[In the present hard conditions both the discussions…]
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In the present hard conditions both the discussions and the resolutions can be seen as a success. A minimum on which all the Palestinian organisations agreed was reached - and beyond it there remain the specific positions of each organisation, as expressed in the conference, which excelled in its democratic discussion and atmosphere of openness.
Maybe the world press said that the right wing was strengthened in the conference - but on the Palestinian level the decisions gave strength to the left. Many of the left's positions were endorsed and the fact that they were endorsed at a time of weakness, after a military blow, points to the strength of democratic discussion. The left struggled for a long time to actually implement that democracy - and that is the root of its strength and the weakness of the right wing, which prefer discussion in closed rooms.
In the past there was discusThe Reagan Plan - September The Reagan 1982.
*Elections among the Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to prepare for full autonomy' in these areas.
*A five year transition period in which the Palestinians would take over control, leading up to a 'final status of 'self government by the Palestinians in association with Jordan' *Israeli withdrawal from these occupied territories in accordance with UN Resolution 242 adopted after the 1967 war.
*The status of Jerusalem to be opened up for "negotiations' *Peace treaties to be signed by the Arab states recognising Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
* An explicit 'ironclad' guarantee of Israel's security.