Summary
The Palestine Liberation Organization spokesman whose June 1988 statement — that the key to a Palestinian-Israeli settlement was negotiations between the two parties, that the PLO accepted resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) within a framework recognizing Palestinian rights, and that it would agree to and even insist on international guarantees for all countries in the region, including Palestine and Israel — the study records as an important development of mid-1988 (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part IV (1984-1988), lines 529-532; note 73/ cites Al-Safir, 18 June 1988).
Details
- Abu Sharif said the PLO was ready to talk with any party chosen by the Israeli side to represent it, was ready to accept the placing of the occupied territory under international guardianship, and was of the view that a plebiscite among the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under United Nations supervision would allow the Palestinian people to decide who would represent them in a future peace process (lines 529-532).
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Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasir Arafat, State of Palestine