A letter written by Comrade Ahmad Sa'adat, General Secretary of the
Palestinian Marxist-Leninist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP).
Andrew
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Text of letter from Ahmad Sa'adat General Secretary of the PFLP from Jericho
Prison
Issued Jan 14, 2003
Our Palestinian and Arab Masses,
A year has passed on my arrest along with my comrades,
and militant brother Fou'ad Shobaki. Without the need
to expand on the ways, reasons, and the repercussions
that resulted from the siege (siege of the Ramallah
Compound), or the Palestinian and Arab efforts to end
my imprisonment, this confinement that harms the
Palestinian internal relationships in a time where six
militants are in prison due to resisting the
occupation!!
Also the blatant violation of the Palestinian law
resulted in having the three of us confined illegally,
after the Palestinian higher justice court had ruled
in two separate decisions to release brother Fouad
Showbaki and my self, along with the ending of the
court sentence against comrade Ah'ed Abu Ghoulma (a
member of the General Central Committee of the PFLP).
All of these issues became known to the public. However,
I want to clarify for our people, through this
communiqué, the conditions of our arrest as a result
of what is known as “Jericho Deal”. As well as the
real reasons that enable the PA to heal this wound,
especially when the American initiative (the Road Map)
indicates in its essence the commitment of the PA
towards reforms and fighting terrorism! The Road Map
states that international monitoring would be an
assurance to how the PA would implement these
commitments. This is where our situation becomes a
clear example for the future of the Palestinian
situation, should the wheels of this initiative
started turning as a reference to the negotiations!
First, we need to emphasize that the (Muqata'a Deal)
did not save us (as prisoners wanted by the occupation
forces) from the direct danger we lived under since
the time of the siege. Choosing Jericho as a place
for us with the presence of the Anglo-American
monitors and Israel as a participant partner, monitors
providing periodical reports to Israel on our movement
outside of the prison walls, even when we need medical
treatments, put us under the direct monitoring and did
not provide any protection for us.
Second: The monitors, as the guaranteeing party,
decides on all the procedures that needs to be
implemented: searching visitors, registering their
names, searching our cells, the direct monitoring,
disrupting phone communication and maybe tapping the
machines they control directly. It seems that they had
the approval from the highest Palestinian authorities,
exactly as Israel demanded. We are not excluding any
Palestinian figures regardless of their place or rank.
Third: facing these facts, the claim by the PA that
they are protecting us from Israel on one hand, and
the claim of not being able to do so on the other
hand, is a contradictory and illogical. It is an
attempt from the PA to escape from its direct
responsibilities, which harms the (PA) character.
Today in Jericho and tomorrow in all of the homeland
and in its institutions, especially when we speak of
monitoring over security issues, finances, democratic
process and all aspects of life. The struggle for
independence and the rejection of these mandates will
start to liberate us from such deal as a beginning to
reject any commitment which turn fighters and people
into prisoners to the American and Israeli good well
!! The protection of the fighters starts with the
protection of their right to resist with the masses
and not confine their abilities. Otherwise, it would
be true that Israel’s arrests of our heroes becomes a
form of protection, and therefore the struggle to
liberate the fighters becomes a jeopardy?!
Our Masses,
We did not abandon any opportunity for dialogue,
wither through out Party, or through the national
forces, and we were met with delays and escapement.
Our demands were met with more complicated process
that worsened our conditions. For this reason, we
decided to appeal to you, the masses and its popular
institutions to stand with us and support our
struggle, to put an end to this mockery and the ending
of our illegal detention, through the cancellation of
Jericho Deal.
Today, we are warning our masses from the coming
danger of the so called “Road Map”. We are declaring
a strike for three days demanding an unconditional
implementation of the Palestinian Higher Justice Court
ruling, as well as the national laws which prohibits
the political arrests on the bases of conscious or
resisting the occupation.
Glory to the martyrs… Freedom to all Prisoners ...
Victory for Our People
General Secretary of the PFLP
Ahmad Sa’adat
January 14, 2003
Jericho Prison.
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