The PLO: The Struggle Within: Towards an Independent Palestinian State

Contents
	List of Abbreviations
	Chronology
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
Part I: The Palestinian Resistance and the Slogan of a Democratic State (1967-1971)
	1. The Circumstances Surrounding the Discussion within the PLO
	2.	The Premises of the Debate
	3.	The Debate
	Notes for Part 1
Part II: The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and the Idea of a Palestinian State (1967-1973)
	4.	The First Phase of the Occupation
	5.	The Second Phase of the Occupation
	Notes to Part 2
Part III: The Resistance and the Proposal for a State in the West Bank and Gaza (1967- 1973)
	6.	The First Period (1967-1970)
	7.	Black September and its Consequences
	8.	The Dark Years (1971-1972)
	9.	The Turning Point of 1973
	Notes to Part 3
Part IV: The Great Turning Point: The Decision-Making Process in the PLO (1973-1974)
	10.	The Positions and Forces within the PLO
	11.	External Factors and Palestinian Decision- Making
	12. The Decision-Making Process and the Preparations for the Twelfth PNC
	Notes to Part 4
Part V: Towards a Palestinian State? (1974-1977)
	14. The Rejection Front: Towards a Split?
	15. The Question of a Palestinian Government- in-Exile
	16. The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
	17. Israeli-Palestinian Talks
	18. Novel Arguments
	19. For a Palestinian State: The Thirteenth PNC
	Notes to Part 5
Part VI: From Camp David to Post- Beirut and Tripoli (1977-1984)
	20. Palestinian ‘Autonomy’ or a Palestinian State?
	21. An Uncertain Future
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Afterword
	Appendixes
	APPENDIX I: Members of the Central Committee of Fatah (1969-70) (derived from various sources)
	APPENDIX II: Relations between the Leaders of Fatah in Gaza and Egypt before 1957
	APPENDIX ID: Dates and Venues of Palestine National Councils (1964-1983)
	APPENDIX IV: The Fedayeen Organizations, Membeis of the PLO (1984)
	APPENDIX V: Members of the Executive Committee Elected at the Sixteenth PNC (1983)
	Bibliography
	Index