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moni Par Hill dation with the principal imperialist powers.

On July 12th, the Arab League met in Cairo to cobble together a "compromise solution". which involved a Pan-Arab force gradually replacing the Syrians as "keepers of the peace"

Syria's announced willingness to go along with the plan was an indication of the sell-out involved. Palestiniala Lollatien wiga tine tion (PLO) insisted that the first task of the force must be to lift the blockade on Tel Al - Zaatar.

The PLO have now rightly denounced the Arab League as "a cover for Syrian military intervention."

CONDEMNED

Last Thursday, Egypt's President Sadat turned verbally on Syria, calling for the withdrawal of Syrian troops and condemning their attacks on the Lebanese leftists and Palestinians.

But such sabre-rattling is very much in the tradition of speeches on anniversaries of the Egyptian revolution, and the PLO are well aware that Sadat will not lift a finger to prevent a massacre of the Palestinians.

It is an open question whether the Soviet Union, who have mouthed support for the PLO and are clearly 'embarassed by the messy manoeuvres of their friends in the Syrian government, will step up the pressure for a . withdrawal.

Either way the crisis of leadership in the struggle for Palestinian liberation cries out for the building of a Trotskyist leadership able to issue a call - over the heads of the bourgeois rulers - to the Arab masses to sunport their revolu-

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