What was the 1974 PLO "Phased Plan" for Israel's destruction?

Question

The PLO was born with a commitment to the destruction of Israel and in the early days of the organization, they would consider nothing other than that immediate objective. The October 1973 Yom Kippur War convinced the Arabs that they would not be able to destroy Israel through military action within its post-1967 boundaries. Thus they embarked upon a new three-stage strategy for Israel's destruction, embodied in the Palestine Liberation Organization's 1974 Political Program, commonly known as the "Phased Plan", adopted at the 12th Session of the Palestinian National Council, held in Cairo, June 9, 1974.

The plan has three main articles:

* Through the "armed struggle" (i.e., terrorism), to establish an "independent combatant national authority" over any territory that is "liberated" from Israeli rule. (Article 2)

* To continue the struggle against Israel, using the territory of the national authority as a base of operations. (Article 4)

* To provoke an all-out war in which Israel's Arab neighbors destroy it entirely ("liberate all Palestinian territory"). (Article 8)

The Phased Plan remains the basis of PLO actions, even in the era of the Oslo Accords. Speaking on September 1, 1993, just after the announcement of the 1993 Israel-PLO agreement, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat announced on Radio Monte Carlo that the Oslo agreement:

* ...will be a basis for an independent Palestinian state in accordance with the Palestine National Council resolution issued in 1974... The PNC resolution issued in 1974 calls for the establishment of a national authority on any part of Palestinian soil from which Israel withdraws or which is liberated.

In addition to the action plan against Israel, Articles 5-6 of the PLO plan call for a revolution in Jordan to establish a new Jordanian regime.

Answer 1

There are almost endless quotes to show that the PLO was and is committed to the destruction of Israel. The difficulty is in understanding why most Israeli leaders, as well as Condi and Pres. Bush ignore the facts.

# "The struggle will continue until all of Palestine is liberated."
- Yassir Arafat, in a radio address in November 1995

# "Within five years we will have 6 to 7 million Arabs living on the West Bank and in Jerusalem....We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews....We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem."
- Yassir Arafat, Stockholm, 30 January, 1996, as reported by an attendee of the closed meeting, and printed in the Washington Times, March 3, 1996, by Cal Thomas

# "The Oslo accord was a preface for the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Authority will be a preface for the Palestinian state which, in its turn, will be a preface for the liberation of the entire Palestinian land."
- Abdul Asis Shaheen, Arafat's Minister of Supplies in the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on 4 January 1998

# The newly official map of "Palestine" issued by the Palestine Authority (PA) shows the State of Palestine as comprising all of the West Bank (Judea/Samaria), all of Gaza, all of the State of Israel and a slice of the Kingdom of Jordan. Additionally, it excludes any reference to a Jewish population, and lists holy sites of Christians and Muslims only. The official cartographer, Khalil Tufakji, has been commissioned by the PA to design and to locate a proposed Capitol Building, which he has now drawn to be located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, on top of an ancient Jewish cemetery.

On September 1, 1993, Yasser Arafat reaffirmed that the Oslo Accords are an intrinsic part of the PLO's 1974 phased plan for Israel's destruction: "The agreement will be a basis for an independent Palestinian state in accordance with the Palestinian National Council resolution issued in 1974....The PNC resolution issued in 1974 calls for the establishment of a national authority on any part of Palestinian soil from which Israel withdraws or which is liberated..." Later, on May 29, 1994, Rashid Abu Shbak, a senior PA security official, remarked: "The light which has shone over Gaza and Jericho will also reach the Negev and the Galilee."

- Louis Rene Beres
Professor of International Law
Department of Political Science
Purdue University

# "Our enemy is a lowly enemy. The Palestinian people know there is a state that was established through coercion and it must be destroyed. This is the Palestinian way."
- Farouk Qaddumi, head of the P.L.O.'s Political Department, in a speech at a ceremony marking the closing of the P.L.O.'s radio station in Algiers (Reuters, 10 August 1994; Yediot Aharonot, 10 August 1994)

# "Our war with Israel and the Jews has not ended and will not end until the establishment of a Palestinian state on the entire land of Palestine."
- PA Legislative Council member Sa'adi Al-Karnaz (PA Television)

# "We are certain that Allah will destroy the State of Israel, either through natural disasters, such as an earthquake, or at the hands of the Muslims, or both."
- Sheikh Hamed Bitawi, head of PA's Shar'ia law of appeals, Nablus (Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, Jul 27, 1997)

# "According to the Phased Plan, we will establish a Palestinian state on any part of Palestine that the enemy will retreat from. The Palestinian state will be a stage in our prolonged struggle for the liberation of Palestine on all of its territories."
- Abu Iyad, Arafat' s second-in-command , 1988

# "After the Palestinian state wins recognition from most of the nations of the world, as expected, the Israeli presence on Palestinian lands will become illegal and we will fight this with weapons. The battle against the Israeli forces is a right reserved to us."
- Farouk Radoumi, head of the PLO's diplomatic desk, in PA newspaper, AL HAYAT AL-JADEEDA, October 15,l998

# "This is Palestine from the (Jordan) river to the Mediterranean sea, from Rosh Hanikra to Rafah (in Gaza) . The gap between Palestinian expectations and the Israeli conspiracy will inevitably lead to a collision."
- "Our Position" issued by Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO in PA newspaper AL HAYAT AL-JADEEDA, Dec.19, 1998

# "...Both east and west Jerusalem are waqf . . . not only Jerusalem but ratner all of Palestine is Islamic waqf...from a religious standpoint, it is not accepted that waqf be owned by non-Muslims . " - Sheik Ekrima Sabri, Arafat' s appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, interview by IMRA, June 10, 1998.

# "The Land of Muslim Palestine is a single unit which cannot be divided . There is no difference between Haifa and Shechem (Nablus) , between Lod and Ramallah, and between Jerusalem and Nazareth . . . the land of Palestine is sacred waqf land for the benefit of all Muslims, east and west. No one has the right to divide it or give up any of it. The liberation of Palestine is obligatory for all the Islamic nations and not only for the Palestinian nation."
- Prayer sermon broadcast live on the PA radio station, April 30, 1999

# In my view, Arafat and the Palestinians are today in favour of a Palestinian mini-State because they think that, in the long run, this will mean the destruction of Israel.
- Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, La Stammpa, 21 November 1976

Answer 2

The "phased plan" is being used against Israel right now by the PLO under Mahmoud Abbas. They seek to gain what they can through negotiations and concessions from Israel, then finish Israel off through bloody jihad.

This is opposed to the method of destroying Israel preferred by Hamas - just outright bloody jihad.

Answer 3

The PLO, Fatah, Hamas, El Aqsa Brigades, all have the objective of destroying Israel.

It did not start in 1974, but long before that.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

So I guess you already knew the answer to your question.

I think most people realize that the PLO was (and is) a terrorist organization. Well, most normal people anyway.

Answer 6

Objection your honor, Asked and answered.