From: Babis Angourakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: SolidNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CP of Israel, Joint Statement of the Communist Party of Israel and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality SolidNet The purpose of the Solid Net ( Solidarity Network ) is to inform on the activities as well as the ideological and political views of different Communist and Workers? Parties on National and International issues. All articles in the SolidNet are the responsibility of the authors and in no way commit this Web Site. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.solidnet.org =============================================================== CP of Israel, Joint Statement of the Communist Party of Israel and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality -------------------------------------------------------------- From: Communist Party of Israel, February 11, 2001 http://www.maki.org.il , mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= We will Fight Together Against the Sharon Government Ariel Sharon's election to the post of prime minister, though receiving only one third of the eligible voters., poses a challenge to all those who struggle for a just peace, for democracy, equality, and social justice - to do all possible the strengthen a left coalition, Jews and Arabs, that will lead the struggle to shorten the life span of the right wing annexationalist government that will drag us into a war and bring disaster to both peoples. Behind the smoke screen of empty words of peace Sharon plans to tighten the siege of the Palestinian people, to increase the oppression, to hound the Palestinian national leadership and to speed up the building of Jewish settlements. Sharon totally rejects the only chance to achieve an Israeli-Palestinian peace - the implementation of the UN resolutions, that require an Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied territories, the establishment of a Palestinian State along side Israel, a solution to the refugee problem, and the establishment of two capitals in Jerusalem. Sharon, whose visit to the mosques purposely incited the present violence, refuses to continue the negotiations from where they left off in Taba, though the peoples of both sides paid a heavy price to reach that point. Behind the empty promises to advance the Arab population of Israel, Sharon plans the further "Judaization" of the Galilee, the appropriation of Arab lands in the Negev, and to work towards the political isolation of the Arab voters. Behind the empty phrases of concern for the weak, Sharon plans to accelerate the process of privatization, of lowering the taxes levied on the employers and the rich, and the cut back of social services. The heads of the large corporations, as well as the representatives of the foreign investors, publicly came out with a call for a broad based government, which would be able to carry out privatization, curtail workers rights, and increase capital's profits. The American pressure on Sharon to establish a broad based coalition are intended to ease Sharon's acceptance by the international community and especially the Arab world. These are the motives, along with his desire to rule till the scheduled elections in 2003, for Sharon's call to the Labour Party to join his government. The outgoing Ehud Barak's announcement that the Taba Accords and the Clinton parameters are non-binding, is meant to pave the way for the Labour Party's negotiations towards entering the Sharon government. The enthusiasm of the Labour leadership to enter such a coalition is witness to the bankruptcy of this party, will to be the window dressing for a policy of war and annexation of the Likud and the rest of the Right. We criticize the willingness of parties like Meretz (Center-Left party) to even enter coalition negotiations with Sharon. The CPI and the DFPE, standing firm in their activities towards the unity of the Arab population, in the struggle for equality, warn against the dangers of isolating the Israeli Arab community, which would play into the hands of the Right. A retreat from the political arena of the Arab population could lead to a cessation of Jewish-Arab cooperation, the only guarantee to success in the struggle against discrimination, racism, and expropriation of lands. Considering the policies and probable makeup of the Sharon government, the DFPE will reject any contact to support such a coalition. The DFPE will continue, both in the Knesset (Parliament), and outside its walls, to be the fighting opposition, to rally all the forces to speed the demise of the Sharon government. The DFPE and the CPI, being aware of the grave dangers inherent in Sharon's foreign and social policies, feel that the only way to avoid catastrophe is to work towards a wide as possible coalition of forces - parliamentary and extra parliamentary - of Jews and Arabs, that will build together a democratic alternative to the ruling party and will fight for peace, social justice, full equality for all citizens of both sexes, and for the protection of the environment. February 11, 2001 *End* ________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
