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CPI-M calls for boycotting Israeli goods
Visakhapatnam, April 18
Condemning the attacks
by Israel on Palestinians, the Communist Party of India-Marxist on
Saturday called upon the people of India to boycott Israeli goods.
In
a resolution passed at the ongoing 21st Congress here, the CPI-M
expressed its solidarity with the people of Palestine, who are
struggling for freedom for their homeland.
The Congress calls
upon the people of the country to demonstrate their support to the
struggling people of Palestine by boycotting Israeli goods.
It demanded that the Indian government should stand firmly by the cause of Palestine and stop all its defence deals with Israel.
The
CPI-M alleged that the Narendra Modi government is distancing itself
from India's traditional policy of support to the Palestinian people,
and even refused to allow any discussion of the Israeli attack on Gaza
in Parliament.
"India, is in fact the largest purchaser of
Israeli arms, and thus indirectly finances Israeli military raids on
Palestine," the CPI-M resolution said.
The party reiterated its
support to the just demand for a Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
and East Jerusalem as the capital.
"In spite of worldwide
opposition to the inhuman occupation and subjugation of Palestine,
Israel continues its aggressive policy of expansion. The re-election of
Netanyahu represents the most aggressive policy against the Palestinian
people," the resolution said.
It noted around 70 percent of all
Palestinians are refugees as they are pushed out of their houses and
land by the Israeli military.
"As a result of the expansionist
policies of Israel, Gaza has been reduced to a tiny strip of land
surrounded by Israel, making it the largest open-air prison in the
world," it added.
The party alleged that the Israeli attacks on
Palestinians are backed by the U.S. imperialism and it is because of
this support that Israel blatantly transgresses human rights, United
Nations conventions, treaties, and laws.