Palestine Live
1991 1991-11Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 13 →
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SOCIALIST ACTION NOVEMBER 1991 13 much as they can for each of their constituencies, they must demonstrate to their peoples that a deal which puts the Arab stamp of approval on the Zionist settler state was made only under the greatest duress.
However, while the demand may be negotiable for Israel's withdrawal from territories taken from neighboring Arab states after Israel was first established, it is improbable that even a temporary peace could be established unless Israel agrees to the Palestine delegation's demand for a "two-state" solution-if not immediately, then after a trial period of "autonomy" within the boundaries of Israel.
The PLO has long since felt compelled to abandon its demand for a democratic secular Palestine, within which all peoples-Arabs, Jews and other constituencies-could live side by side as equals. Nevertheless, this aspiration continues to burn in the hearts of Palestinians and other Arabs.
Israel demanded—and got-separate negotiations between it and each of the Arab delegations. Compelled by its American master to negotiate a new relationship with the Arab states, this, at least, gives it the opportunity to play off each against the other. But it is unlikely that whatever deal is finally arranged will hold up for long.
Beneath the surface of American imperialism's new order, the Arab revolution continues to smolder. Whatever temporary arrangements may be made, atrocities like that being committed by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon today will continue to feed the flames of rebellion. The world revolution, along with its Arab component, cannot be indefinitely contained.