-Caveat Lector- > > Special Dispatch - PA > > November 30, 2000 > > No. 160 > > > > Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) > > P.O. Box 7837, Washington, DC 20038-7837 > > Phone: (202) 955-9070 > > Fax: (202) 955-9077 > > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: www.memri.org > > > > [MEMRI holds copyrights on all translations. Materials may only be > > cited > > with proper attribution.] > > > > > > > > > > Special Dispatch - PA > > November 30, 2000 > > > > No. 160 > > > > Intifada and Policy Situation Up-date > > Situation of the Intifada > > > > Palestinian officials state that the Intifada will continue. Yasser > > Arafat > > himself said in Amman: "The embers of the Intifada will continue > > until > > Palestinian independence, the return of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa to > > Palestinian > > sovereignty, and the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state > > with > > Jerusalem as its capital. The decision regarding the Intifada is in > > the > > hands of the brave Palestinian people, who decided to carry out > this > > battle > > to achieve independence and to establish their state." (1) > > > > PA Minister of Refugee Affairs, As'ad Abd Al-Rahman, stated "The > > danger is > > not, as some believe, in allowing the Intifada to continue, but > > rather in > > stopping it without any accomplishments or appropriate political > > guarantees > > that satisfy the national Palestinian and Arab Minimum Plan: the > > Right of > > Return; self-determination on all lands of the West Bank and the > Gaza > > Strip; > > and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with > > Jerusalem as > > its capital." (2) > > > > Othman Abu Gharbiyya, the Head of the PA's National Guidance > > Directorate, > > stated, "The Intifada will not stop half-way. It will continue > until > > it > > accomplishes the goals of our people... In the next stage, we will > > achieve > > our goals the liberation of our land and the establishment of a > > Palestinian > > state whose capital is Holy Jerusalem." (3) > > > > On the Use of Firearms > > > > The debate concerning the limitation of the use of firearms > continues > > among > > the Palestinians. PA Minister of Supplies, Abu Ali Shahin, for > > example, > > stated "The Intifada is a liberation movement, and therefore all > > means may > > be used in order to accomplish its goal." (4) > > > > However Arafat's instructions to refrain from using firearms in > > popular > > demonstrations and from areas under PA control, known as Area A, in > > order to > > minimize the number of Palestinian casualties gave rise to voices > > calling to > > limit and even refrain from using firearms. Dr. Saleh Abd > Al-Jawwad, > > Chairman of the Department of History and Political Science at > > Bir-Zeit > > University, argued, "The confrontations proved that the Palestinian > > side > > the PA, the opposition and Palestinian society is not ready for a > > military > > confrontation [with Israel], despite its demonstrations of heroism > > and > > sacrifice. .These armed people, do not lack faith or a complete > > readiness > > to sacrifice, but [they] lack weapons, ammunition, experience, > > training and > > information, [as well as] discipline. The participation of these > > people [in > > the demonstrations]. served our enemies and gave them a lead in > [the > > battle > > for] public opinion, as well as an excuse to use tanks, helicopters > > and > > missiles in order to suppress the Intifada which is popular in > > essence." > > > > "This strategy proved its utter failure and led to great and > > unjustified > > losses among the demonstrators. The claim that the [Israeli] > > withdrawal from > > 'Joseph's Tomb' proves the success of this strategy, is an example > of > > the > > Palestinian's inability to learn lessons. The conditions > surrounding > > 'Joseph's Tomb' are different from those of other military bases > and > > settlements.Attacks on military sites or fortified settlements > > located in > > open areas, lead to nothing but great fatalities among the > > Palestinians and > > to grave strategic damage." > > > > "The use of guns during popular demonstrations amounts to political > > and > > military suicide. We must focus on [popular] means of action that > > will deny > > the enemy its primary force: its clear military advantage." > > > > "Likewise, we must find a strategy that will prevent direct > > confrontation > > with Israeli society, which would turn the conflict over > Palestinian > > land > > into a civil war. The confrontation must be limited so that it is > > conducted > > between a defenseless people on one hand and an army of occupiers > and > > settlers on the other hand." (5) > > > > Targeting Settlements > > > > PA Information Ministry Director-General, Hassan Al-Kashef, > explained > > that > > the Palestinian struggle must be focused on fighting the > settlements. > > "The > > settlements' fields and factories are a target for the rage of the > > Palestinian people," he wrote. "We must continue to see them as > > targets for > > burning and destruction; this is our legitimate right. The > settlement > > will > > be the heart of the target at which all forms of the Palestinian > > people's > > struggle and anger will be directed. We must treat them as they > treat > > us. We > > have a long list of names of aggressors and murderers among > Israel's > > political and military leadership. From the murderer Barak.to > Mofaz!" > > (6) > > > > Fatah Central Committee Member, Sakhr Habash added: "The > > confrontations must > > reach the settlements and the by-pass roads so that we may prove to > > the > > Israeli government that we can threaten the security of their > by-pass > > roads > > just as it threatens and closes off our roads." (7) > > > > Future of the Negotiations > > > > The consensus among the Palestinians remains that the negotiations > > must not > > be resumed without a significant change in the nature of the > > political > > process. Most Palestinian officials demand guarantees for the > outcome > > of the > > negotiations, as a prerequisite for resuming them. Speaker of the > > Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Ahmad Qurei', aka Abu 'Alaa, > > for > > example, stated that the prerequisite for resuming the negotiations > > is > > settling the reasons that led to the outbreak of the Intifada. He > > named five > > such issues: "Israel's failure to carry out agreements signed with > > the > > Palestinians; continued expansion of the