Oppose U.S.-Israeli Crimes in Gaza!
Resolutely Defend the Rights of Palestinians!
Stop Funding U.S.-Israeli Genocide!

Lackawanna Discussion Group Commission on Rights (LDG-COR)

The Lackawanna Discussion Group Commission on Rights (LDG-COR) calls on everyone to join in a national day of action to oppose the recent massacre in Gaza and increased violence against Palestinians carried out by the U.S. and Israel. On December 27, more than 200 Palestinians were killed and more than 600 hundred were wounded when F-16s and Apache helicopters, provided by the U.S., rained down bombs on the people of Gaza. The brutal bombing campaign took place against civilians at a time when Palestinian children were in the streets on their way home from school. Reports state that the U.S.-backed Israeli Occupation Force destroyed every security station in Gaza and that Israel plans to continue and widen military action against Palestinians. A second day of bombings took place December 28.

The situation in Gaza has already been widely condemned as a deliberate humanitarian crisis. The U.S.-Israeli imposed siege on the city has led to collective punishment of the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza. People consistently are forced to go without lights and water, with hospitals and businesses forced to close and starvation being imposed on all.

The U.S. government has stated that Hamas must stop firing rockets in order to end the violence, which clearly turns the truth on its head. U.S.-Israeli state terrorism carried out under illegal occupation of Palestinian land is the source of the violence. We will not allow the victims to be blamed for the crimes of the aggressors!

The U.S. plans to provide $30 billion in military funding alone to Israel in the next ten years. We say NO!Stop funding U.S.-Israeli genocide! We call on all to reject the criminal U.S. support of Israel and stand with the Palestinians and peoples worldwide to salute resistance in Palestine and defend the right of return.

No to Israeli War Crimes! Hands Off Gaza!
Long Live the Heroic Palestinian Resistance!

- Statement of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), December 29, 2008 -

The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) vigorously condemns the ongoing Israeli aerial bombings of the Gaza Strip that began Saturday, December 27 and calls for an immediate cessation of all aggression against the Gaza Strip and Palestinian people. The heinous Zionist crimes constitute a form of collective punishment by the Israeli State, backed by the U.S. imperialists, aimed at crushing the heroic resistance of the Palestinians to the unjust and illegal occupation. The Palestinians have rejected and repelled — and continue to reject and repel — all efforts and machinations to extinguish their national and historic right to self-determination and their lands.

CPC(M-L) also condemns the outrageous response of the Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon who attempts to blame the Palestinians for these Israeli crimes. Despite the fact that Israel was the first to break the ceasefire with Hamas, Cannon argues that Israel is defending itself and that the only onus on Israel is to try to avoid killing civilians! In this way, he seeks to legitimate crimes against humanity, the outright violation of the principles of the international rule of law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and the attempt to destroy the Palestinian nation.

CPC(M-L) calls n the Canadian working class and people to go all out in condemning this brutal Israeli aggression, demand its immediate cessation and participate in the actions organized on this occasion around the country.

No to Israeli War Crimes! Hands Off Gaza!
Long Live the Heroic Palestinian Resistance!