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CPC CONDEMNS TERROR AGAINST PALESTINIANS
Statement by the Central Executive Committee CPC, Oct. 2, 2000
(This article is from the October 16-31/2000 issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $25/year, or $12 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $25 US per year; other overseas readers - $25 US or $35 CDN per year. Send to: People's Voice, 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, Canada, V5L 3J1.)
THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA denounces the latest aggression by Israel which has caused over 65 deaths and thousands of wounded among Palestinian women, men and children. These continued attacks have only proven that the Zionist regime in Israel is far from genuinely committed to the pursuit of a just peace in the region.
The clearly provocative visit of the leader of the right-wing Likud Party, Ariel Sharon, to the Dome of the Rock/Temple Mount, was the spark that lit the flame of occupied Palestinians increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress towards a just peace.
The calculated and cynical use of deadly force by the Israeli military, with the tacit support of US imperialism, to terrorize the Palestinian population in the occupied territories is a monstrous crime, and cannot be tolerated by the international community. The CPC deplores the actions and atrocities being committed by the Israeli army, most notably, the cold-blooded execution of children like Muhammad Al-Duraa and the others whose faces were not caught on tape.
Military might cannot be an acceptable replacement for negotiation to resolve this long-festering conflict and build a lasting peace.
The Communist Party of Canada reaffirms its solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination and independence.
The Communist Party of Canada supports a just solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, which must culminate in the creation of an independent Palestinian state. This can only happen when Israeli occupying forces withdraw from all occupied territories, including occupied East Jerusalem, as directed by UN Resolution 242. This must also include the release of all political prisoners and the implementation of the "Right of Return" of the Palestinian people who were dispossessed and forced from their land and homes since 1948.
We call on all progressive forces in Canada to condemn the atrocities committed by Israeli occupation forces, and to call for a just and peaceful solution now.
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