An Interview with Bassam ash-Shakʿa, al-Hadaf Newspaper, 1 November 1980

Published on 1 November 1980, this clipping from al-Hadaf Newspaper contains an interview article with Bassam ash-Shakʿa and tackles a multitude of subjects: the connection between the Camp David Accords and the Israeli self-rule initiative in the West Bank with the European Intervention Initiative; the means of activism practised by the Palestinian people in fighting against the Israeli occupation; the methods of exile and imprisonment practised against the Palestinian struggle; closing down municipalities in Beit Jala and Qabatiya and firing mayors, such as Fahd al-Qawasimy and Muhammad Milhem; the collaboration between the confederation and Jordan and the Israeli initiative of self-rule; the Jordanian-Palestinian joint committee; the exploitation of oil as an Arab state weapon; and the circumvention with the Palestine Confrontation Front.