Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people have reached unprecedented proportions, amounting to a real genocide in the Gaza Strip, with hundreds of people killed by Israeli bombings and continuous military attacks, the blockade on the entry of drinking water, food, medicines and other essential goods, the use of hunger as a form of aggression against the population, the systematic and complete destruction of homes, hospitals and other basic infrastructure, the proclaimed purpose to militarily occupy the entire territory and expel the Palestinian people from their land, Palestine.
It is unacceptable that after 20 months, Zionist crimes continue with impunity. It is important to remember that it was Israel that resumed the path of war on March 18, putting an end to the ceasefire that had been agreed and which was enabling the release of detainees by both sides.
The shameful and hypocritical indifference of the US, the EU and NATO to Israeli atrocities is glaring. Not only do they fail to condemn them strongly and clearly, but on the contrary, they sell arms, provide funding, continue normal trade relations, provide political cover for Israel and are complicit in its heinous crimes.
Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people is the greatest crime of our time.
The scale of the barbarity, the heroic resistance of the Palestinian people and the pressure of the international solidarity movement are causing discomfort for the governments of the major Western powers, which nevertheless refuse to implement the decisions and actions that are needed.
There is an urgent need for immediate and firm actions to put an end to the massacres and military actions without further delay, ensuring the urgent and unrestricted entry of basic necessities and medical aid, implementing a permanent ceasefire, as well as the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and an end to their attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
There is an urgent need to solve the underlying issue by creating the State of Palestine, which was determined by the UN decades ago but never materialised due to Israel's policy of occupation, colonisation and aggression, with the support of the US and its allies. An independent State of Palestine, where the Palestinian people can sovereignly decide their fate.
It is urgent that the Portuguese government puts an end to its complicit silence in the face of Israel's brutal disregard for human rights and international law, and that it firmly and clearly condemns Israel's criminal policy of occupation, colonisation and aggression, demands an immediate end to the genocide and compliance with the national rights of the Palestinian people, with the creation of the State of Palestine and respect for the right of return of Palestinian refugees, as determined by UN resolutions.
The PCP calls on the workers, the youth and the Portuguese people to strengthen their solidarity with the heroic resistance of the Palestinian people and to take part in the actions called by the peace and solidarity movement – solidarity with Palestine is more necessary than ever!
