ABSTRACT
Political oscillations and dramatic conceptual shifts between liberation, a democratic state, the Interim/Ten-Point Program, confederation with Jordan, and a two-state solution were represented as provisional moves. The democratic elements and the distinction between Judaism and Zionism contributed to the reconstruction of liberation as repudiation of Zionism in Palestine, rather than of Jews in Palestine. The Palestinian National Council (PNC) declares that any Arab-Palestinian or non-Palestinian individual or group calling for, or supporting this collaborating entity and international protection is an enemy of the Arab-Palestinians and the Arab nation. The refugees became the main authors of Palestinian political discourse, especially after various Palestinian organizations joined the PLO in 1968. The reciprocal gestures between Egypt and Israel in the late 1970s, which culminated in the signing of the Camp David Accords, were an important interpretative material that occupied generous space in Palestinian discourse at the time.
