International Communist Movement in Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon

We, the undersigned communist and workers parties, hereby express our strongest condemnation against the escalating Israeli crimes against the Palestinian, Lebanese and all peoples of the Middle East.

Following months of the genocidal war against Gaza, which has resulted in the killings of tens of thousands of civilians – including 12,000 children – and the massive destruction of its schools, hospitals and infrastructure, we are now witnessing a new phase of murderous aggression on Lebanon and the initiation of a full-scale invasion of the country. This has led to a humanitarian catastrophe over the past few weeks, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 2,000 Lebanese citizens, the injuring of more than 10,000 and the displacement of about 1.2 million citizens who were forced to leave their homes, seeking shelter in other regions as well as on the streets and in cars and tents.

The assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut have resulted in retaliatory missile strikes by Iran on Israeli targets. We believe that these aggressive actions and crimes conducted by the Zionist entity, with full support by imperialist powers, are leading the Middle East into a disastrous cycle of conflict and possibly a regional war.

The imperialist governments, especially those of the US and NATO countries are responsible for the crimes committed against the Palestinian and Lebanese people by being fully involved in the armament of Israel and open support through all financial, political, diplomatic, media and intelligence resources at their disposal, as well as sending their air and naval forces to the region in preparation for broader aggressions.

We hereby express our full solidarity with the peoples of the region, in particular the Lebanese and Palestinian people and their rightful resistance, in all its forms, to achieve their liberation and independence.

We salute the persistence, steadfastness and resistance of the peoples of the region, including communist and progressive forces that are striving for national liberation, independence and sovereignty.

We call for an immediate unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. We support the ending of the occupation of Palestine, as well as guaranteeing the right of self-determination and the implementation of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. We call for the return of all refugees.

We furthermore call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Israeli military forces that are occupying sovereign territories in South Lebanon, and the Golan heights in Syria and to end the bombardment of sites in Syria, Iran, Yemen, and further afield.

Pursuant to this, we call for an end to all exports of military armaments, ammunition, as well as technical assistance to the Israeli occupation army. We call for the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the Israeli genocidal war in Gaza to be upheld and implemented without delay or obstruction.

We also call upon the peoples of the world, and the communist, workers, and progressive forces in various countries, to assist the growth and strengthening of the wide political, popular, and media solidarity campaign to achieve the immediate ceasefire and to put an end to the Zionist aggression and its crimes against the Lebanese and Palestinian people and all peoples of the region.

SolidNet Parties signing the Joint Statement:

1. Communist Party of Australia
2. Party of Labour Austria
3. Democratic Progressive Movement Bahrain
4. Communist Party of Bangladesh
5. Brazilian Communist Party
6. Communist Party of Brazil
7. New Communist Party of Britain
8. Communist Party of Denmark
9. Egyptian Communist Party
10. German Communist Party
11. Communist Party of Greece
12. Hungarian Workers’ Party
13. Communist Party of India
14. Communist Party of India [Marxist]
15. Iraqi Communist Party
16. Communist Party of Ireland
17. Italian Communist Party
18. Communist Party (Italy)
19. Jordanian Communist Party
20. Kuwaiti Progressive Movement
21. Lebanese Communist Party
22. Communist Party of Mexico
23. New Communist Party of the Netherlands
24. Communist Party of Norway
25. Communist Party of Pakistan
26. Palestinian Communist Party
27. Palestinian Peoples Party
28. Communist Party of Poland
29. Portuguese Communist Party
30. Romanian Socialist Party
31. Communist Party of the Russian Fedration
32. Communists of Serbia
33. Communist Party of Spain
34. Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
35. Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
36. Communists of Catalonia
37. Sudanese Communist Party
38. Communist Party of Swaziland
39. Communist Party of Sweden
40. Syrian Communist Party
41. Unified Syrian Communist Party
42. Communist Party of Turkey
43. Communist Party of Uruguay
44. Communist Party USA
45. Communist Party of Venezuela

Other Parties

1. Coordinadora de Movimientos Sociales y Politicos Marcha Patriotica de Colombia
2. Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
3. Danish Communist Party
4. Party of Popular Alliance – Egypt
5. Communist Party of Germany
6. Communist Party (Germany)
7. Communist Front of Italy
8. Workers Democratic Way Party- Morocco
9. Party of the Federation of Democratic Left – Morocco
10. Unified Socialist Party – Morocco
11. Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
12. Galizan Peoples Union
13. Party of Popular Will – Syria
14. Communist Workers’ Platform USA
15. Socialist Party – Yemen