The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Forward Bloc and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation have jointly issued the following statement on July 31, 2024

IN the light of the brazen violations of UN resolution, the ICJ rulings against the genocide by Israel in Gaza and the escalation of such genocide against the people of Palestine, the Left Parties in India – CPI(M), CPI, RSP, AIFB and CPI-ML call upon the Indian people to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the genocide and atrocities being carried out by Israel backed by the United States of America. The Left parties demand:

·        Immediate ceasefire and recognition of Palestinian State with pre-1967 ceasefire line and East Jerusalem as the capital.

·        Impose immediate military embargo on Israel and on import and export of weapons and military equipment and stop all forms of military cooperation.

·        Immediately impose sanctions on cooperation and movement of Indian labour for industrial activity in Israel. 

·        Impose legal sanctions on Israel including diplomatic, financial and economic sanctions.

·        Invoke the UN's special committee against apartheid to terminate the apartheid regime of Israel and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Further, we demand from the Government of India:

1.     To cancel all export licenses and permissions to various Indian companies for the supply of military arms and ammunition to Israel.

2.     Halt all arms imports from Israel.

3.     End all forms of complicity with Israel’s illegal military occupation and genocide, based on principles of colonial apartheid.

4.     End all sorts of complicity with Israel’s illegal military occupation and genocide based on principles of colonial apartheid.

The Left parties also urge the people to ensure political and diplomatic resistance by the Indian government, in keeping with our legacy since before independence. The Left parties believe that the situation in West Asia has reached a stage where global democratic opinion must assert itself to defend peace and dignity.

The Left parties urge all our respective party units across the country to jointly and independently unite the Indian people effectively on August 3.