>From: "redflag1917" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia. > >Stop the Campaign of Terror Against the Palestinian People > >The Communist Party of Australia denounces the latest aggression by >Israel which has caused over 80 deaths and thousands of wounded among >Palestinian women, men and children. These continued attacks prove that >the Zionist regime in Israel is far from genuinely committed to the >pursuit of a just peace in the region. > >The deliberately provocative visit of the leader of the right-wing Likud >Party, Ariel Sharon, to the Dome of the Rock/Temple Mount, was the spark >that lit the flame of anger among Palestinians, increasingly frustrated >with the lack of progress towards a just peace. > >The calculated and cynical use of deadly force by the Israeli military, >with the tacit support of US imperialism, to terrorise the Palestinian >population in the occupied territories is a monstrous crime, and cannot >be tolerated by the international community. The CPA deplores the >actions and atrocities being committed by the Israeli army, most >notably, the cold-blooded murder of children like Muhammad Al-Duraa and >others whose terrified faces were not caught on video cameras. > >We denounce the hypocrisy of Israeli government leaders who, while >shooting unarmed Palestinians from helicopter gunships, attempt to paint >the Palestinians as aggressors and responsible for the violence. > >The crimes of the Israeli government and army have, for the first time, >brought Palestinians living in Israel into the struggle together with >their compatriots in the West Bank and Gaza. This is an indication of >the widespread revulsion towards the Israeli government's war against >Palestinians. There has also been demonstrations by Israelis who support >a just peace. > >Military might cannot be an acceptable replacement for negotiation to >resolve this long-festering conflict and build a lasting peace. > >The Communist Party of Australia reaffirms its solidarity with the >Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination and the >formation of an independent state. We support the call for an >independent, international investigation into the responsibility of the >Israeli government and army for the killings that have taken place. > >The Communist Party of Australia insists that a just solution to the >Arab-Israeli conflict must culminate in the creation of an independent >Palestinian state and the withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces from >all occupied territories, including occupied East Jerusalem, as directed >by UN Resolution 242. This must also include the release of all >political prisoners and the implementation of the "Right of Return" of >the Palestinian people who have been dispossessed and forced from their >land and homes since 1948. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