settlements; the continued > > Judaisation of Jerusalem during the negotiations; [Israel's] > > violation of > > Palestinian human rights in contradiction with the fourth Geneva > > Convention > > requirement for the protection of peoples under occupation. The > > Israeli > > approach to the solution, as demonstrated at Camp David regarding > the > > issues > > of Jerusalem, refugees, land and security, have only heightened the > > Palestinians' feelings that the negotiations are futile." (8) In > > another > > statement, Abu 'Alaa said that transforming the status of Area B, > > under > > joint Israeli and Palestinian control, to Area A, under sole > > Palestinian > > control, is another prerequisite for the resumption of the > > negotiations. (9) > > > > PA Minister of International Cooperation, Nabil Sha'ath, said in > this > > matter > > that the Palestinians will not return to the negotiations unless > > Israel > > declares clearly its intentions to implement Resolution 242, and > not > > merely > > to re-negotiate it." (10) > > > > Palestinian officials continued to demand that the continuation of > > the > > Intifada be permitted, even if the negotiations are resumed. Fatah > > affiliated PLC member, Qaddura Fares, for example, stated that > "there > > is no > > contradiction between negotiations and the struggle. Both are means > > of > > getting rid of the occupation, establishing an independent > > Palestinian state > > with Jerusalem as its capital, and securing the return of refugees. > > The > > peace process does not nullify the Palestinian people's right to > > struggle to > > > > accomplish its goals when the negotiations did not lead to the > > results the > > Palestinians had hoped for." (11) > > > > Threats against Arab and Western States > > > > Palestinian threats aimed at the US have also continued. Deputy > Head > > of the > > National Guidance Directorate, Mazen 'Izz Al-Din added to these, > > threats > > against European countries and even against moderates within the > Arab > > states. "The Al-Aqsa Intifada has established new facts in the Arab > > region," > > he wrote, "it created a direct threat to US interests, and put the > > American > > forces in the Middle East in a state of alert. Several embassies > > have been > > closed, especially after the attack on the American destroyer." > > > > "The regimes supporting [regional] stability [particularly Egypt > and > > Jordan] > > have begun to feel violent powerful 'earthquakes' because of the > > Al-Aqsa > > Intifada [that led to] massive demonstrations of rage, which may > even > > lead > > to the overthrow of the regimes." > > > > "I call on the Arab and Islamic nation to take immediate, positive > > and > > active steps against the Zionist entity: an overall boycott of > > Israeli and > > American products, severing diplomatic relations with Israel and > > reducing > > oil production - all in order to force Israel to respect the > > resolutions of > > International Legitimacy, as all the world's nations have done. I > > call upon > > the US and the European countries who are linked to the strategic > > interests > > of the Arab countries, to place deterring sanctions on Israel in > > order to > > protect their own interests, because the entire region faces a > > comprehensive > > explosion that will be difficult to control." > > > > "Israeli casualties are great: more than forty Israelis are dead > and > > hundreds injured. The Israeli media does not give the true numbers > > in order > > to maintain the soldiers' morale and to [prevent them] from > refusing > > to > > serve in the occupied Palestinian territories." (12) > > > > Role of PA Police > > > > At a press conference in Gaza, Head of the Preventative Security > > Apparatus > > in Gaza, Muhammad Dahlan, expressed his opinion about the role of > the > > PA in > > the struggle with Israel: "The PA must be allowed to carry out the > > struggle > > with Israel in a successful manner. Political maneuvers and the > > management > > of the struggle must be left to the leadership. There are many > issues > > about > > which the leadership cannot elaborate and which it cannot explain. > We > > will > > not hesitate to act. in protecting the Palestinian people. The > > Preventative > > Security apparatus is an arm of the struggle. it was not formed in > > order to > > help realize Israel's dreams, but to protect the interests of the > > people." > > > > About Israel's claim to having proof that the security apparatus, > and > > Dahlan > > personally, are involved in terrorism, he said: "Let them go to > hell > > with > > their proofs. We will not disconnect ourselves from the people, and > > we will > > always lead them. We represent the people's aspiration and not the > > Israeli > > government. The responsibility for and carrying out of the [latest] > > operations are an honor that we do not claim. We are not fleeing > > responsibility, but at the same time, we do not want to take this > > honor away > > from the Palestinian people who fight against the occupation > daily." > > (13) > > > > > > Endnotes: > > > > (1) Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), November 26, 2000 > > (2) Al-Quds (PA), November 22, 2000 > > (3) Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), November 27, 2000 > > (4) Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 25, 2000 > > (5) Al-Quds, November 26, 2000 > > (6) Al-Ayyam (PA), November 25, 2000 > > (7) Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 27, 2000 > > (8) Al-Hayat (London-Beirut), November 27, 2000. Abu 'Alaa has > > previously > > stated that the PLO pre-conditions for a return to negotiations are > > changing > > both the framework and the source of authority of the present > > negotiations. > > See Special Dispatch No. 148, "Palestinian Conditions for Resuming > > Negotiations," November 1, 2000. > > (9) Al-Ayyam, November 26, 2000 > > (10) Al-Hayat, November 24, 2000 > > (11) Al-Ayyam, November 24, 2000 > > (12) Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 27, 2000 > > (13) Al-Hayat, November 23, 2000 > > > > > > > > > > > > The Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) is an > > independent, non-profit organization providing translations of the > > media of the Middle East and original analysis on developments in > > the region. Copies of articles and documents cited, as well as > > background information, are available upon request. > > > > "MEMRI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. 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