Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. The. After years of bloody infighting the various palestinian factions began to resolve their differences. To mull to us events in the region were to prove both the solace and the setback for the palestinian cause. Yet by 1987 the various factions of the p. L. O. Had come closer together after the past 4 years of into palestinian strife. The Palestinian Parliament in exile the Palestine National council met in algiers in april of that year a common cause help unify ranks that cause was opposition to jordan the different factions all agreed to cancel dommin accords that had outlined a confederation between jordan and the palestinians but that was how it should be in that given or dont need to stay added i dont think from the scene or the new i says jordan tried to restore palestinian jordanian relations on a basis of political advantage to jordan has rejected them on accords because we thought it impinged on our sovereignty that the agreement was abrogated of the algiers b. N. C. Which was called the National Unity session or shot at the job i feel like its the way. Assault ought to sue to you that the f. L. P. Participated in the unification of the p. L. O. Station but the syrian authorities punished in the field before participating in that p. L. C. Session and the Senate Intelligence prevented the difficulty members who attended from returning to the mosque of this. National unity was the slogan of the time for the palestinians as they sought to put behind them the bitter squabbles and factional fighting of the past that National Unity was about to get a huge and popular boost from an unexpected place. In december 987 in gaza and israeli driver killed 4 palestinian neighbors and wounded 9 when his car ran off the road. The israelis termed it an accident the palestinians said it was premeditated murder. Whatever the case the incident sparked an outbreak of palestinian protests that spread like wildfire throughout the occupied territories. The intifada or uprising was born. A little different that their intifada was the 1st time since 1048 of us palestinians living under occupation were at the vanguard of resistance from 1967 to 1987 the cause of by the sign was based on the premise that liberation would come from abroad we want exactly what the israeli people enjoy. Democracy freedom and independence at the same time the intifada is a message of hope. It is a message of all not only to the best in years but also to their neighbors as a base. For the 1st time since 1967 the Israeli Occupied palestinian territories had become center stage in palestinian affairs. The fact that dominated p. L. O. Were quick to see the potential of this Popular Uprising on a fathom the men around him realize the importance of organizing cells within the palestinian territories. Would you had labelled war for them direct effect or would you have to go with out of there b. T. W. Had told me very clearly that he said. We have neglected our People Living under occupation and became in broiled in a tree on the outside palestinians in the homeland were now at the vanguard of the revolution. They became the symbol of resistance to occupation and an icon of the palestinian struggle. Other important developments were also taking place i mean the intifada the 1st signs of the emergence of a Palestinian IslamistMovement Began to appear hamas was encouraged. By israel to form islam excited specifically in gaza before us like because when arafat was still a super terrorist unquote before he became a super statesman and then of course later met bill made a super terrorist again. How much was seen as a logical balancing act for the israelis to play against the p. L. O. Increase the religiosity increase they the islamic element of Palestinian Society in the nationalist quote terrorist unquote element goes down. However the israelis did not seem to realize that these new Islamist Groups would also be intent on liberating palestine. The seeds of a new force in palestinian politics were planted a force which began to compete with the p. L. O. Factions in the showdown with the Israeli Occupation. This new and growing islamist trend which heralded the formation of such groups as Islamic Jihad and hamas found natural allies and several wealthy arab states. We attended a meeting and more than half of those in attendance would kuwaitis and not palestinians i found that surprising chairman out of 1st knew that how mass received support from the popular level in the arab gulf states below on the other hand wasnt allowed to solicit donations because it was bound by agreements with the host governments to receive support only from them. However support for this largest groups among the palestinians was still in its infancy wary of the new challenge to fatten the movie had soon stamped their authority on the intifada. Knew the Palestinian Uprising had thrown the palestinians a lifeline that could help them realize their aspirations for a home. In this but the areas that i thought there was. A father and as the father for Yasser Arafat there is no such thing as an intifada for the sake of and fatah its an into fodder or an uprising to achieve a certain political goal hence he was always in a state of uprising. That is tough to make certain what he thought it meant as she said it. In march 1988 i was you had sent a group of palestinian commandos into israel the gunmen hijacked a passenger bus in the negev desert transporting employees to israels Top Secret Nuclear complex at the morning. In the ensuing firefight the 3 hijackers and 3 israeli employees were killed. The israelis were exasperated with the intifada and with the cells i wish you had was broken as. They are they that we i am a retired a month after the bus attack on april 16th 1988 and is ready Commando Force assassinated i will