PLO leader: There is no Palestinian nation; it is an invention to destroy Israel! Reader comment on item: Arafat's Last Threat to Israel? Submitted by Michael Green (United States), Nov 9, 2004 at 11:28 The quote below, from a PLO Exec. Cttee. Member clearly

admits that:

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

IT IS JUST AN ARAB TACTIC FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL!"



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"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a

Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle

against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality

today there is no difference between Jordanians,

Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and

tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of

a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand

that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian

people' to oppose Zionism.



"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state

with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa.

While as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa,

Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we

reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even

a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."



(PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein, in a 1977

interview with the Dutch newspaper Trouw.)



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This fact is also clearly expressed in the covenant of Fatah,

the ruling faction of the PLO:

http://www.fateh.net/e_public/constitution.htm#Goals



The Movement's Essential Principles:

Article (1) Palestine is part of the Arab World, and the

Palestinian people are part of the Arab Nation, and their

struggle is part of its struggle. Like (89) Dislike (3) Submitting.... The quote below, from a PLO Exec. Cttee. Member clearlyadmits that:"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.IT IS JUST AN ARAB TACTIC FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL!"--------"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of aPalestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggleagainst the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In realitytoday there is no difference between Jordanians,Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political andtactical reasons do we speak today about the existence ofa Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demandthat we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinianpeople' to oppose Zionism."For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign statewith defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa.While as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa,Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment wereclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait evena minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."(PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein, in a 1977interview with the Dutch newspaper Trouw.)--------This fact is also clearly expressed in the covenant of Fatah,the ruling faction of the PLO:http://www.fateh.net/e_public/constitution.htm#GoalsThe Movement's Essential Principles:Article (1) Palestine is part of the Arab World, and thePalestinian people are part of the Arab Nation, and theirstruggle is part of its struggle. Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Submit a comment on this item << Previous Comment Next Comment >> Reader comments (33) on this item Comment on this item See recent outstanding comments.