Democratic Palestine : 7 (ص 13)
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- Democratic Palestine : 7 (ص 13)
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to regain parts of the occupied West
Bank along the broad lines of the
Reagan plan. All talk of continued com-
mitment to a comprehensive settlement
amounts to little more than a signal to the
US administration that Jordan can ill
afford the perpetuation of the status quo
and that a fresh US initiative is impera-
tive. At most the regime's tactics are
designed to keep open the long-shot
option of an international peace confer-
ence, though this option is most proba-
bly not viable given the current regional
balance of forces.
It follows that Jordan’s move must
be confronted in the context of the
broader struggle against the US-spon-
sored Camp David accords. Jordan will
now seek a new Arab consensus that
will represent a serious departure from
previous Arab League resolutions per-
taining to efforts to recover the occupied
territories. The proliferation of the Camp
David accords is underway.
Counterstrategy
The collapse of the US policy in
Lebanon, the abrogation of the May 17th
treaty between Lebanon and ‘Israel’, the
emergence of Syria as a major regional
power with massive Soviet assistance
and the Soviet’s own recent diplomatic
advance in the Middle East, have all
contributed to a relative change in the
balance of forces in favor of the anti-
imperialist forces in the region, since the
1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It is
Significant that under -such_ cir-
cumstances Jordan would risk provok-
ing Syria, which is strongly opposed toa
separate Jordanian-lsraeli deal. The
reason Jordan dares take this risk, in
addition to anticipating a fresh US initia-
tive, lies in the current fragmentation of
the Arab anti-Camp David front. The
Steadfastness and Confrontation Front
has for all practical purposes ceased to
function. Recent differences between
Algeria and Libya, the differences bet-
ween Syria and Fatah, the major organi-
zation of the PLO, have converged with
the serious differences that exist within
the PLO itself to cause obvious disarray
in the anti-imperialist camp.
The task of reestablishing the
PLO’s unity on an anti-imperialist plat-
form continues to be of paramount
importance. This view has been relayed
to the Palestinian organizations by all
the friends of the Palestinian people,
including the socialist countries. The
Aden-Algiers accord between the Cent-
ral Committee of Fatah and the Democ-
ratic Alliance continues to represent the
correct basis for restoring the unity of the
PLO on a sound political platform and
convening the 17th session of the
Palestinian National Council. All obsta-
cles to implementing this accord need to
be removed as soon as possible. Out-
standing disputed issues, including that
of Yasir Arafat, can only be resolved at
the PNC, the supreme Palestinian
institution. The democratic forces are
Preparing for a sharp struggle at the
PNC against right-wing elements, the
most extreme of whom have no genuine
interest in national unity. In this struggle,
the democratic forces deserve the sup-
port of all who have a stake in a unified
PLO, including the national and progres-
sive Arab states. In this context, strict
adherence to the principle of the PLO’s
independence is requisite. Only a strong
independent PLO can be an effective
partner in a regional anti-imperialist
alliance, of which Syria, the Lebanese
progressive movement and the PLO are
the core.
By continuing to reject the principle
of a comprehensive Palestinian
dialogue with the participation of Fatah’s
Central Committee, the National
Alliance bears a major responsibility for
preventing the resolution of the current
crisis. By insisting on a fundamentally
adventurist line, the National Alliance
not only delays the process of reconcilia-
tion in the PLO, but also opens the way
for the right-wing tendency to pursue its
Strategy of accomodating US policies
without any constraints. All illusions —
about an alternative ‘revolutionary’ PLO
only serve to accentuate the current
crisis and increase the vulnerability of
the Palestinian national movement. In
contrast, joining with the Democratic
Alliance in the struggle to adopt a
genuinely anti-imperialist platform at the
next PNC session is the only viable alter-
native to the current state of affairs that
threatens to marginalize the PLO, open-
ing the way for a US-sponsored settle-
ment that circumvents Palestinian self-
determination.
The dual task of restoring the unity
of the PLO and insuring Palestinian-
Syrian reconciliation lies at the heart of
current efforts to develop an anti-
imperialist counterstrategy. In the short
run, there is every reason to believe that
a firm Syrian-Palestinian-Lebanese
alliance is fully capable of foiling King
Hussein's plan to strike a separate deal
with ‘Israel’. In addition, this will assist
the Lebanese people in their struggle to
force an unconditional Israeli withdrawal
from southern Lebanon. On the other
hand, Syrian-Palestinian cooperation
will greatly facilitate the consolidation of
a broad Arab anti-imperialist front capa-
ble of holding off the emergence of a US-
sponsored regional pact. With the firm
backing of the Soviet Union, which is
making headway in breaking US
hegemony in the region, the balance of
forces will eventually be redressed in
such a manner as to make possible the
convening of an international confer-
ence and achieving genuine peace
based on Palestinian rights to self-deter-
mination and establishing an indepen-
dent state under the leadership of the
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Comment: 365 minus 1 equals 364 days to conspire against the Palestinians.
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