P.L.O. lnlonaatlon bulletin CONTENTS TO OUR READERS Solidarity is an important weJpon for helping the peoples of the world overcome: oppres­ sion and injustice. The support <~nd solidJrity which the Palesti­ nian people receive helps us to continue our just struggle for our just cause. We <~re grateful for the_ solidJrity Jnd support we get, ' but although we hJve many friend~ around the world, our enemies Me still strong Jnd fmmiddble. They arc better Jrmed, better equipped, and much wealthier thJn we. Nevertheless, though we may Editorial ....................................3 possess limited nJeJns, our dcter­ Palestine Notes .............................. .4 min<ltion Jnd willingness to PLO Communique On Arab Summit ...............7 sacrifice is unlimited. The world forces of liberation, of which we Israeli Terror Cannot Break Our People's Resistance ... 9 are proud to be a part, are the Occupation Diary ............................ 1 2 emerging forces, and it is to us Israeli Government Re-expels Oawasmeh And Milhem 14 that the future belongs. The Israeli Military Occupation In Galilee ............. 16 forces of oppression have had Z ionism In Practice ...........................22 their dJy, Jnd shall be consigned to the dusthin of history . Document: "There Is No Palestinian People" By Meir Kahane ...........................25 We thank all of our friends Establishing The Zionist Stranglehold throughout the world for the By Faris Glubb ............................28 letters of support and encoura­ gement you have sent to us. World Events ................................31 Surely, we and other liberation 29th November: movements will continue on the International Palestine Solidarity Day .......... 33 road to victory. Solidarity ..................................35 Letters to "Palestine" .........................35 PRICE ... ............ .. .......... L.L. 1 Yea• Sub ; cri ptiun RJte, . Afr Cd ~ ia ,tnd LJtin AmcricJ .. ... U.S. S 16 l: urope USA . (JnddJ dnd Au,trdlia ... .. U.S . $ 20 AI eque -, '>huuld he mJdc out to "PALESTINE B L.. L L E T I N ' ' p a y d b I e to our Jccoun t o · 10 05 706 I A, Ardh Bank, RJs Beirut Branch. Lei:Mnon. AI ope of "PALESTINE BULLETIN" will he sent b\ a r a I. OTICE PALESTINE BULLETIN" welcomes con­ PartiJI or totJI reproduction i; freely permitted by trlbu 0 letter> and articles from its friends and "PALESTINE BULLETIN" re ader . EDITORIAL THE DEPORTED MAYORS Now Israel has completed another act in the decided to approve the final deportation of series of continuous measures to uproot the Oawasmeh and Milhem because they were found Palestinian people from their homeland. On guilty of endangering the "security of the state December 5, the Israeli government finally of Israel." Now they were expelled for the decided to expel the mayor of ai -Khalil (Heb­ second time, this time via the Lebanese borders, ron), Fahd Oawasmeh, and of Halhoul, Moham­ and delivered to the PLO. The first time, their mad Milhem. Those two mayors were elected expulsion had been ordered by the Israeli under the terms of the Israeli occupation, and military governor of the West Bank. they never carried any arms in their hands. They are two mayors who more or less coexisted with With all their acts of aggression committed the occupation authorities. against the Palestinian civilian population and the public leaders in the West Bank, the Israelis Their only fault is, however, that they are still call themselves "democratic". Of course, human beings and thus prefer to live in freedom they are not terrorists as they claim the Pales­ and dignity in their homeland. The Israeli tinians held under occupation or expelled are. occupation authorities accused them of inciting a resistance operation against an illegal Zionist As usual the Israeli occupation authorities settlement erected by ultra-Zionists with the neglect or disregard world public opinion. They connivance of the military government. They also neglect and scorn the Security Council of accused them of refusing to collaborate with the the United Nations which adopted a decision occupation as agents and spies. They accused calling for the return of the mayors to their them of being supporters of the PLO, as are all homes and towns. But the Israelis never care the Palestinian people under occupation. about those world bodies which once decisively contributed to the creation of Israel at the The Israeli acts of aggression directed against expense of the Palestinian people in 1948. the mayors of the West Bank have become notorious. A few months ago they tried to kill The acts of Israeli aggression against the Bassam Shaka'a, the mayor of Nablus who came Palestinians will continue. The expulsion of the out of it with two legs amputated, and Karim ma yors is nothing but one act in an endless Khalaf, the mayor of Ramallah who lost one leg. seri es of aggression . For the Israel is the best Pal estinian is a dead Palestinian; and if he is not lnspite of all these obvious crimes and acts of dea d, he should live in Australia, Canada