Statement of the ILPS Africa and West Asia Regional Committee

The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Regional Committee for Africa and West Asia hails the ceasefire between the Palestinian resistance forces and the apartheid state of Israel as a victory for the Palestinian people, the Axis of Resistance and the peace-loving peoples of the world. The Palestinian people won temporary peace from the genocidal occupation forces and its imperialist masters mainly because of their unfaltering love for their homeland and toughness. Their bravery and self-sacrifice were supported by the militant actions of the resistance forces in Palestine, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Ansar Allah in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran who themselves suffered losses. 

For more than a year, the Palestinian people endured assassinations, daily massacres, famine, extreme thirst and exposure to the elements. The Zionists killed more than 46,600 Palestinians in Gaza alone, at least ten thousand more are believed to be buried under the rubble. The occupation forces also destroyed Palestinian homes, farms, hospitals, cultural institutions, churches and mosques hoping to erase their history and identity. 

Today’s genocide is a continuation of a century of brutal Zionist oppression through the Nakba of 1948 where almost 6,000 Palestinians were killed and more than 530 villages were erased and 700,000 Palestinian Arabs were evicted from their homes never to return. 

For the past 15 months the Palestinians’ determination and will to survive, defend and stay on their homeland inspired the struggle of the peoples of the world against Zionism and imperialism. In solidarity, millions of ordinary people poured out onto the streets or called for the boycott of establishments linked with the Zionists. Governments and intergovernmental institutions condemned Zionist Israel for breaking international humanitarian laws leading to diplomatic isolation. 

Let us not be complacent. The ceasefire is a brief respite in the struggle against Zionist and imperialist aggression. This time the occupying forces and their masters were prevented from achieving any of the goals they set in the genocidal war. However, the war criminal, his Zionist cohorts and their backers have not given up on their dream of building a Greater Israel, which includes Gaza and the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, parts of Iraq, parts of Saudi Arabia and parts of Egypt, thus more war is on the horizon.

Speculation is rife as to the reasons for the ceasefire. Some observers credit Trump and Biden while others say that the Israeli army is battle-weary. However, the main reasons for the enforced ceasefire are the heavy economic and political losses that the Zionist army has incurred, the great impact of the genocidal war on Israel as well as the final American position regarding the genocide. Through all of this, the heroism and courage of the Palestinian people who refuse to be driven away from their homeland has been unwavering, standing as a testament to their steadfastness and endless resistance in the face of violence and injustice.

Palestine will never be free until Zionist occupation is ended. The struggle continues.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

 

Signed,

ILPS Africa and West Asia Regional Committee

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