PFLP Press Releases
4 December 2001 In response to the decisions of the Zionist government that are to be considered to be a declaration o f war on the Palestinian people and the entire Arab Nation, we in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine affirm that our Palestinian people are united in confronting the occupation that represents the most disgusting types of terrorism and fascism. We also affirm that the struggle and resistance of our people for freedom and independence is a legitimate right guaranteed to them by international law and therefore the recent heroic operations fall within the framework of the natural response to Zionist crimes, and we affirm that resistance is our legitimate right so long as the occupation continues. We call for a declaration of general mobilization and the formation of a united national emergency structure to confront the occupation, for the immediate release of all political prisoners, for a final halt to campaigns of political arrest, and for the cancellation of all steps and decisions that the Palestine Authority has taken in the aftermath of the heroic operations in Jerusalem and Haifa. Enough of betting on useless negotiations! Enough submission to the dictates of the American Administration that gave the green light to the terrorist Sharon to continue and intensify his aggression against our people! In addition, we call on the Arab peoples to stand beside the Palestinian people in their patriotic struggle and in their resistance to Zionist aggression. The occupation continues . . . the resistance continues! Hail, all hail every military formation that resists the occupation! We will definitely win! **** 3 December 2001 Rather than declare an emergency, we need a national dialogue to determine a strategy for Palestinian effort Ramallah: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has commented on the Palestine Authority's declaration of a state of emergency, saying that such a step is impermissible. It restricts public and personal freedoms and gives free rein to further arbitrary decrees at a time when the Palestinian people are living through a real emergency situation in which they need to apply themselves to their concerns and problems. The statement by the Popular Front explained that the state of emergency declared by the Palestine Authority will have an effect on national unity in the field of confrontation, on the cohesiveness of the national ranks. This will occur even though the most strenuous efforts are made by every group to avoid harming this unity. The Popular Front in its statement called for a comprehensive and serious national dialogue to define the Palestinian strategy for work in these conditions and in the next stage, for an agreement upon a national collective leadership based on the resolutions that express the national consensus, and for participation in Palestinian political decision making through a national emergency leadership. The statement also called on the Palestine Authority to beware of meeting American and Israeli conditions, since these might simply bring on more Israeli pressure and dictates and more Palestinian concessions - something that only whets Sharon's appetite for repression. The Popular Front statement stressed the need to hold fast to national unity in the field, to continue the intifada and resistance as a strategic choice that leads to gaining national independence and to implementing the resolutions of international legality. Central Information Department Press Office **** 1st December 2001 American Promises require a means for their implementation. Stopping the intifada will only bring on more pressure. Ramallah: In a press statement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has commented on the call from the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization to stop the resistance, and on a series of official statements concerning the mission of the American team of envoys. The PFLP states that this is an attempt to beautify the face of the mission of that American team, despite the fact that it brings with it nothing but ambiguous positions on a Palestinian state, on the Israeli occupation, and on United Nations resolutions. The Popular Front statement said that the American positions constitute an American attempt to circumvent the achievements of our people, to empty out their contents by stopping the intifada and the resistance struggle, and by returning the Palestine Authority to fruitless rounds of negotiations on the basis of the Oslo Agreements and under the authority of the American Administration. In its statement, the Popular Front rejected the call for a so-called cease fire, and affirmed that it was holding fast to the option of intifada and resistance struggle, as an option that leads to driving off the occupation and compelling Israel to implement UN resolutions. The Statement also called on the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestine Authority to cease relying on American promises that lack any practical means for their implementation, and that relegate the Palestinian people to sitting and waiting for the good intentions of America and the Zionists. The statement repeated the call of the Palestine Liberation Organization to deepen its efforts at rebuilding and reorganizing the Palestinian house internally, reinforcing and strengthening it through the implementation of the resolutions of its last Central Council session, in accordance with the basic rules of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Additionally it is necessary to hold elections in all local councils and popular organizations, to lay down practical steps that lead to the actual establishment of the Palestinian State, to extending its sovereignty throughout the territories of the State of Palestine, to releasing all political prisoners, and to purging Palestinian institutions of corruption. Central Information Department Press Office ***** 24 November 2001 Assassination is a Permanent Israeli Policy The PFLP has said in a statement concerning the latest Israeli assassinations in Khan Younis and Nablus - acts that took the lives of seven martyrs, including five children - that assassination is a permanent Israeli mode of operation in the repression of our people; it is not a matter of retaliation for specific Palestinian actions. The statement explained that the latest assassinations serve to confirm the uselessness of relying on illusory American promises or on the return of the Israeli Zionist unity government to the negotiations. The killings prove once again that Palestinian laxness only brings on more Zionist repression of our people. The statement called for the continuation of the resistance and the Intifada. It called on the masses of our Palestinian people to beware of suspicious objects that the occupation forces have strewn about in the Palestinian areas with the intent to kill. **** 20 November 2001 Letter from Dr. George Habash, Founder of the PFLP Dr. George Habash, the founder of the PFLP, demands that the PA release all political detainees from prison -- those leaders and members of the PFLP, as well as other political parties. At this time when we are all working together to protect the Intifada and the legitimate demands of the Palestinian people, we recognize that the detention of the cadres of the PFLP and other political parties severely damages our national unity as well as the resistance movement and the Intifada as a whole. We condemn the negligence of the Palestinian Authority and its security forces that have failed to keep their promise to release the political detainees, despite their knowing that our comrades in prison are on a hunger strike in protest. Out of my concern for Palestinian unity, I demand that the Palestinian Authority immediately release all political detainees. The oppressive measures used by the Palestinian security forces, and which are strongly condemned by our people, serve only to support the implementation of Israeli-American dictates. The continuation of the policy of detention represents a state of confusion within the Palestinian Authority which must not become part of our national heritage. We must put an end to these oppressive measures that are damaging the Palestinian national aspirations upon which the PLO was established. The Palestinian Authority must work together with, rather than against, its people in order to translate their aspirations and vision into reality. The coming stage demands that all of us consolidate our efforts in order that the Intifada and the resistance movement continue until the Palestinian people regain their freedom and independence. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
