SEVERAL mass and class organisations have strongly condemned the brutal killings of the innocent people of Palestine by Israel and its imperialist associates including the USA, and have appealed to the people of India to demonstrate their anger against the “war against humanity”.   

CITU, AIKS, AIAWU, AIDWA, DYFI and SFI have resolved to hold joint mass action at district and taluk centres across the country on August 8 and 9, 2014, and appealed to all sections of the people of India to demonstrate their anger against the inhuman, ongoing brutal killings of innocent people of Palestine by Israeli military by participating in protest rallies and public meetings.

In a joint declaration, the organisations denounced the USA and other imperialist powers, holding them “equally responsible” for these brutal killings due to their support to the Zionist government of Israel.

“We note with shock and horror that in course of the last 25 days’ aggression by Israeli military forces more than 1,500 people have been killed so far and the number is going up every day. Sixty-three Israeli soldiers including three civilians have also been killed. More than 7,000 Palestinian people have been seriously injured. One third of Palestinians killed so far are children and women. Violating all international conventions even schools, hospitals and UN shelters were bombarded. It is a war against humanity,” the joint declaration said.

The declaration said “over 1.8 million Palestinians are trapped in an occupied and besieged small piece of land that Israel has turned into an open-air prison, subject to daily bombardment”.

“With the active support of US imperialism, Israel is determined to perpetuate the belligerent occupation on Palestinian land through the military aggression like the ongoing war,” it said.

Despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling ten years back that the construction of Israel’s wall and its associated regime in the occupied Palestinian West Bank – settlements, land confiscation, separate roads, permit system and movement restrictions – is illegal under international law, the imperialist powers have “allowed Israel to continue construction on occupied territory and continue its system of occupation, apartheid and colonialism against the Palestinian people”.

“In the situation there is widespread recognition that Zionist Israel must be isolated by the pressure of solidarity of the people all over the world with the people of Palestine.”

“Shockingly the Narendra Modi government, toeing the line of US imperialists, is supporting the Zionist government of Israel. The Modi government was adamant on not allowing the Indian parliament to adopt a resolution condemning the mass killing in Palestine. Such position of the Modi government is against the rich heritage of democratic and secular traditions of the people of India who raised its voice in the past against gross atrocities on humanity anywhere in the world; whether apartheid in South Africa or imperialist onslaught on Vietnam and illegal sanctions on Cuba. The Modi government is further exposed of utter hypocrisy, by signing the BRICS resolution that condemns the Israel attack on Gaza, on one hand and taking the opposite position within the country on the other hand,” the declaration said.

“In order to build public opinion for peace, human rights and right to live, and to pressurise the world governments including of India to make all efforts to prevent Israel from the barbaric attack on innocent civilians of Palestine”, the organisations appealed to all sections of the people of India to participate in the protest march and public meetings at district and taluk centres all over the country.