular Committee was formed
by our initiative. It operates with limitations and without any
support. After the legitimate leadership left Lebanon, people
were left without a leadership and began to work alone and
spontaneously. I'd like to say that this Popular Committee has
no contacts with the Palestinian leadership now, despite all our
attempts. We fully understand there are difficulties facing the
revolution which are negatively reflected on our political and
economic conditions. We hope now that things will be cor-
rected. The Aden agreement leaves a place for this hope.
Through this we hope that the PLO will be reunited and will
have one united political decision. We demand our leadership
to achieve the national unity, since our strength stems from our
unity. We also demand a quick solution to our problems in
Lebanon, or else we remain split. Improving our living condi-
tions will help us remain steadfast against the enemy. The PLO
in Lebanon is not playing its role. It is unable to do anything.
More than that, the PLO responsibles do not come to the
camps to check the conditions of people here. I'd like to
emphasize that we are facing a severe crisis, people are slowly
losing confidence in the PLO. We hope this crisis will not be
aggravated.»
In regards to the contacts with the Lebanese national
forces brother Darwish commented: «Our contacts with the
Lebanese national forces are diverse. The Popular Committee
contacts the Amal Movement, the progressive socialists,
nationalist persons and religious leaders. Our contacts are
limited to requests of aid, security and protection for our
people. Relations with all parties are positive. Their leadership
is good. Their militias still conduct some undesired practices
which in fact almost caused a disaster in Shatila Camp. How-
ever, the Popular Committee and some nationalists quickly
moved to contain the problem.»
Finally brother Darwish expressed his views regarding the
Aden agreement as follows: «We support the Aden agreement
on the condition that it will be implemented. The Aden agree-
ment is good, and what was agreed upon is beautiful. But we
demand practical implementation. The unity of the PLO must
manifest itself by its response to the dire needs of our masses.
The agreement must be implemented in order to benefit us.
Decisions and agreements that were not implemented are
many. The unity of the PLO is our hope. It is the result of the
sacrifices of the past 18 years and it should be preserved. We
support what was agreed upon in Aden on the condition that it
is implemented. If decisions are not implemented, they are
unworthy.»
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The Lebanese Nationalists’ View
of the Palestinian - Lebanese Relations
KARIM MRUWA,; a Polit Bureau member of the Lebanese
Communist Party (LCP), spoke about reformulating the
Lebanese-Palestinian relations on a new basis. He said: «We,
the Lebanese Communist Party,, took the first initiative to
specify these relations in a joint statement betwen the LCP and
PFLP. We were accused of calling for the return of the Palesti-
nian resistance to Lebanon openly as before. However, we
emphasized that our aim was to rectify the Lebanese-Palesti-
nian relations. This differs from calling for the return of the
Palestinian resistance to Lebanon as was previously. We
believe that our position regarding this matter was clearly
defined in the LCP-PFLP joint statement and in our last Central
Committee's report. We believe that the basis we defined for
rectifying the joint relations will contribute to the advancement
of the Lebanese-Palestinian national interests. Further, such
basis will prevent the repetition of previous mistakes that hin-
dered our work in the past and can threaten our national
interests in the future. Here | would like to point out that the
basis of the relation deals with the right of the Palestinians to
struggle for their right from all Arab territories. This point we
emphasized in the joint statement under two conditions: first,
that the return of the Palestinian resistance would have to
abandon all unnecessary open forms of operation such as offi- >
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