jihad at his home in the tunisian coastal town of cv was. Far from startling then to father i will jihad assassination had the opposite effect. The occupied territories erupted in angry demonstrations. Of all jihads funeral was held at the Palestinian Refugee camp in the mosques hundreds of thousands of mourners attended to pay their respects last 5 years after his expulsion from syria and after years of a bitter feud and a fat return to damascus for that. He was given a heros welcome. It turned out to be a vote of confidence for the outlet p. L. O. In the heartland of a strong. Feeling that stockman. Stick with that engine as if unlikely as thick bad shabbier there was a tremendous turnout that the funeral of a coffin was carried for hours throughout the camp people tried to lift the car carrying out a fight off the ground as a token of their support really. He was carried on peoples shoulders it shook the splinter groups opposed to him because it restored the stature of our fast and for the us leadership. The intifada propelled the palestinian issue onto the world headlines and back to the top of the agenda for the an important. It was an extraordinary turn. Just a year earlier at an arab summit in amman the palestinian issue had been relegated to the bottom of the agenda. Now in june 1908 at an extraordinary meeting in algiers and appends of state pledged strong support for the intifada and the Palestinian People as opposed rapidly and. They said because. Were living. In that you know couldnt. Have been. At the end of july jordan formally broke off all political and administrative ties with the west Bank King Hussein effectively renounced his kingdoms historic claim to the west back paving the way for the area to be part of a palestinian state if ever Israeli Occupation were to and there. And then i lend. I would like them a soup you know to have a shabby infamous t. V. Feed that could be a must see it. To be he walked by me b m f e theyre like i have all who. Let the heli villas they need to step it. Up that arctic in my. Be x. When i may. Well have. All of them out before the levees and i was a little more than a sikh you know. I knew how big a shabby for the steel i had. And. Such in the machine. But of all the tough i had. To do was in the hope that i model or i would that was to hear that i mean the world because for them to live here we had had enough and done Everything Possible we supported the p. L. O. But in the end we concluded that the p. L. O. Had to be independent of us the palestinians were jubilant but King Husseins decision was opposed by some senior jordanian officials west of jeff in america my view that that being a saint had concluded that he could no longer hope to regain the whole of the west bank and the therefore he had to put an end to any understanding and if concessions or acquire then the palestinians make them not jordan but it was at a kind of more however. It was an attempt to give priority to jordanian matters and step away from the historic burden of responsibility for the west bank. I disagree with the decision which wasnt an easy one for his majesty to make in november the Palestine National council met in algiers where artifacts made the historic announcement y. B. s mashad been lobbied for this. Fear. Fear that the last week. The the the. I i i the form of the collaboration of the palestinian state was fine. But the palestinians understood that establishing a state requires more than. The new control and. I. Think. That. That was the same thing as im writing. This im going to. Cause stead of facing a olive. Oil 7 holes. To engage my base if sold as a. Ritual. Something less. Palestinians also understood that americas backing was imperative if the dream of anniston statehood was to be with them and they began to realize that their long time in the soviet union was no longer the dependable friend of. A bomb what. Was the man going to achieve i felt and i met with a good batch of i felt we had no Common Ground with him that he didnt see our view point of view we told him the Palestinian People had a very high Literacy Rate and he said sure theres rain is fear you realized then that he was no friend of ours and i did not set foot in the silver to union afterwards ive had a declaration implicitly recognize the state of israel so this was never explicitly stated it was enough for us secretary of state George Shultz to ask a swedish counterpart Stan Anderson to convey a letter to the p. L. O. The message was that if you declared the following points in public. Chief among just which was did on a t. Shirt of terrorism then the United States would be prepared to equalize the Palestinian Liberation Organization and establish a dialogue with it the General Assembly of the United Nations was preparing to convene in new york yes around a fat was scheduled to give a speech what he did not count on was americas refusal to grant him an entry visa. In an unprecedented move the General Assembly moved its meeting to its headquarters in switzerland. And i thought delivered his speech and waited to reap the diplomatic route which he believed that by implicitly recognizing israel and renouncing own struggle he had met americas conditions to open a dialogue with the piano or i dont know many born or 8 by ones were born to clear. And many that i can get it was as good in it. But the americans did not hear the terminology they required about the renunciation of terrorism and not all palestinians believe the price was worth paying. The whole the carbon and. I said what do you get for renouncing terrorism meaning the right to launch military operations i was against making this concession. I said lets await the reaction to the speech and then well see and this but i was overruled but out of france mind was made up desperate for american recognition the next day he held a press