Ezkerraren aukera Zarautzen

European Left party:
The Party of the European Left strongly condemns the aggression of the Israeli army against the Palestinian people in Gaza. We call for an immediate and unconditional stop of the military operation.

We also condemn the US administration support to the Israeli policy, and its immoral opposition to a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza. We request the UN Security Council to adopt concrete measures, including the imposition of sanctions, in order to ensure Israel's fulfillment of its obligations under international humanitarian law.

The European Union must request the Israeli government to stop the aggression and the siege. We demand concrete measures, and not just verbal statements, as happened lately. The EU institutions and member states must make effective use of the European Union guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law (2005/C 327/04) to ensure Israel complies with international humanitarian law under paragraph 16 (b), (c) and (d) of these guidelines, including the adoption of immediate restrictive measures and sanctions, as well as cessation of all upgrade dialogue with Israel.

It's unacceptable to put on the same footing the victim and the aggressor. This war is a war against all the Palestinian people and the first victim is the peace process. The international community, including the European Union, have a great responsibility for the humanitarian crises in Gaza caused by the continuous siege, and for ignoring the construction of an apartheid system in the west bank. EU cannot continue with its policy of complicity with US and Israel. We support the demand of the Members of the European Parliament of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group for a debate about the war in Gaza at the plenary session the forthcoming 12th January.

The Party of the European Left continues to cooperate and work together with the left parties in Palestine. As we declared in the EL Middle East Conference in December in Istanbul:

“It is not possible to speak of peace and stability in the Middle East unless enduring solutions are found to the problems experienced there. The most important pre-condition for durable solutions to the problems of the region is to recognize and implement the right of the Palestinian people to have an independent state which enjoys the same rights as Israel and which can develop peaceful relations with its neighbors. The military occupation of Palestinian territory must come to an end, the siege of Gaza causing so much human tragedy should be lifted and the “wall” built by Israel should be torn down."

”We demand the dismantling of the Israeli settlements, the demolition of the apartheid wall and the recognition of the Palestinian refugees’ right to return in accordance with the UN resolution 194. In accordance with UN resolutions we further demand the establishment of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state in the occupied territories in 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital…"