17-06-2025
Demonstration held to express solidarity with people of Palestine
Left parties staged a demonstration near the Town Hall here on Tuesday, condemning the attack on Palestine by Israel and expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine.
Organised as part of the National Harmony Day, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) condemned the atrocities by Israel in Gaza and called for immediate halt the war.
In the last two years, over 55,000 Palestinians have been killed and lakhs have been injured in the unrelenting offensive by Israel, while basic facilities like hospitals, schools and relief shelters have been destroyed. This is nothing short of genocide, they said in a statement.
In the West Bank, Israel is trying to annex Palestinian territory and establish Jewish settlements. Through organised and planned occupation, Israel is attempting to usurp Palestinian land, and is trying to forcefully create 'Greater Israel' by evicting Palestinians from their ancestral land, the statement said.
The protesters condemned the Union government for abandoning India's long-standing principled support for Palestine. They said that instead of standing firmly with the people of Palestine, the government is cozying up to Israel. This reversal is shameful and goes against India's anti-imperialist history and values rooted in the country's freedom movement, the protestors said, demanding the government to immediately halt all military and security co-operation with Israel.
