Despite Macron brandishing the recognition of a puppet and demilitarised
"State of Palestine", the blank cheque given to the genocidal Israeliarmy in Gaza continues. The planned famine, the systematic assassination
of journalists and the bombings go on in total impunity. After 20 months
of worldwide mobilisations that have not been enough to stop the
carnage, what can be done in solidarity with Palestine? ---- While the
people of Gaza resist, the front of international solidarity has not
weakened. Freedom flotillas are multiplying, attempting to break the
blockade of Gaza and bring humanitarian supplies to fight famine. After
the Madleen and the Handala, which left before the summer, the Global
Sumud Flotilla departed between 31 August and 4 September. On board were
several thousand comrades of 44 different nationalities, united by
solidarity with the Palestinian people. The flotillas alone will not be
able to destroy the blockade, but they help to isolate Israel
internationally. However, many governments, particularly in France, have
refused to support their citizens in the face of the risk of Israeli
attack[1].
The success and safety of these flotillas therefore depend on a key
element: their visibility worldwide, making any military attack against
the flotilla politically unbearable for Israel. In solidarity,
dockworkers in Genoa announced an unlimited strike if the flotilla is
intercepted. In addition to these, initiatives such as "Our food from
our hands" (to which the UCL contributed financially[2]) or the
Palestine Emergency campaign "Resilience Gaza"[3]provide concrete
solidarity to the Palestinians of Gaza facing famine.
As part of the social movement of 10 September, many anti-imperialist
contingents marched for an end to the genocide.
Photothèque Rouge/Alexandre
BDS and Stop Arming Israel, essential tools
It always bears repeating: the BDS campaign is an essential tool to
fight the many forms of support for or normalisation of the Israeli
colonial project. From 30 August to 6 September, a week of action took
place against Carrefour, singled out for supporting colonisation in the
West Bank[4]. Another important campaign was launched this year against
Microsoft, which has supported the Israeli army for 34 years and helps
make its apartheid system operational, notably through its prison
system. Microsoft Azure hosts several Elbit Systems programs: combat
simulators used in the training centres of the IDF, and AI whose role in
the genocide in Gaza is known[5].
Breaking partnerships with targeted companies makes it possible to
expose the capitalists who reinforce the colonial structure. The Stop
Arming Israel campaign, which answers the call of Palestinian trade
unions, focuses specifically on the arms sector. Its aim is to address
the workers in this sector to try to spark social mobilisations against
arms deliveries to Israel, but also to collect information on the
reality and scale of such deliveries. The strike at ST Microelectronics
last September or the one launched by SUD Aérien and the CGT Roissy
against arms deliveries to Israel in July show that the campaign is
already bearing fruit.
Photothèque Rouge/Martin Noda
The ideological and anti-racist struggle to be waged
Solidarity is also an ideological struggle: what is happening is not
simply the responsibility of the Israeli far right, but the expression
of a radicalisation of the colonial logic inscribed in the foundations
of Zionist ideology. It is necessary to reject the attempts to balance
the responsibilities of Israel and Hamas, a pitfall that appeared, for
example, with Jean-Pierre Filiu. Placing the Palestinians at the centre
of the narrative and weakening the Zionist narrative ideologically helps
to materially strengthen mobilisations.
The issue is therefore to expand the solidarity movement, but certainly
not to smooth it out. And to understand that this offensive against the
solidarity movement in France is also linked to the Islamophobia of the
ruling classes, converging with what is now designated as
anti-Palestinian racism (denial of Palestinian identity, presenting them
as part of an archaic Arab/Muslim mass). This double racism and
discourse of amalgamation is very useful for stigmatisation in the name
of the doctrine of the "war on terrorism", which justifies repression
here and genocide there. Netanyahu thus claims that European leaders are
"subjugated to their Muslim citizens" and therefore opponents of the
"civilisation war of which Israel would be the spearhead".
Hundreds of Tunisians gathered in Sidi Bou Saïd, near Tunis, to welcome
the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Wikimedia/Brahim Guedich
If racists hate Palestine, it is because they see how emancipatory this
cause is. They see that it is also, in part, populations and movements
from immigration and working-class neighbourhoods that mobilise. It is
through them that the movement of support for Palestine in France was
born and that brought the French radical left to take a clearer stand
for Palestine.
It is a political struggle that produces results, as shown by the strong
mobilisation in Val-de-Marne during the demonstration on 7 September,
where several contingents converged on Choisy-le-Roi and mobilised
nearly 3,000 people. As part of the movement on 10 September, many local
committees or sites in struggle expressed clear support for Palestine,
and the arms factory Eurolinks in Marseille was blocked against the
production of weapons for Israel.
Wikimedia/Brahim Guedich
This spontaneous approach must be encouraged and strengthened. On 18
September many other actions also took place, such as the blockade of
Carrefour in Saint-Denis, and Palestine was present in every march in
France. Blocking the economy must also mean blocking the war economy.
Faced with genocidal horror: let a thousand solidarity initiatives bloom
until Palestine is free!
Nicolas Pasadena and Daniel (Anti-racism commission of the UCL)
Validate
[1]In his statement of 11 June 2025 reacting to the illegal interception
of the Madleen, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned not the
attack on the boat, but the solidarity initiative itself.
[2]"A Community Initiative for Food Security in Gaza", Gofundme.com.
[3]https://www.resiliencegaza.org/Resiliencegaza.org.
[4]For more details, see "Boycott, divestment and sanctions to stop
Israeli apartheid", Alternative libertaire, 13 December 2023.
[5]Yuval Abraham, "'A mass assassination factory': Inside Israel's
calculated bombing of Gaza", 972 Mag, 30 November 2023.
(English translation completed - Italian translation follows next
automatically.)
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Palestine-Arreter-le-genocide-par-notre-action
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