Translated "Avante!"article by Jorge Cadima, Member of the International Department

Another bloodshed week-end in Palestine. Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated, demanding its inalienable national rights. Israel used repression, and five demonstrators were killed and more than 200 wounded. Sources from the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip informed that at least 24 demonstrators were wounded by bullets in their head and neck. These are deliberated war crimes. That have carried on for one year, since on Hearth Day (March 30th), 2018 the Homecoming Great March begun. For seven decades this has been going on, since the Zionist State foundation, under the Nakba debris (Catastrophe), in 1948.

The UN Human Rights Counsel (HRC) named an independent inquiry in order to investigate the Israeli violent repression against the Homecoming Great March. It approved its report in March 22nd confirming that between March 30th and the end of 2018, 189 Palestinians were killed, 183 of which were shot by the “ Israeli security forces”. Among the over 20 thousand wounded ,more than 6100 were shot. According to the report, “ victims, situated hundreds of meters away from the Israeli forces and visibly committed in civic activities were fired ….] . Journalists and medical personal clearly identified, such as children, women and handicapped people, were shot”. The commission talks of “ International Law violation” and demands that the responsible to be sent before international courts and sanctioned. The report voting had as outcome 8 votes against and 15 abstentions, from countries that fill their mouths with words as “democracy” and “Human rights”: NATO and EU countries and their vassal governments, that came to power via the coup, as in Ukraine and Brazil. Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Minister, signed a carte blanche to Israel .Discontent by the CDH always holding the “occupied Palestinian territories” in its agenda, stated that the British government “ ought to oppose to all UN Human Rights Counsel initiatives to debate human rights abuses on the West Bank or the Gaza Strip” ( in The Jewish Chronicle” 2019.03.21).

Israel is a war, death and aggression agent in the Middle East. It always was a key priority for its imperialist masters concerning interference in the planet wealthiest region in energetic resources. But one is before a turning point. The Israel most extremist government ever in history, was given green light by Trump for all its crimes. UN resolutions along decades are thorn apart before the USA impunity ( our “NATO ally”, with which we share values”). On Jerusalem, Iran, currently under the attempt to legitimize Israel ‘s occupation, of the Syrian Golan Mountains that carries on for over half a century. During the Israeli elections, this month, the candidates and Zionist parties dispute the greatest “falcon” position. Openly advocating the West Bank formal annexation. Threatening Iran. New Nakbas ought to take place.

But the Middle East heroic peoples resistance, highlighting Palestine and Syria, is inspiring for all peoples worldwide. It points out the path to achieve a turn in the world situation, so urgently desired by Humanity.