For 75 years, Israel has relentlessly attacked the Palestinians, occupying their lands and massacring their people in an ongoing attempt at ethnic cleansing. Apartheid is in place within the territory of Israel, while Zionist colonization expands in the surrounding areas. The Gaza Strip has become an open-air prison for over two million people.
For all these reasons, Palestinians have the right to revolt against apartheid, colonization, and extermination. There will be no peace in the region as long as there is injustice.
The Palestinian action against Israel that occurred on Saturday, the 7th, is part of the legitimate struggle of this oppressed people, particularly the inhabitants of Gaza, who are subjected to a type of concentration camp reminiscent of the Warsaw Ghetto.
The Palestinian offensive has dealt an unprecedented military and symbolic blow to the State of Israel in recent decades.
We consider it wrong to equate the violent actions of an oppressed people against their oppressors with the violence of colonizers against the oppressed. We regret the deaths of civilians and believe they should not be targeted. We do not agree with this form of action by Hamas, which ends up being used by the Israeli government to try to delegitimize the Palestinian cause. However, it is important to note that the main terrorism has been practiced for decades by the Zionist state against the civilian population of Gaza and Palestinians in general.
In response to the severe blow it suffered, the extreme right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu has initiated an operation to massacre the population of Gaza. It has the full support of the United States. The intention is to drown the Palestinian revolt in blood. An attempt at ethnic cleansing that repeats the methods of Nazi fascism may be underway.
The task of the Brazilian and global left is to offer total solidarity to the Palestinians and denounce the atrocities committed by Israel. In this conflict, we have a side, that of the Palestinians. Acts of solidarity need to spread to cities and countries.
The task of the Brazilian and global left is to offer total solidarity to the Palestinians and denounce the atrocities committed by Israel. In this conflict, we have a side, that of the Palestinians. Acts of solidarity need to spread to cities and countries.
The Lula government needs to condemn the bombings of the Gaza population, demanding an end to Israel’s war crimes. Arab and Global South countries must stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, calling for an immediate end to Netanyahu’s massacre. We advocate for an immediate end to the bombings in Gaza, a ceasefire, and the opening of corridors for humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
It is also necessary to denounce the role played by the mainstream media and governments submissive to the US and Israel, who, along with the far right, dehumanize the Palestinians and defend Israel’s brutal aggression. Outrage in TV news is selective. There, the lives of Israelis matter, while the lives of Palestinians are disposable. The terrorism of the Zionist state is omitted.
It is worth noting that the dispatch of aircraft carriers and weapons from the US to Israel threatens to ignite a war in the Middle East involving more countries, such as Iran and Lebanon. The US government bears direct responsibility for the dangerous escalation of the conflict with unpredictable consequences.
We unconditionally support the rights of Palestinians to their land and peace. Peace will only be achieved with the end of Zionist apartheid and colonization. The struggle of the Palestinian people is the struggle of all oppressed peoples in the world!”
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