Communists lay blame for escalation of resistance in Gaza at Israeli occupying forces

 

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the West mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early October 9, 2023

COMMUNIST parties from around the globe laid the blame for the escalation of resistance by Hamas in Gaza over the weekend firmly at the door of the Israeli occupying forces.

by Roger McKenzie, Morning Star, Oct. 9, 2023

The Palestinian People’s Party said on Sunday that the rapid escalation between Hamas and the Israelis “confirms beyond any doubt that security, stability and peace in the region and the world cannot be achieved unless the Palestinian people obtain their legitimate rights.”

The Communist Party of Israel (MKI) and Hadash blamed the “criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government,” and said it posed “grave dangers” for peace in the region.

They said that full responsibility for the escalation should be placed “on the fascist right-wing government.”

Communist Party of Britain general secretary Robert Griffiths insisted there would be no peace in the region until the Israeli state ends its illegal occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and ceases its ‘slow strangulation’ of the Gaza Strip.”

He added: “Instead of demanding that Israel negotiates with the representatives of the Palestinian people to create an independent, sovereign Palestine alongside a sovereign and secure Israel, the United States, Germany and Britain continue to arm Tel Aviv’s state terrorists to the teeth.”

This came amid a widespread outpouring of support across the world for the Palestinians. Demonstrations were held on Sunday across towns and cities across the US, Europe, Britain and in the Arab world.

But Israel continued to bombard the Gaza Strip from the air and vowed to lay total siege to the impoverished, Hamas-ruled territory in the wake of an unprecedented weekend incursion.

Israel’s much-vaunted military and intelligence apparatus was caught completely off guard by Hamas’s attack.

In retaliation Israeli forces targeted mosques and residential buildings.

Palestinian media have suggested that Israeli forces have employed the poisonous substance white phosphorus on heavily populated districts in Gaza.

Around 700 people have been reported killed in Israel and nearly 500 in Gaza, a besieged enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians bordering Israel and Egypt.

Palestinian militant groups claimed to be holding over 130 people captured in Israel and dragged to Gaza.

The United Nations security council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors on Sunday, but failed to agree to any actions.

Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, called for a ceasefire and meaningful negotiations, which have been “stalled for decades.”

Chinese ambassador Zhang Jun insisted ahead of the meeting that it was vital for all parties “to come back to the two-state solution.”