Workers Around the World Can Stand Up for Palestinians
In recent days, Palestinian trade unions have called on workers across the world to demand an “end to all forms of complicity with Israel’s crimes.” Trade unionists in the UK, the US, and elsewhere should meet their call.
Protesters wave Palestinian flags and shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinians, next to the Greek Parliament in Athens on October 12, 2023. (Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP via Getty Images)
In the wake of a wave of horrifying attacks from Hamas, the Israeli state has launched a full-scale assault on Palestine.
The official stance is that Israel is attempting to root out and destroy Hamas in retribution for ongoing attacks on Israelis. In fact, as several officials have stated, the real goal seems to be to terrorize ordinary Palestinians into submission.
One Israeli government official has overtly stated that Gaza must be smaller after the end of the war. An Israeli minister even commented at the earliest stages of the conflict that the Israeli state would unleash a second Nakba on the Palestinian people. With one million Palestinians being forced to evacuate northern Gaza under pain of total destruction, this is exactly what we are witnessing.
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