{"article":{"id":12618,"heading":"DFLP: Demonstrators mark 84 years since Balfour Declaration, 2 Nov. 01","author":"Majdur, Marxist-Leninist Newswire","created":"2001-11-04 03:59:16","modified":"2001-11-04 05:00:01","last_modified":"Sun, 04 Nov 2001 12:00:01","article":"<br>  <br> <title>Marxist-Leninist Newswire,DFLP Protests Against Israeli State<br>Demonstrators mark 84 years since Balfour Declaration, 2 Nov. 01<\/title> <br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> <center> <br>  <br> <table width=\"75%\"> <br>  <br>    <tr> <br>  <br>       <td width=\"100%\"> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> <\/p><li><h5>DFLP Protests Against Israeli State<br>Demonstrators mark 84 years since Balfour Declaration<br>2 Nov. 01<\/h5><\/li> <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> Mohammed Zaatari <br> <br>  <br> Daily Star correspondent <br> <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine sponsored &ldquo;popular&rdquo; demonstrations Thursday to mark the 84th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which gave rise to a Jewish state in the Holy Land. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> The DFLP and other Palestinian organizations staged a rally at the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp and another in front of the UN House in downtown Beirut to protest the creation of the State of Israel after British promises for a Jewish homeland during World War I. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> In a memorandum sent to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Anan and to representatives of the five permanent members of the Security Council, protesters condemned what they described as the &ldquo;US double standards&rdquo; when dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> They also condemned &ldquo;repeated Israeli aggression&rdquo; against Palestinian towns and refugee camps. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> The protesters urged the international community to pressure the Jewish state to withdraw from &ldquo;occupied Arab and Palestinian lands&rdquo; in compliance with Security Council resolutions, especially Resolution 194 which calls for the return of refugees to their homes. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> Demonstrators also called for the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> Marking the same occasion outside UN House, the DFLP&rsquo;s politburo member, Ali Faysal, called on the Palestinian Authority to &ldquo;free all the [Palestinian] prisoners.&rdquo; This was in the presence of MPs Nasser Qandil, Bassem Yamout, and Marwan Fares. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> Qandil called for the unity of the various Palestinian organizations, while simultaneously urging the implementation of Resolution 181, which calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> For his part, Yamout said the intifada was the best response to the Balfour Declaration and reaffirmed both the Palestinian and Lebanese right to national resistance. <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> He also called on the United Nations to &ldquo;provide a clear definition of terrorism.&rdquo; <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> Fares said that the intifada&rsquo;s best achievement could be the &ldquo;reunification of the Palestinian people.&rdquo; <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> Representing the president of the Journalists Union, Kamal Fadlallah said that the Balfour Declaration was a &ldquo;bleak time&rdquo; in human history and asked the demonstrators to support the intifada. <a href=\"&lt;a%20href=\" http: rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/02_11_01\/art4.htm<\/a>\" TARGET=\"_blank\"&gt;Daily Star.lb <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br> <p> <br>  <br> <a href=\"&lt;a%20href=\" http: rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/majdur.htmlplanet.com<\/a>\" TARGET=\"_blank\"&gt;Marxist-Leninist Newswire <br>  <br> <\/p> <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> <\/td> <br>  <br> <\/tr> <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> <\/table><\/center>\n","contact":"majdur@maktoob.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The DFLP and other Palestinian organizations staged a rally at the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp and another in front of the UN House in downtown Beirut to protest the creation of the State of Israel after British promises for a Jewish homeland during World War I.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/11\/12618.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}