PROTEST OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY LONDON OCTOBER 3, 2000 In response to the recent wave of Israeli killings in occupied Palestine a protest was initiated by DHKC-DHG (Revolutionary Peoples' Liberation Front-Revolutionary Peoples' Forces) outside the Israeli embassy in London on Tuesday October 3, between 3.00 and 5.30 PM. The aim was to take our protest against the killings direct to the Israeli presence in London, and also to inform the public about these massacres. The slogans "Long live the intifada", "Down with Zionism, down with imperialism" "Long Live Peoples' Justice" "Down with CIA-MOSSAD contra-guerrillas" were shouted, 400 leaflets were distributed and a banner with the slogan "Imperialism Hands Off The Middle East" was flown. Despite the attempts of the Special Branch (plainclothes police, part of the British security services) to intimidate us and to distract us from the aim of our protest, the general public showed an interest in the demonstration and expressed concern about what had happened in Palestine during the week. The killings are continuing and so should the demonstrations. Our organisation is from Turkey and Kurdistan but that does not stop us from initiating a protest action on behalf of the people of Palestine. This is our understanding of the word internationalism and we have demonstrated this before for the people of Colombia and Ireland, to give just a few examples. In recent years, people have forgotten about Palestine - they wrongly believed that the "peace process" had resolved everything. The peace process is nothing more than an imperialist peace backed by Arafat's betrayal. We would like to see the many different organisations in London showing in practice what their attitude to these recent events are. Don't forget the people of Palestine - stand by them. We call on all progressive and concerned people to unite in support of the cause of Palestine and to unite in condemning the massacres of Israel. DHKC London Information Bureau Statement distributed during demonstration: DHKC DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS CEPHESI REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT THE INTIFADA CONTINUES Imperialism, Fascism And Zionism Will Be Defeated In The Middle East! US imperialism wishes to speed up the process and stabilise the "New Order in the Middle East" as soon as possible. One of the major parts of the imperialist plan in the Middle East is to eliminate the struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation, their right for an independent country, their demand to return to their own land and their dream of Jerusalem. According to this, the first target is the organisations that are for armed struggle and the revolutionary dynamics of the Palestinian people. And once again the response of the Palestinian people to the "New World Order" of imperialism is "Fight Until Liberation! Fight Until Victory!" Imperialism has stepped up its practices in the Middle East. There were plenty of engagements. Almost every day we heard or read the news about these engagements of Arafat, Assad, Barak, Hezbollah and Palestinian organisations. Terms like "peace", "peacekeeper", "peaceful" etc. were widely used by the media. Misinformation reached a peak. The "Muslim" and "supporter of the Palestinians" (!) oligarchy in Turkey and its media were launching campaigns to explain "Israel's love of peace" for those Muslims "who cannot understand". This campaign has been taking place in the Middle East more effectively and in an advanced form, since the target of such a "peace" is the Middle East. The murderer Barak was called "the dove of peace" by his media and collaborators, and imperialism wishes to invest in him. Through this way their plans will be stepped up. The collaborator Arab regimes and the oligarchy in Turkey were helping to advertise him in this way with all their might. Also, the petit bourgeois nationalists supported them, as a result of their ideological and political defeat. Despite everything, the barriers to the Palestinian revolution are not insuperable. The Palestinian people and its struggle carry this dynamic. This was proven during decades of boycotts, strikes, in the prisons, during the uprisings, in the camps. The people have learned to endure pain, they have learned to stand up to horrors. A new-born Palestinian is confronted by the occupation of his or her land, or with the reality that he is close to his land , but also far away. He has to live with the pain that he is without a homeland. Even before he can walk, he resists, and before he learns how to say daddy or mummy, he learns the slogan "Revolution until victory". Stones and slings used against the enemy are his toys. The future generals of the Palestinian revolution grew up with feelings of hatred and revenge against Zionism and capitalism. Such a people possess the potential which will lead them to victory. The uprising in the occupied zones, going on for months now, is clear proof. The Palestinian people are fighting the weapons, the tanks and gas grenades of the Israeli soldiers, with stones, slings and slogans. Young or old, seven or seventy, all take part in a sacrificial uprising against the occupiers. The cruelties by Israel are witnessed by millions on television screens. Since the beginning of the uprising, dozens of Palestinians have been murdered, many more are wounded. Israel, once again, has shown to the rest of the world their understanding of "peace". This uprising is also a response to the betrayal of the Arafat regime. This is the response of the Palestinian people to imperialism, Zionism and their collaborators. Victory in the Middle East will belong to the Palestinians and the peoples of the Middle East. The imperialists and its collaborators, the Zionist state, and the reactionary Arab states will not escape their just end. They will be thrown in the dustbin of history by the peoples of the Middle East. The peoples in Turkey will take their responsibility in this struggle as well and stand beside the Middle East with international solidarity. DOWN WITH IMPERIALISM, ZIONISM AND FASCISM! LONG LIVE THE STRUGGLE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE! FIGHT UNTIL LIBERATION, FIGHT UNTIL VICTORY! LONDON INFORMATION BUREAU 97 KINGSLAND HIGH STREET LONDON E8 2PB For Correspondence: BM BOX 8253 LONDON WC1N 3XX TEL: +44207 2541266 FAX: +44207 2541288 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozgurluk.org
