What is the Phased Plan?
• “Since the decision of the Palestinian National Council at its 12th meeting in 1974, the PLO has adopted the political solution of establishing a National Authority over any territory from which the occupation withdraws.” – Yassir Arafat, in the Palestinian Arab newspaper Al Ayyam, January 1, 1998 • “Prior to the 1974 meeting, the PLO’s position was that it would never accept anything but the immediate destruction of Israel. At the 1974 meeting, the PLO decided to seek Israel’s destruction in phases, by first establishing a small PLO state, then later seeking to conquer the rest of Israel. Point #2 of its 10-point 1974 platform declared that the PLO should create a ‘national, independent fighting authority on every part of the Palestinian land to be liberated.’ Point #8 explains that ‘the Palestinian national entity, after it comes into existence,’ will seek ‘to complete the liberation of the entire Palestinian soil.'” (Emphasis added.