conference and uttered the magic words. And absolutely they know its all the forum is already done it is. The u. S. Announced that it was now ready to begin a dialogue with the p. L. O. Several sessions of talks were held between p. L. O. Officials and washingtons ambassador to tunisia Robert Pelletreau the talks failed to satisfy artifacts aspirations as it was the dialogue did not last long yet another palestinian faction was about to make world headlines through violence the palestine liberation front headed by avalon bass had 1st come to prominence back in 1985 with the hijacking of the italian cruise liner that kilauea. The operation quickly fell apart and the palestinian gunmen gained infamy when they killed and threw overboard a wheelchair bound american. Now in drew 990 the palestine liberation front struck again. A unit of its commandos landed on a television beach intending to kill israelis the attack was quickly 40. Years later the groups leader admitted the operation was aimed at the railing the negotiations. Any. One of the Political Goals of the operation was to stop to palestinian american dialogue which we felt was an insult to the palestinian evolution and tell us tinian is in general. The americans wanted the p. L. F. Punished out of fact refuse. Truck out of the. I felt it was the american requests because he felt that the palestinians had gained nothing from the dialogue with america which wasnt supposed to be about the a. B. C. s of the palestinian issue but about something more substantial his message to the americans was if you want me to hold military operations then you have to move on the political level. I told our father that if punishing us would help restore the National Rights of the Palestinian People then he should go ahead and do it he refused and said he wasnt going to be blackmailed and the dialogue was severed any hope of a resumption of dialogue was soon overshadowed by another tumultuous event in the middle east in august 1900 iraqi forces invaded kuwait changing the political face of the region. Out of fact failed to unequivocally condemn the iraqi occupation and announced he was seeking an arab solution to the issue a position supported by the palestinians of the occupied territories. And. We would see can and out of brazil you should into the crisis. And try to preclude any outside involvement. To solve it among arabs at that gate we had under fishel initiative to get iraq to withdraw from kuwait. That quick. Told me i dont want to talk to the iraqis its hopeless i interviewed arafat of the time and begged him if i told him saddam was going to lose and advised arafat not to support him if he was hesitant especially towards the end but he couldnt break away from Saddam Hussein. On a facts position was criticized within the p. L. O. Also known as abu who was now recognize design if not 2nd in command distrusted Saddam Hussein from the outset the last time i saw him was just before. Hussein started making his move on kuwait it was just after after the oval abbas affair and i was in tunis and met our yard and he said you know this is saddams doing this job abbas affair and hes its hes courting other far hes trying to get out a fight to move the headquarters to baghdad and he said he has something in mind i dont know what it is but im trying to figure it out because he wants the palestinians and he wants the palestinians in his corner when it happens and we have to figure out what hes up to because its going to be bad news for us you know whenever an arab regime tries to get its hands on us we know there is trouble and so he said. Its very important for us that the u. S. P. L. O. Dialogue not be ended because thats what its why saddam did this he wants to force an end to it because he doesnt want us to be. Dealing with you. I will be as opposition try to fight alliance with saddam proved his death sentence. In 1901 a few days before the air campaign to liberate kuwait was launched the ad was gunned down into us. The perpetrator was artifacts old nemesis abu nidal who was once again iraqs gun for hire. Ironically we had had in the past turned down the opportunity to have i wouldnt doubt kill. Can only way one can. Make any better homes than without now the idea to tell me that he couldnt order him to not wanted because he had broken bread with him at his home and he said he couldnt kill him for the sake of his children so what happened i wanted our assassinated him i swear more than once i told out of 5 and i will yet that id have one adult killed in baghdad. If his iraqi friends got upset then id fix things with them but out of fact and i would turn down my offer nasmyth that we had one us with which we have it in and got on with Syrian People like yet and i was he had had an influence on arafats this is and the policies he adopted or with. By taking them out of fatah was left with no effective people around him many with ultimately and this had a negative effect in the years to come. By the end of february Saddam Husseins army had been ejected from kuwait his regime almost shattered. Bat had a. Do a lot of be accustomed had after the gulf war all arabs will so much they lost everything a completion of queta by the iraqis was a stain on our honor. There is absolutely no excuse for it. That you know let me attack of nope if and you know it like shit well that possibly. Did not openly and clearly condemn their capacious of kuwait at the same time he didnt openly and clearly support it. He tried in his own way to simultaneous to play both sides and his position was interpreted as supporting the iraqis and his calculations were wrong and we paid a tremendous price for them. On a fact that hold the International Community would link an iraqi withdrawal from kuwait to israeli concessions in the occupied territories. 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