Lebanon : The Palestinian and Lebanese parties of “the Arab Left Forum” Condemn the terrorist explosion and take positions from other issues

The representatives of The Palestinian and Lebanese parties of “the Arab Left Forum” had an exceptional meeting. In it they discussed the present political and security events, in the Arab world in general, and in Lebanon in specific, and they arrived into the following conclusions :

1- The representatives of The Palestinian and Lebanese parties of “the Arab Left Forum” condemn the terrorist explosion that happened at the southern suburb of Beirut in which 24 were killed and more than 400 were injured, in addition to the damages in the building, commercial stores and cars. The representatives of The Palestinian and Lebanese parties of “the Arab Left Meeting” see in this coward terrorist explosion a continuous logical consequences of the collapse in the governmental institutions, which is accompanied with the absence of security and sectarian mobilization, that the political class, which is ruling in Lebanon, use till it arrived the level of disorder. Such actions benefit only the plans of the Israeli enemy and the United States imperialism. They also see the need to secure Lebanon to face terrorism and disorder. Also they assure that happens only through facing the foreign, and mainly USA, interventions in the internal affairs of Lebanon and working for “National Saving” conference, which could be considered as establishing conference that puts the national and constitutional bases for civil democratic resisting country.

2- The representatives of The Palestinian and Lebanese parties of “the Arab Left Forum” greets the people of Egypt in their second revolution for the sake of regaining their rights, dignity and the national position in facing the Israeli - US project. Also they announce their solidarity with confrontation which is taking place, since June, for finishing the policies of “Muslims Brotherhood” and regaining the national and the Arab role of Egypt. They, also, assure their support for the national democratic program which was issued by the left and national forces in Egypt to establish a civil democratic rule rewrite new constitution for the country.

3- The representatives of The Palestinian and Lebanese parties of “the Arab Left Forum” see that the “negotiations”, which is taking place today between the Palestine’s authority and the Zionist enemy, under Washington’s supervision, and settlement’s policy, are a dangerous retreat in the rights of the people of Palestine, starting from the right to return. They announce their refusal for such negotiations and calling the people of Palestine to confront such forms of giving up, which are prepared by John Kerry’s project, through the call of Palestinian left, the national and progressive forces to take all forms of resisting for the sake of liberating the Palestinian territories from occupation and establishing the national Palestinian state, and Jerusalem its capital.

4- They confirm their position toward the crisis in Syria, in refusing all sorts of violence and terrorism. Calling for national dialogue establishes for political solution, and the necessary reforms on all levels. They renew their condemnation to all forms of imperialistic and Arab backwardness interferences in the internal affairs of Syria.

5- They agreed on keeping their meetings open and announcing their program for moves in this stage.

Signatures
The Popular Nasserist Organization (Lebanon)
The People Movement (Lebanon)
The Lebanese Communist Party (Lebanon)
The Popular Front for liberation of Palestine
The Democratic Front for liberation of Palestine
The Palestinian People’s Party
The Palestinian Liberation Front

Beirut 16/8/2013