UN General Assembly
1982

self determination and nationhood. The sooner Israel accepts this reality, the better for it and for all the communities of the region. An American writer, I. F. Stone, expressed very well a universal concern in an article which appeared in New York Journal of 19 July 1982 under the title When Tel Aviv Was West Beirut when he stated: Can we Jews not recognize the image in our own mirrors? Can we not respond to a kindred people being made homeless once again, first in Palestine, now in Lebanon? If a Jewish State in Palestine, why not a Palestinian State, too? Who betterthan we should understand Palestinian desperation and homelessness? It is in recognition of this fact that Uganda reiterates its unflinching support for the Palestinian people and the Palestine Liberation Organization, their sole and legitimate representative. It is for the same reason that we welcome and support the proposals adopted at the Twelfth Arab Summit Conference at Fez last month. In our view, those proposals are in full conformity with the various resolutions of the General Assembly