Middle East

Statements on Israel/Palestine

This page collates statements from left, labour-movement, and human rights organisations from Israel/Palestine and the wider region in response to the war beginning in October 2023.

Israel-Gaza: there has to be a wider answer

We are right to call for a ceasefire. The alternative is to support mass bombing of civilians amongst whom Hamas hides. However, we should do that as people who are seriously in favour of Israeli self defence. Hamas wants to destroy Israel, any Israel. It wants to do to all Israelis what it did to 1,400 of them. There are perhaps, tens of thousands of Hamas hiding in the civilian population. There is more than an Israeli decision to it. They should get out? Yes, in principle. But effective Gaza independence has led to the rule of Islamic clerical fascism, and the horrible events in Israel of a...

US leftist responses to the Simchat Torah Massacre

This report was written by Viktor Medem, an unaffiliated socialist activist, writing in a personal capacity. We are publishing the report as a contribution to debate and discussion around left perspectives on the issues. For Workers' Liberty's own response, click here . In the United States, the response of left-wing Palestine activists to Hamas’s 7 October massacre of 1,400 Israelis has created fault lines whose full implications are only beginning to become clear. What is clear, however, is how news of the massacre was greeted. When it broke, the response of almost all the major Palestine...

"We should end this cycle of crime! (On the Israel-Palestine war)", statement from the Worker-communist Party - Hekmatist (Official Line)

This is a statement from the Worker-communist Party - Hekmatist (Official Line), also known as the Hekmatist Party. It is taken from their website, here . More statements on the war in Israel-Palestine here. We should end this cycle of crime! (On the Israel and Palestine war) The wide scale “Al-Aqsa storm” attack of Hamas on Israel on Saturday 7 October 2023 was the largest military attack since the “Arab and Israeli” war in 1973. The extent of this attack, the overcoming of Israeli military and recapturing of large, occupied land along Gaza, surprised not only the Israeli state but also...

Statement by the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran

This is a statement by the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran. It is reposted from their Twitter/X, and automatically translated from Persian. There may be errors in the translation. Workers' Liberty does not share or endorse all the views expressed in statements we repost. For our own statement on the war, click here . In recent days, we have witnessed a renewed conflict in the Palestinian region and the attack of the Islamist group Hamas on the lands under the control of the Israeli government, which was unprecedented in the past years or even decades. The incident that shows more than...

Statement by Têkoşîna Anarşist

This is a statement from Têkoşîna Anarşist, a "revolutionary anarchist collective working in NE Syria (Rojava) with a focus on people's self-defense." It is reposted from its Twitter/X page, here. Workers' Liberty does not share or endorse all the views expressed in statements we repost. For our own statement on the war, click here . After an unprecedented attack organized by armed groups of Hamas in Israeli territory, Netanyahu declared war against Gaza and its population. Since then, IDF started a massive military operation, once again bombing and massacring Palestinian people. Palestinians...

"The barbarity of Hamas and the Israeli government will make the future bleak": article by Aso Kamal

The below is an article by Aso Kamal, a Kurdish socialist and human rights activist. A version of this text was originally posted on Aso's website . The barbarity of Hamas and the Israeli government will make the future of humanity bleak! If we look at this war from a human perspective, we see its victims as humans only, and that is the basis of our stance on this massacre, which is nothing but barbaric. The justification for these killing operations is the victory of one party, one ideology, and the solution to the problem. This is the goal of this war—killing, terror, and terrorism! For a...

"Solving the Palestinian and the Kurdish question": statement by the PKK

This statement was published by the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party. The PKK, through its Syrian organisation the Democratic Union Party (PYD), has been the leading political force in establishing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava. It is reposted from their website, here . We are not sharing their statement because we consider the PKK to be part of our movement or political tradition. We have previously criticised the PKK for their authoritarian record, and their organisation as a cult-of-personality around their leader, something which is...

Israeli activists call for a "return to a politics based on humanistic and universal principles"

Picture shows a protest organised by Standing Together, many of whose leaders have signed the statement. In the photo, Uri Weltmann, one of Standing Together's Jewish leaders, holds the megaphone for Ghadir Hani, one of Standing Together's Palestinian leaders. Both have signed the statement. This statement was co-signed by dozens of Israeli peace activists, mostly Israeli Jews but including some Palestinian citizens of Israel. It is reposted from the website of Yachad, here . We, Israel-based academics, thought leaders and progressive activists committed to peace, equality, justice, and human...

This website uses cookies, you can find out more and set your preferences here.
By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.