An official editorial of PLO leader Yasser Arafat?s Fatah militia calls for the continuation of armed attacks in conjunction with any future negotiations, because that enhances the positioning of Arab negotiators, helping them to achieve better results. Yet, this ?resistance? should be carried out with regard to efforts to maintain international support and national unity, despite ?theoretical differences? between the Palestinian Authority and the Islamists and nationalists, advises the Fatah editorial.
According to the Fatah editorial, Israel had a plan to wipe out the Palestinian Authority, but ?Sharon's destructive program, however, failed due to the Palestinian resistance?? including the and ?[t]he international community supported the Palestinian position and condemned Sharon's acts of aggression.? However, then the ?dolphinarium retaliatory operation that came after Israel assassinated some Hamas leaders? changed the situation.? Later, after the US success in Afghanistan, ?the US position concerning the Arab Israeli conflict drastically changed,? the editorial states, ?in the aftermath of the repeated explosions in Jerusalem and Haifa.? So much so, the Fatah editorial claimed, that even ?the European position could not stand against Sharon's dictates? [which] go against the supreme interests of the Palestinian people and are not in line with the principles of democracy and political pluralism that the Independence Declaration guaranteed.?
Therefore, the Fatah put forth a detailed strategy, to be adopted by ?all Palestinian forces - the PNA, national and Islamic forces? to help us restore the full support of the international community for our rights. At the top of these is our right to establish a sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital.? The strategy laid out by Arafat?s Fatah is to be based on a unified goal, unified ranks and unified performance.
The ?unified goal? is actually three goals, writes the Fatah editor, ?the current goal, the interim goal and the strategic one.? The principles underlying the strategy, according to Fatah, are: ?Ending the Israeli occupation in the 1967-occupied areas including Jerusalem? Removing Israeli settlements? the right of return to the refugees? in accordance with UN Resolution 194? [and] our right to self-determination and the establishment of a sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital.?
As to the terrorist war on Israel, the Fatah editorial says that maintaining it, too, is one of the principles behind the unified goal of the Arabs. Arafat?s Fatah rejects efforts ?to stop the Intifada in return for an Israeli withdrawal? The Intifada is not a tool for
returning to the negotiating table; it should accompany any future negotiations to enhance the position of the Palestinian negotiators and to guarantee a better performance on their part.?
The Fatah editorial then states, under the heading ?unified ranks?, that ?Democracy, political pluralism, and the sovereignty of law characterize the Palestinian society.? Thus, the Palestinian Authority must respect ?the right of every faction or organization to maintain its own strategic program.? Yet, the strategy of ?the Islamic and national forces? fails to give priority to ?the collective goal.? Adherence to that ?collective goal,? Fatah claims, ?will also enhance the role of the PNA in its confrontation and brings its political discourse much closer to the political program of the national and Islamic forces.?
?Unified goals behind unified ranks will lessen the differences and theoretical contradictions that exist among the different factions,? Arafat?s Fatah proclaims. Disunity, o the other hand, ?serves only the interests of the murderer Sharon who is using some of our controversial practices? Sharon has committed very outrageous acts in order to elicit similar revenge acts that the international community considers unlawful.? Therefore, ?the national and Islamic forces have to act in accordance with the principles of national unity? [and] the PNA has to? provide security, maintain the sovereignty of law, and fortify our home front.? The PNA must also keep in mind that dialogue must be maintained ?with the national and Islamic forces, whose members comprise the PNA itself.?
The Fatah release ends, as always, with ?Revolution until victory.?
According to the Fatah editorial, Israel had a plan to wipe out the Palestinian Authority, but ?Sharon's destructive program, however, failed due to the Palestinian resistance?? including the and ?[t]he international community supported the Palestinian position and condemned Sharon's acts of aggression.? However, then the ?dolphinarium retaliatory operation that came after Israel assassinated some Hamas leaders? changed the situation.? Later, after the US success in Afghanistan, ?the US position concerning the Arab Israeli conflict drastically changed,? the editorial states, ?in the aftermath of the repeated explosions in Jerusalem and Haifa.? So much so, the Fatah editorial claimed, that even ?the European position could not stand against Sharon's dictates? [which] go against the supreme interests of the Palestinian people and are not in line with the principles of democracy and political pluralism that the Independence Declaration guaranteed.?
Therefore, the Fatah put forth a detailed strategy, to be adopted by ?all Palestinian forces - the PNA, national and Islamic forces? to help us restore the full support of the international community for our rights. At the top of these is our right to establish a sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital.? The strategy laid out by Arafat?s Fatah is to be based on a unified goal, unified ranks and unified performance.
The ?unified goal? is actually three goals, writes the Fatah editor, ?the current goal, the interim goal and the strategic one.? The principles underlying the strategy, according to Fatah, are: ?Ending the Israeli occupation in the 1967-occupied areas including Jerusalem? Removing Israeli settlements? the right of return to the refugees? in accordance with UN Resolution 194? [and] our right to self-determination and the establishment of a sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital.?
As to the terrorist war on Israel, the Fatah editorial says that maintaining it, too, is one of the principles behind the unified goal of the Arabs. Arafat?s Fatah rejects efforts ?to stop the Intifada in return for an Israeli withdrawal? The Intifada is not a tool for
returning to the negotiating table; it should accompany any future negotiations to enhance the position of the Palestinian negotiators and to guarantee a better performance on their part.?
The Fatah editorial then states, under the heading ?unified ranks?, that ?Democracy, political pluralism, and the sovereignty of law characterize the Palestinian society.? Thus, the Palestinian Authority must respect ?the right of every faction or organization to maintain its own strategic program.? Yet, the strategy of ?the Islamic and national forces? fails to give priority to ?the collective goal.? Adherence to that ?collective goal,? Fatah claims, ?will also enhance the role of the PNA in its confrontation and brings its political discourse much closer to the political program of the national and Islamic forces.?
?Unified goals behind unified ranks will lessen the differences and theoretical contradictions that exist among the different factions,? Arafat?s Fatah proclaims. Disunity, o the other hand, ?serves only the interests of the murderer Sharon who is using some of our controversial practices? Sharon has committed very outrageous acts in order to elicit similar revenge acts that the international community considers unlawful.? Therefore, ?the national and Islamic forces have to act in accordance with the principles of national unity? [and] the PNA has to? provide security, maintain the sovereignty of law, and fortify our home front.? The PNA must also keep in mind that dialogue must be maintained ?with the national and Islamic forces, whose members comprise the PNA itself.?
The Fatah release ends, as always, with ?Revolution until victory.?