Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- . . [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 4:02 AM Subject: Israeli Communist Forum statement From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:13 -0000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Peoples War] Israeli Communist Forum statement State Terrorism Backed by the United States The criminal assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, is a further sharp escalation in the bloody march of the Sharon Government, increasing even more the danger of all-out war in the Middle East. The Israeli Communist Forum condemns the Sharon-Peres Government, in which nearly all Zionist parties participate, for this despicable crime of murdering in cold blood a political leader, head of the second-largest organization in the PLO. We strongly condemn the support (more manifestly biased than ever) which the United States government extends to the policy of murder and aggression - a support which encouraged the Government of Israel to commit that heinous crime. The Sharon-Peres-Ben Eliezer government does not content itself with this murder. It is escalating its military operations, making use of fighter airplanes, helicopter gunshots, missiles and tanks against Palestinian towns and villages. Barbaric military operations are conducted deeper and deeper inside territory which is supposed to be under complete Palestinian control ("A" areas). The experience of the past months has shown, again and again, that all the assassinations and bombings did not stop the struggle of the Arab Palestinian people. On the contrary, it increases their determination to gain their legitimate national rights. This is also evident in the acts of resistance which followed immediately upon the despicable murder. In the past months, the Palestinians made important achievements in their struggle. This is evident, among other things, in the fact that in many parts of the Occupied Territories there is nearly no Israeli civilian traffic; that the state of Israel is paying a heavy economic price for the escalation, including an almost complete collapse of the tourist industry; and that the Palestinian position on the international arena is improving, while that of Israel is weakening. The closure and blockade of Palestinian communities, the daily humiliation suffered by Palestinians who need to cross Israeli military checkpoints, and the ongoing rampage by settler vigilantes - none of them can stop the Palestinian struggle, nor can they prevent the Palestinian authority from continuing to function. Still, the Israeli measures are taking a daily toll of casualties among the Palestinian civilian population, causing a further deterioration of their already depressed standard of living; this situation is pushing some Palestinians into acts of desperation, such as suicide bombings directed at innocent civilians inside Israel. The inescapable conclusion from the events of the past months is that no solution can be achieved by force. Not only will the use of even more force by the Israeli Army solve nothing; on the contrary, it would lead to even more bloodletting - not only of Palestinians but also of Israelis. We call upon the government of Israel to cease its policy of state terrorism, assassinations and barbaric bombings, and to accept a cease-fire on the basis of recent diplomatic initiatives. An inseparable part of such a cease fire would be the return of Israeli forces to the positions held prior to October 2000, as well as a complete freeze of construction in all settlements. Israel must carry out all its obligations under previous agreements, and start negotiations on a permanent solution. Such a solution can only be achieved on the basis of withdrawal to the June 1967 borders, the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including East Jerusalem, and recognition of the Palestinian refugees' right to have their problem solved in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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