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Because of Christmas Press' will not appear aga January 1978. In the mea Editorial Board would like readers and supporters Greetings. ng to Washington or to Mecca? force the Palestinians into a compromise, possibly even including a West Bank state with some sovereign rights.
This purpose was made clear in Carter's violent denunciation last week of the Palestine Liberation Organisation as "unconstructive" "unco-operative" and "unworthy" of a seat at the Geneva peace talks.
These statements were combined with efforts by Sadat and the world's capitalist media to woo so-called moderate Palestinian opinion on the West Bank.
Efforts will no doubt be made to pull some of the bourgeois Arab regimes, particularly Syria, into the so-called pro-peace efforts.
In this process the attitude of the Soviet Union will be crucial, and Carter's statement that how "constructive" the Soviet Union has recently been, shows that he sees a role for them there.
Recent visit
One other interesting aspect of the diplomatic comings and goings in the Middle East has been Begin's recent visit to London for 5 days before his trip to Washington and again yesterday 20 December) to see Callaghan.
Social democrats and Stalinists, basing themselves on peaceful coexistence and collaboration with imperialism, are both incapable of offering any way forward in the struggles of the oppressed Palestinians or the Israeli working class.
A programme must be developed to assert the political independence of both Israeli and Arab masses from their own capitalist class as the basis on which to fight for an end to national oppression and imperialist exploitation in the Middle East.
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