In the last two to three years, I have been talking to people from the Palestinian resistance back in the 60’s to the early 90’s. All of them, whether from Fatah or not, agreed that Khaled Al Hassan (AKA Abu Said) is one the respected Palestinian revolution theorists, who established a vision for the intellectual side of the Palestinian revolution/resistance and insisted on nonnegotiable principles for our cause, as Palestinians. I could not understand what they were talking about until I started reading his books. His stance towards the Oslo agreement was clear. He did not agree on the terms and conditions of the negotiations and on the end result. Matter of fact, he was not part of it, for he was excluded.
From private conversations that were confirmed by multiple sources, he called the negotiators out (addressing mainly Arafat) to choose between treason and political stupidity to explain the agreement they signed on.
Today, what is the Palestinian Authority and Abbas are doing opposes what the essence of our resistance was built on. It is an essence that can’t be given up. An essence that Abu Said expressed pretty well with principals that Abbas opposed loudly and verbally.
I would like to present the aforementioned in the following four points:
1. Abbas is giving up Al-Safad and all the lands that were occupied/stolen in 1948, while Abu Said clearly stated: “I belong to a people and to a nation that believe that who gives up half of his land does not deserve the other half.” Khaled Al Hassan AKA Abu Said - Genius of Failure 1986
2. Abbas renounced military resistance; matter of fact; the PA’s forces are here to “control” the Palestinian population and not protect them. Abbas is sticking to “peace” talks while the entity of ‘Israel’ kills more Palestinians and steels more land. Abu Said states: “The relation between the rifle and the word is a relation of resistance that can’t be unbound because any abruption of them causes the termination of the other. As the rifle needs intellect to feed the brains of the arms holding it, the victory of the rifle’s struggle, guided by its intellect, gives the political word its meaning.” Khaled Al Hassan AKA Abu Said - Genius of Failure 1986
3. Abbas trust the entity of ‘Israel’ and the west (the “middle man”) with the Palestinians’ future when he negotiates with them as if they care about our rights. It seems that he forgets what Abu Said said: “The United States and Israel does not want peace, they want stability. The difference between peace and stability is that the first can’t be achieved without justice, while stability can be achieved with force. The second difference between the two is that peace is sustainable where stability is unsustainable because if there were no justice, stability will carry seeds of explosion. The third difference is that just peace should be established with the will and the desire of all the parties, while stability can be forced on a party by the other party(ies).”Khaled Al Hassan - The Palestinian Uprising
4. Abbas talks about suing “Israel” in international courts forgetting that: “International law and legitimacy reflects the opinions and the interests of the strongest powers!” Khaled Al Hassan – The Palestinian Uprising. You just keep this in mind so you won’t be that naif in trusting the international community. It is a game of interests not a path to righteousness.
Abbas and the PA do not represent the Palestinians. They are basically a buffer between the Palestinians and the occupation, something like the high commissioner in the time of the French/English colonization or the military ruler in Gaza and the West Bank before 1994.
In the end, I would like to add that I am not accusing anyone with treason, for I do not know what is in people minds and hearts. I do not know their intentions. However, I know that “If we were failed defender of our cause then it is better to change the defenders and not the cause.” Ghassan Kanafani.
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