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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5>Political Statement on 39th
Anniversary of Founding the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>December 13, 2006<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>On 11th of December 1967, the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was established. On
today’s 39th anniversary, the leadership, members, cadres, and fighters
of the PFLP would like to express our gratitude for the continuous
support we have received from the Palestinian and Arab people, as well as
from progressive liberation forces worldwide.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>We first want to salute the
Palestinian Arab people in the 1948-occupied lands, the West Bank, the
Gaza Strip, and in the Diaspora. We also salute the great martyrs of our
people who gave their lives for the Palestinian cause, especially comrade
Abu Ali Mustafa, Yasir Arafat, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Fat’hi Ashikaki,
Zohair Muhsin, Tal’at Ya’koub, Majid Abu Sharar, Abu Al-Abbas, Khalid
Nazzal, Jihad Jibril, Hasan Shaker, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, and Fahed
Awwad.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Also, comradely greetings to the
PFLP’s political prisoners in the Israeli occupation’s jailswomen, men,
children, and elderly. And to others from all Palestinian political
forces in the enemy prisons, especially our General Secretary and
comrade, Ahmad Saadat, and his deputy, comrade Abdel-Rahim Mallouh.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>We also salute our sisters and
brothers in Hezbollah, who demonstrated that victory over our Zionist
enemy has become an achievable reality, despite what reactionary Arab
regimes and other Arab defeatist forces continue to claim.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>And finally, the patriotic people of
Iraqwe are proud of them and their resistance against the invasion and
occupation forces of the U.S.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b>Our Palestinian Masses,<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Since the establishment of the PFLP,
which emerged from the Pan-Arab Movement, we have been loyal, for
decades, to the struggles and sacrifices of our people, and have
continuously persevered to achieve the goals and aspirations of the
liberation of Palestine and the establishment of a democratic nation, in
all of historic Palestine, as a strategic goalwithout diminishing the
importance of achieving our interim goal of a sovereign, independent,
Palestinian state on 1967-occupied land, with Jerusalem as its capital,
and the return of all Palestinian refugees and their descendants to the
homes and land from which they were displaced. We consider the Right of
Return the most essential of our interim goals, and the main path to our
strategic goal.<br>
The Palestinian cause has entered a complex stage, as the Zionist enemy
and the influential forces in what is called the “international
community” continue to deny our people’s rights, and endeavor to revoke
or reduce these rightsin an attempt to force our people to submit and
surrender.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>At the same time, the Zionist enemy
continues its brutal aggression against our peoplemurder, destruction,
assassination, house demolition, the uprooting of trees, land
expropriation, settlement expansion, the continued construction of the
Apartheid Wall, a suffocating political and economic siege, torture, and
massive oppression.<br>
Also, the Palestinian internal scene is witnessing increased conflicts
and a polarization that has led to some fratricidal Palestinian clashes.
This is a real threat that impacts Palestinian political and resistance
forces, as well as all the Palestinian people and their national
discourse. There is no choice in this situation but to have all forces
re-establish their basic commitment to the highest n ational interest, to
steer away from political party factionalism and sectarianism, and to
move towards establishing a true national unity based on proportional
representation on the ground. And this unity must be founded on the
premise of our unequivocal Palestinian National Rights (“Thawabit
Wataniyyah”)to ensure the contribution of all in the building of our
collective future.<br>
We call upon all, including our own comrades, to work on building and
supporting national unity, and we believe that the essence of this unity
will be based on the following factors:
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<li>The reactivation and re-establishment of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) as the sole, legitimate representative of the
Palestinian people. This includes the rebuilding of the Palestine
National Council via elections, on the basis of proportional
representation, as agreed upon in the Cairo Dialogue of last year; the
PLO’s Central Council and Executive Committee, respectively; and the
PLO’s popular institutions, in an effort to bring democratization to the
PLO in a way that would protect our national rights and restore respect
for the Palestinian National Charter (“Al-Meethaq Alwatani”).
