Modifiche a "Proposed Statement: Attack on Flotilla & Closure of Crossing"
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- +The following is my proposed statement on the attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla and the closure of the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank & Jordan.
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- +The "state" widely referred to as "Israel" has within the last few days ordered the indefinite closure of the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby Bridge, cutting off the only gateway between the occupied West Bank, in Palestine, and Jordan. The closure of this crossing, which is practically the only exit and entry point for Palestinians wishing to travel outside the West Bank, is a clearly punitive response by the genocidal regime of "Israel" to the far too late recognition of Palestine by a host of Western nations.
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- +The flow of goods and people between the West Bank and Jordan will now entirely cease; this is an intensification of what could rightly now be called the Siege of Palestine, rather than merely the Siege of Gaza.
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- +Furthermore, last night, "Israel" carried out a disgusting and illegal assault on the flotilla attempting to symbolically break that Siege of Gaza, the Global Sumud Flotilla.
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- +Video footage and accounts were posted to various social media platforms last night. “Multiple drones, unidentified objects dropped, communications jammed and explosions heard from a number of boats,” the Global Sumud Flotilla said in a statement, according to Al Jazeera, adding: “We are witnessing these psychological operations firsthand, right now, but we will not be intimidated.”
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- +Firstly, we extend our solidarity, as ever, to the Palestinian people, who live under siege and through famine and violent persecution.
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- +We also reaffirm our longstanding (since inception) recognition of reality: there is a Palestinian State, but there is no "State of Israel" - there is only a genocidal project pursued by violent settlers. We call on those States which have recognised Palestine to take the radical step of derecognition for that genocidal project, if they truly oppose the genocide we have witnessed unfolding for decades - and intensified horrifically this past 718 days.
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- +We condemn "Israel" for these acts of brutality. We condemn the closure of the Allenby Bridge crossing; we condemn attacks on a civilian flotilla, and we redouble our perpetual and ongoing condemnation of the genocidal project that the settler regime is conducting in the land of Palestine.
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- +We in the strongest terms possible reiterate our support for a free land of Palestine, from the river to the sea, where all who seek to live in peace may do so safely, with equal and full access to democratic and civil rights for all - and we will continue to commit labour, both as a Party and as individuals, to precisely that end.
Titolo (English)
- +Proposed Statement: Attack on Flotilla & Closure of Crossing
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