Statement of the Revolutionary Communist Group, Lebanese Section of the Fourth International COMRADES and Fellow Fighters, 'to surrender with honour.
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openly or officially proclaimed, leaderships of the Lebanese national movement.
- as the Independent Masserian movement (the political views, HOwever Socialist Challenge 19 August 1982 The last days have shown to those not already convinced that the official PLO leadership was serious about seeking a way It is in fact public knowledge that this leadership is prepared to accept the principal condition of the Zionists and their that is, to remove the Palestinian armed It is also obvious that new Jarashes and Ajluns (1) to which the Palestinian fighters will be led if they follow the orders of the leadership to surrender will at best be a giant prison and at worst We must emphasise that a very great responsibility for the present state of affairs, in which defeatist proposals are being falls on the majority of the If the main fighting organisations of the national movement had adopted a firm patriotic attitude, rejecting the Zionist conditions, and insisted on keeping the Palestinian fighters in Beirut nave done till now - no Palestinian leaders, regardless of their would have been able to accept surrender. the majority of the leaderships of the National Liberation Movement have shown that they are not only ready to countenance a withdrawal of the Palestinian resistance from Beirut but that they are even anxious to see this, and are bringing pressure to bear to assure that it is done as soon as possible, -e 'e case 'etex. na. is necessary to save beirut.
¿amrades and Fellow Resistance Fighters, time is running resistance from Murabitus)
We will win! out, and we have to begin taking measures to block the surrender before it is too late. In order to do this, we have to bring together all the parties, forces, groups, and currents that are determined to fight on to victory and which reject the shameful Beirut would represent. national accord that can be the basis for a Lebanese-Palestinian Patriotic Resistance Front. Such an accord must include the following points: -withdrawal of the Palestinian resistance from Beirut L. Continuation of an unrelenting struggle against the Zionist ar my of occupation, denying it a moments respite, making it pay very dearly for every moment it occupies our land. 3. Announcing the decision to oppose militarily any attempt, by the American army or the official Lebanese army, to enter Beirut in collusion with the Zionist army.
This, comrades and fellow resistance fighters, is what we think represents & genuinely patriotic platform in the present A historic responsibility falls on those forces that refuse to surrender. This responsibility demands that they demonstrate their determination and join their forces for the battle in which our national destiny is at stake.
Ever onwards to the victory!
1. In 1970, after the resistance had been evacuated from the towns in Jordan, it was concentrated in the Jarash and Ajlun plains.