§ Mr. Freesonasked the Lord Privy Seal, pursuant to his reply to the right hon. Member for Brent, East on 15 April, Official Report, c. 147–48, if he will publish in the Official Report statements suggesting that the Palestine Liberation Organisation wishes to pursue a peaceful settlement negotiated with Israel.
§ Mr. HurdIn addition to the private statements referred to in that reply, the following statement was made on the record in 1978 by Yasser Arafat to United States Congressman Findley
The PLO will accept an independent Palestinian state consisting of the West Bank of Gaza, with connecting corridors, and in that circumstance will renounce any and all violent means to enlarge the territory of that state. We will give de facto recognition of Israel. We would live at peace with all our neighbours.