<li>The importance of continuing all forms of resistance, including
military resistance, until the occupation is ended; and to NOT accept
that negotiation with the enemy is the only strategic method to confront
the occupation. We demand that the file of the Palestinian “issue” be
transferred back to the supervision of the UN through an international
conferencethis will be an essential and welcome shift from the previous,
ineffective means of negotiation: bi-lateral talks with the enemy, the
Road Map proposed by the Quartet (U.S., European Union, Russia, and UN),
and the enemy’s attempts to impose unilateral solutions. We call upon all
Palestinian forces to unequivocally and especially reject the latter.
<li>The importance of forming an actual, national unity government based
on the political program of the Palestinian National Consensus Document
(“Al wathiqat alwifaq alwatani”). We also stress our rejection of any
attempt to defuse this document, whether through amendments or by basing
its implementation on other documents that may annul it. The PFLP has
been at the forefront of those demanding the formation of this government
ever since the election of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in
Palestine.
</ul>And since a national unity government is one of the main demands of
our people as well, we call upon all Palestinian resistance and popular
forces to participate in the current dialogue on the formation of this
government, and insist that none of these forces attempt to isolate
others from participating.
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<li>The grave situation in the Gaza Strip. Despite the fact that the five
main Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip agreed to stop rocket attacks
against Israel, in exchange for the enemy’s cessation of attacks against
our people, Israeli continues its attack against Palestinians in the West
Bank. The PFLP states that:
<ul>
<li>We will continue to support the halting of rocket attacks in return
for Zionist withdrawal from the areas it re-invaded in Gaza and the West
Bank, as well as its commitment to halting all incursions and
attackswhether assassinations, home demolitions, attacking and arresting
activists, ground invasions, or air raids. If the enemy violates any of
this, we consider ourselves no longer obliged by the agreement.
<li>We do not consider this agreement on halting rocket attacks to
include halting other forms of military and armed resistance.
<li>We do not consider the halting of rocket attacks to be a general
“ceasefire.” Any future discussion of this will require a Palestinian
internal dialogueto reach an agreement on what we will require from the
enemy in return for a ceasefire.
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<li>Ending the siege on the Palestinian people. After the victory of
Hamas in the legislative elections and its forming of a new Palestinian
Authority (PA) government, the “international community,” in concert with
the enemy, reactionary Arab regimes, and some Palestinian leaders,
pressured the Hamas government to submit to the Quartet’s demands upon
it. The siege on our people began when Hamas and the Palestinian people
rightfully refused to submit.
</ul>And, despite the brutal damage inflicted upon the Palestinians as a
result of this siege, these powers continue their policies of economic
strangulation. We condemn and denounce these policies, refuse any
pre-conditions for ending the siege on our people, and demand that the
siege end immediately. We call on PA President Abu Mazin to also demand
an end to this siege from all of the aforementioned forces.
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<li>The release of Palestinian and other Arab prisoners from Israeli
jails. Because this issue remains at the heart of our people’s concerns,
we want to stress:
<ul>
<li>The importance of coordinating with our sisters and brothers in
Hezbollah, in regards to the Israeli soldier that it captured, as we
believe that this would strengthen the Palestinian position in the
prisoner exchange negotiations.
<li>That the negotiation process for the captured Israeli soldier remains
primarily attached to the exchange of prisoners, without submitting to
the enemy’s tactic of basing prisoner exchange on other issues.
<li>The importance of guaranteeing that the release of Palestinian
prisoners actually coincides with the release of the captured Israeli
soldier. We must be aware of the enemy’s previous, deceitful tactics of
promising to release our prisoners in exchange for theirs, and then not
implementing the agreement.
<li>That the exchange of prisoners must include our comrades Ahmad Saadat
and Abdel-Rahim Mallouh, and other prominent leaders of other Palestinian
factions
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</ul><b>Our Palestinian Masses,<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>We, in the PFLP, on the occasion of
our 39 th anniversary, reaffirm our promise and commitment to march
forward in revolution and resistance until liberation and victory.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b><i>Eternal Glory to the
Martyrs<br>
Freedom for the Prisoners<br><br>
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