Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Palestine https://elections2014.cpim.org/tags/palestine en Condemn Israel's War on Gaza https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/condemn-israels-war-gaza <div class="field field-name-field-social field-type-addthis field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style " addthis:title="Condemn Israel&#039;s War on Gaza - Communist Party of India (Marxist)" addthis:url="https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/condemn-israels-war-gaza"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="standard"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_"></a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-16T00:00:00+05:30">Friday, November 16, 2012</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><!--break--> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b>Press Statement</b></div> <div> </div> <div> Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and S. Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India have issued the following statement:</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div align="center"><b>Condemn Israel's new war on Gaza</b></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>We strongly condemn the renewed military attacks on Gaza. More than 250 strikes have been launched against Gaza in the last 48 hours, killing 18 Palestinians and injuring over 150. Those killed include Hamas military chief Ahmad Jaabari and 4 children. This aggression is similar to the last war that Israel had launched on Gaza in December 2008 in which 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.</div> <div> <br /> The 1.7 million people of Gaza continue to remain under a brutal siege, with the Israeli stranglehold affecting even basic necessities such as food and medicine. Reports available indicate that hospitals are running out of medicine. Power and water supplies have been cut to the Gaza residents.</div> <div> </div> <p>We call upon the Indian government to condemn the Israeli aggression on Gaza. India must also suspend immediately its military ties with Israel, as India's huge arms purchase helps to subsidise the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gaza" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Israel</a></div></div></div> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:22:17 +0000 murali 1523 at https://elections2014.cpim.org https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/condemn-israels-war-gaza#comments Resolution on Palestine https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/resolution-palestine <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Resolution on Palestine</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Adopted at the 20<sup>th</sup> Congress of the CPI(M), Kozhikode, April 4-9, 2012</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">This 20<sup>th</sup> Congress of the CPI(M) condemns Israel’s continuing occupation of Palestinian territories in complete violation of international law and many United Nations resolutions.  The brutal siege of Gaza, arbitrary arrests and the detention of thousands of Palestinians in West Bank and Israel without trials, targeted assassinations etc. show Israel’s total contempt for international law. The Zionist government has been fully backed and supported by the US government in all its illegal actions. Indeed, the utter duplicity of the US was seen in its opposition to the recognition of Palestine as a full-fledged member of the United Nations although such a demand has widespread support.</div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">The West Bank has been broken up into small cantons, separated from each other by settler-only roads and numerous checkpoints. The Occupation is tightening its grip on Jerusalem, demolishing Palestinian houses, enlarging Israeli settlements thereby seeking to change the demography of Jerusalem. The “peace process” is now virtually dead, with Israel continuing to expand its settlements in Palestinian territories.</div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">The Indian people have always supported the Palestinian cause and opposed the illegal occupation of Palestine. India was among the first non-Arab nations to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in 1974, and was the first non-Arab country to recognize Palestine as an independent state in 1988. India has always opposed the continued illegal occupation of West Bank and Gaza.</div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">While this remains the official position of the Government of India, first under the BJP-led NDA Government and subsequently the two UPA Governments, India has also built close security and military ties with Israel. India is now the largest buyer of arms from Israel and buys more than even the Israeli armed forces. India's launching Israeli spy satellites and joint research with Israel on missiles and drones must be seen against the background of the targeted assassinations that Israel routinely carries out using such drones and spy satellites. All this makes India complicit in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, in contradiction to its avowed policy of support to the Palestinian cause. It also damages India’s relations with other countries in the region.</div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">The 20<sup>th</sup> Congress demands the following:</div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">-         The end to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine and all other occupied territories</div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">-         The immediate lifting of the inhuman siege of Gaza</div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">-         The Right of Return for all Palestinians</div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">-         The dismantling of the Apartheid Wall and all illegal settlements on the West Bank.</div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">-         Israel to stop its brutal denial of basic democratic rights to its Arab population.</div> <div style="text-align: justify; ">-         The release of all Palestinian political prisoners</div> <p style="text-align: justify; ">The 20<sup>th</sup> Congress  calls upon the Indian Government to return to its position of genuine support to the Palestinian cause, and break its military and security ties with Israel. The 20<sup>th</sup> Congress gives a clarion call for building a strong anti-imperialist movement in support of the Palestinian people.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/resolution" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Resolution</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/20th-congress" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">20th Congress</a></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:50:32 +0000 murali 83 at https://elections2014.cpim.org https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/resolution-palestine#comments