The following letter was sent to us in the wake of the latest zionist atrocity targeting the resilient people of Lebanon.
We note that this aggression comes not from a place of strength but of weakness. On every front the zionist colonisers are losing their war against the Palestinian people and against the wider regional Axis of Resistance. No atrocity, no provocation will succeed either in cowing the rising people of the region, nor reinstating Israel’s lost military and technical dominance. Every act of terror simply makes it clearer that the imperialists and their proxies cannot be negotiated with; that no solution will be lasting if it leaves the supremacist settler-state intact.
Our party sends its condolences to the Lebanese party, resistance and people. We will continue to do our part in the shared struggle for the complete defeat of Anglo-American imperialism, chief enemy of the peoples of the world.
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While the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip continues, along with its brutal attacks on the West Bank and several countries in the region, the occupation is targeting Lebanon, particularly the south, with repeated daily assaults.
These attacks occur under the comprehensive cover of imperialist governments, led by the United States of America, resulting since 7 October to this day in the documented deaths of more than 43,000 martyrs in Gaza and over 700 martyrs from our country, Lebanon.
In this context, the recent escalation in Lebanon includes the targeting of thousands of pager devices on 17 September, followed by wireless radio devices on 18 September. This led to the death of 32 martyrs and about 3,000 injured after these devices exploded in the hands of their carriers, in safe homes and institutions.
This was a blatant terrorist attack that targeted users of communication devices, including civilians, resistance fighters and workers in health and social institutions, after these devices were booby-trapped with explosives by Mossad agents before being imported into Lebanon.
These terrorist attacks aim to intimidate the Lebanese people and force them to submit to the conditions of the zionist enemy and its backer, the United States, preventing Lebanese national forces from supporting the Palestinian people in Gaza. They also seek to tighten security control over the entire region, cement the influence of imperialist powers over oil resources and trade routes, and maintain Israel’s qualitative military and security superiority, as Israel serves a crucial role in this broader project.
International solidarity with the Lebanese people and their right to resist the occupation is required today more than ever, as is the condemnation of Israeli aggression on its territories, and the continuation of the solidarity campaign with the Palestinian people to stop the genocidal war against them.
The political bureau of the Lebanese Communist Party counts on the support of communist, workers and progressive parties for its just cause and their readiness to act in solidarity with Lebanon, Palestine and the peoples of the region. It calls on these parties to raise their voices in their countries, in their statements, movements, and especially in political and popular actions in front of Israeli and US embassies, as well as in national and regional parliaments and various international institutions.
They are also called upon to provide aid to health and social organisations to support the resilience of the Lebanese people.
– For the immediate cessation of the genocidal war in Gaza and the aggression on Lebanon and other countries in the region.
– For the strengthening of international solidarity between peoples.
– For the confrontation of imperialist and zionist wars and aggressions.
Political Bureau of the Lebanese Communist Party
19 September 2024
