Free
Palestine!
Stop
the Bombing!
The forced removal of Palestinian residents of the Sheikh Jarrah
neighborhood in Jerusalem and the escalation of attacks by colonial settlers
and Israeli forces is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. It is
reminiscent of the Nakba when Zionists took half of Palestine for a Jewish
state. At that time, they ravaged Palestinian towns, massacred, terrorized and forced much of the Palestinian population to
flee into neighboring counties. Today, the Israeli government is telling
the Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah that they must leave their generational
homes so that Jewish settlers can take them.
At the same time, they have attacked Muslim worshipers right inside
the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest places in all of Islam, on one of it’s holiest days. Israel
has also increased bombing attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, which has been
called the “world’s largest open-air prison” because Israel prevents people
from leaving or coming to Gaza. This means the people cannot escape
bombs, drones and rockets from Israel. This is
nothing short of a war crime.
Much of the world is condemning these attacks. These
condemnations are coming even from countries and people who have been reluctant
to condemn Israel in the past. But where is the condemnation from the
United States? US news media and politicians all use the same
lying words. They say the Israeli attacks are in “retaliation” for
Palestinian attacks. This is not true. There is a
conscious policy by the Israeli government to take Palestinian land, homes,
destroy their culture and religion. This is a genocidal policy that
the US supports and encourages In recent years,
in violation of international protocol, the US has recognized Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and moved its embassy to Occupied East Jerusalem. They
have given Israel the green light to further annex Palestinian land and
continue to send military and economic aid to Israel. Although some of
this was done under the Trump administration, the Biden administration has not
reversed any of it. Israel is the greatest supporter of US imperialism’s
agenda in the region and has bombed and attack Iran, Syria
and other countries in the furtherance of that agenda. Therefore, we in
the United States have a special obligation to defend the Palestinian people
against these attacks.
As these words are being written, Gaza is being bombed (see video
below).
We must be out in the streets in support of the Palestinian
people. Demonstrations are being organized throughout the US and the rest
of the world. Join them or organize one in your area. (click here for a calendar of actions from Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network)
#freepalestine
No US aid to Israel!
Stop to the annexation of Palestinian land!
Stop stealing Palestinian homes!
Stop the bombing!
Click the image above to display the home video of the Gaza bombing