AWAMI BHARAT
DEMONSTRATION TO CONDEMN THE
ISRAELI HOLOCAUST OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN GAZA
VENUE: AZAD MAIDAN, CST, MUMBAI
DATE: 2nd JANUARY 2009 / TIME: 4-6pm
RASHTRIYA SAMAJ PAKSH / BHARIP BAHUJAMN MAHASANGH / JANATA DAL (SECULAR) / SAMAJWADI PARTY /
VIDYARTHI BHARTI, PHULE - AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH, INDIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT, DALIT-OBC INTELLECTUAL FORUM, GANAI SANSKRUTIK ANDOLAN, INDIAN FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS & TRADE UNION SOLIDARITY CENTRE OF INDIA.
Once again the world stands mute whilst Israel with the support of the US and UK have unleashed death and destruction on the 1.5 million population of Gaza.
Whilst governments of the world debate the correct resolutions to be passed, resolutions that have never been taken seriously by Israel, it is again upto the People of the world to save the courageous Palestinian nation from being subjected to untold misery and brutalities at the hands of the Zionist Nazi state of Israel.
For the people of India to stand up as one with our Asian brethren in the struggle against one of the last colonial occupations in modern history is part of our rich legacy.
Israel is a Europen settler state in one of the worst examples of colonialism built on ethnic cleansing of the original inhabitants.
Palestine and her people today stand as the vanguard of the global anti-imperialsit movenment and they have done so for the last 60 years and more.
It is the resistance of the Palestinian people that has been the prime reason for the collapse of the US, as its Zionist / Neoconservative lobbies continue to control and exploit US foreign policy that has only proved detrimental to the US Empire.
As the women, children and the old Palestinian population in Gaza continue to resist the Israeli war, lets stand together with these brave people in their struggle for the freedom of humanity.
Yes because the struggle for Palestine is a struggle for the freedom of the world.
The world will not be free till Palestine is Free.
Therefore the need for a global INTIFADA to resist US-Zionist Imperialism.
History tells us that the land of Palestine has seen numerous invaders and marauders ravage the land and then pass by.
Palestine is the land which has seen Jesus walk and preach his universal message of a God of all of Humanity. So it is the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It is the land of Jeremiah, Isiah and Ezekiel. The land of the prophets will not fail humanity.
The people of Palestine will triumph, the world will be free, we will all be free !!!
Lets stand as one with the Palestinain people and the Muslims, Jews and Christians who want to live as one on the same land as they have done for centuries and centuries together.
Feroze Mithiborwala / Kishore Jagtap / Sayeed Khan / Varsha V V / Amol Madame / Mulniwasi Mala / jagdish Nagarkar / Arun Velaskar / Dilip Bansode / Munawwar Khan / Ghazala Azad / Chetna Birje / REshma Jagtap / Jyoti Badekar / Avinash Kamble, Arif Kapadia, Gaurav kariya, Afaq Azad, Tito Eapen, Winnie Thomas, Husain Sheikh, Ravi Joshi and Sayeeda Khan.
Our solidarity and demands regarding Palestine include:.
1) We call for the establishment of an Independent and Sovereign state of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital.
2) We extend our solidarity to the courageous people of Palestine and endorse our support to the resistance against the Israeli occupation.
3) We support the Right of Return of the Refugees, who were the victims of a systematic and planned Zionist campaign of displacement, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
4) We call for the immediate dismantlement of all the Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
5) We call for the immediate destruction of the Apartheid Wallwhich has created bantustans across Palestine, whilst creating the largest open air prison-cum-concentration camp for its 2.5 million inhabitants.
6) We demand that the Israeli government immediately end the Siege of Gaza which is home to 1.5 million people. The inhuman siege is leading to a holocaust of the Gazans & is a grave crime against humanity.
7) The Check Points in excess of 500, strewn across the West Bank, are a daily source of humiliation and violence for the beleagured Palestinian populace and we call for their immediate dismantlement.
8) We reaffirm that Zionism is Rascism. We thus call for the reinstatement of UN resolution 3379 and call for its re-endorsement by the international community & the UN. We recognize the fact that Zionism is not Judaism and that our principled opposition to Zionism in no way affects our friendship with the Jewish people.
9) Thus until Israel continues with its Colonial Occupation and implementation of its apartheid policies, we demand that the Government of India immediately end all defence, military and intelligence ties, especially purchase of Israeli armaments. We call upon the International community to boycott Apartheid Israel on similar terms that we had meted out to Apartheid South Africa.
10) We call for the unity of all resistance forces in Palestine that are struggling against Zionism and US Imperialism.
11) We demand that Israel honour the democratic verdict of the Palestinian people and recognise the Hamas government, which is the legitimate representatative chosen by the Palestinian people. We also demand that Israel immediately initiate a process of dialogue with the Hamas led government. This is also the opinion of 65% of the Israeli people.
12) The Israeli policy of targetted assassinations of the Palestinian leadership and the indiscriminate killing of civilians should be immediately be brought to a halt. Israel should immediately stop the destruction of Palestinian farmlands, house demolitions, brutalization, torture and its total control over water & other natural resources.
13) We demand that Israel immediately release the more than 10,000 Palestinians languishing in Israeli prisons that also include a significant number of women and children.
14) We support the right and the aspirations of both the Arab and Jewish people to dwell in the same land in peace and harmony.
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