or terrorism, the Israelis still pretend to play the anywhere else but not in his original homeland 'emocratic game. The Supreme Court of Israel Palestine. PALESTINE NOTES his message concern for the hopes and sufferings of the Palestinian people, living under occupation or in diaspora, and for the achieve­ ment of a just peace in the Middle East in accordance with interna­ tional law and UN resolutions, and enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their national rights. PRCS CONDOLENCES ON ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER Dr. Fathi Arafat, Head of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, sent on November 28 a cable to the Italian Red Cross Society expres­ sing the PRCS' condolences on the tragic earthquake. Dr. Arafat also offered to put all the human and Chairman Arafat welcoming President Rafsanjani material potentials of the PRCS at the disposal of the Italian Red Cross. CHAIRMAN ARAFAT RECEIVES CHAIRMAN ARAFAT CHAIRMAN ARAFAT PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI CONGRATULATES MEETS SYRIAN LEBANESE PRESIDE T PRESIDENT ASSAD ... Chairman Arafat on November 25 received Hojateleslam Hashimi On November 25 Yasse Arafat, Vasser Arafat, Chairman of the Rafsanjani, President of the Iranian Chairman of the PLO E ecutive PLO Executive Committee and Shura Council (Parliament) Presi­ Committee and Ge e a Com­ General Commander of the Forces dent Rafsanjani was visiting Leba­ mander of the Forces o e Palesti­ of the Palestinian Revolution, met non and the PLO during his tour of · nian Revolution, sen t a cable of on November 30 in Damascus with several Arab countries. The meeting congratulation to Le ba se Presi- Syrian President Hafez ai-Assad. was attended by Fateh Central dent Elias Sarkis, on e occasi on The two and half hour meeting was Committee members Farouk Kad­ of Independence Day. a at said attended by Fateh Central Commit­ doumi, Abu Jihad, Abu ai-Walid that the Palestinian peoo e woul d tee members Abu lyyad, Abu Jihad and Hani ai-Hassan; and Fateh never forget the suppo of the and Abu Maher and the Syrian Revolutionary Council members Lebanese people, espec- I after Foreign Minister and Deputy Pre­ Abu Hatem and Abu Tareq. The victory has been achie ed a d Pal es­ mier, Abdel Halim Khaddam. The Iranian side was represented by Dr. tinians return to their omeland. meeting covered the latest develop­ Hadi, Hajj Muhsen, Wijdand Dast Arafat also stressed the neea or the ments in the Palestinian, Arab and and other I rani an cadres. The integrity of Lebanon a international levels, Israeli military meeting, which lasted several hours, of its people and ins - concentrations in South Lebanon, concentrated on developments in stressed that the prese and the challenges facing the Arab the Palestinian and Iranian arenas Palestinian Revolution Nation. The atmosphere at the and at Arab and international is temporary. meeting was described as fraternal, levels. The Iranian delegation brie­ and constructive. fed Arafat on their tour to Algeria, POPE JOHN PA UL II Syria and Libya and also discussed SENDS MESSAGE 0 ... AND SAUDI the current situation in the region CHAIRMAN ARAFAT PRINCE ABDALLAH including the Iraqi-Iranian war and ­ BEN ABDELAZIZ its effects on the region. The Vasser Arafat rece on No- meeting was described as positive vember 8 a message • ~ Pope Chairman Arafat on November and fraternal. John Paul II. The Pope e essed in 30 met also in Damascus with Saudi 4 - December 15, '80 Prince Abdallah Ben Abdel-Aziz, General Commander of the Forces with a number of Palestinian offi­ Second Deputy Prime Minister, of the Palestinian Revolution cers and cadres made a speech to with whom he discussed the situa­ headed a meeting of the Palestinian the fighters, in which he hailed the tion in the Arab region, especially leadership on December 2. During heroic resistance of the Palestinian following the Amman Summit, the the meeting wh ich was attended by fighters at Damour and Sa'diyat Israeli military escalation against members of the PLO Executive two days ago. He said: "The Joint the Palestinian and Lebanese Committee, General Secretaries of Forces are preparing themselves for peoples, and the importance of the factions of the Palestinian the ..worst eventualities that Reagan working for a unified Arab stand to Revolution and representatives and Begin might think of". face the challenges against the Arab from the PLO Central Council. The Nation. discussions centered on current ARAFAT MEETS issues and the latest developments WITH SOVIET OFFICIALS... ARAFATCONGRATULATES in the Arab arena and the region. All NASSER MUHAMMAD Also reviewed were the results of On December 3 Chairman Arafat the Central Council meetings and met in Damascus with Comrade Vasser Arafat sent on December items concerning the completion Vasilij Kuznecov, First Deputy of 1 a cable of congratulations to Ali and implementa ion of the national the Supreme Soviet Presidium Nasser Muhammad, President of the unity resolutions of the Palestinian Council.