Formalized on Friday, August 8, the Israeli army's plan for the takeover
and total occupation of the Gaza Strip has been in place since August20. This ground offensive is a new step in the genocidal process
implemented by Israel. It is taking place in an area already ravaged by
famine organized by the Zionist state, and follows the systematic
assassination of journalists likely to document the horror. In the face
of the carnage and the announced deadly escalation, international
solidarity must not waver.
From the first day of the genocide, the fascist Israeli government had
warned of its intention to take control of the Gaza Strip. Today, the
Palestinian population is already concentrated in 12% of the Gaza Strip,
in inhumane living conditions. The Israeli army is preparing for ethnic
cleansing and the conquest of this portion of territory, and is
recalling 60,000 reservists for this purpose. Every day, dozens, if not
hundreds, of people are murdered by Israeli army bombs and bullets, or
in shootings during food aid distributions that are in reality gruesome
traps. At the same time, Israel continues to prevent or limit all food
and humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, causing a famine finally
officially recognized by the IPC on Friday, August 22.
In the West Bank, Settlements Minister Smotrich formalized the
implementation of the "E1" settlement construction plan, modeled on the
plan launched in the 1990s by Yitzhak Rabin. This plan to build 3,400
housing units aims to divide the West Bank in two, making it impossible
to establish viable Palestinian sovereignty over the territory: it is,
in Smotrich's words, a matter of "burying the idea of a Palestinian
state." In Israeli prisons, torture continues to be practiced en masse
against Palestinians, imprisoned in a state of complete arbitrariness.
Zionists, both within Israel and internationally, wallow in Holocaust
denial and the apology for crimes against humanity. Media figures who
profess "liberalism" and opposition to "extremes" have lifted their
hypocritical masks, from Caroline Fourest, who claims there is no famine
in Gaza, to Raphaël Enthoven, Géraldine Woessner, and Emile Ackermann,
who claim that Gazan journalists do not exist to justify their
assassination by Israel.
European states, for their part, barely conceal their complicity behind
hypocritical "condemnations." France announces the recognition of a
puppet "demilitarized Palestinian state," but without attaching any
sanctions against Israel, which would make its establishment impossible.
Great Britain "threatens" to resort to this empty and symbolic measure
if Israel does not cease its genocide. Germany, Israel's second-largest
arms supplier, has announced an embargo on weapons likely to be used by
Israel in Gaza, but without suspending the export licenses currently
granted by Germany to Israel. These same states are carrying out
monstrous repression against activists in solidarity with Palestine:
Great Britain classifies our comrades at Palestine Action as
"terrorists," while in France, the Interior Ministry has attempted a
pathetic procedure to dissolve Urgence Palestine.
Israel will only stop when it is stopped. And there is nothing to be
expected from the imperialist states for that. The key lies in our
solidarity. The Libertarian Communist Union calls for strengthening
material aid initiatives for the people of Gaza, notably "Our Food from
Our Hands" and "Gaza Resilience," to best meet the urgent humanitarian
needs of the Palestinian population. The "Waves of Freedom" initiative,
which we also support, aims to increase the number of flotillas and
marches to break the blockade of Gaza.
Because the issue is not primarily humanitarian: it is political. To
meet the basic needs of the Palestinian population, the Zionist death
machine must be stripped of its means of causing harm. Israel must no
longer have the means to bomb and mass murder the Palestinian
population, nor to prevent humanitarian aid from entering. Our role, as
a state complicit in the ongoing genocide, is to fight against all
aspects of this complicity, and first and foremost against the French
government and the companies that are helping to make the genocide
possible. Let's continue to strengthen the Stop Arming Israel and BDS
campaigns, and participate in all demonstrations and initiatives aimed
at ending the carnage!
In the face of imperialist wars against the people, organization and
solidarity are our only weapons. Down with Zionism, down with French
imperialism, complicit in genocide!
Libertarian Communist Union, August 29, 2025.
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Face-a-l-offensive-genocidaire-sur-Gaza-amplifier-la-solidarite-avec-le-peuple
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