The World Federation of Democratic Youth, by this mean, denounces and firmly condemns the brutal, illegal and criminal attack of the Israeli army to Gaza, Palestine, in the same sense we express that the Israeli policy move to the military level is an expression of its political failure in Gaza and the region.

Over the last days the Israeli army, its bombs and weapons, have destroyed thousands of killed hundreds of Palestinian people (just in the first day 120 Palestinian policemen were massacred) and wounded several other thousands whose only crime is to struggle for a land and country that is theirs.

The offfense of Israel is not based on a defensive purpose, first of all because the mass killing and destruction

are never the way for peace or for the resolution of a conflict. Moreover, it is important to remind that Israel (with the active co

operation of Egypt) is the exact same country that has sieged Gaza for many months, not allowing its people to communicate with the outside world, and making the living standarts low to a real humanitarian catastrophe level.

It is this very same Israel that has built an illegal and shameless wall inside the Palestinian territory that makes the people of Palestine not being able to move freely inside their own country. The very same Israel that invades Palestine everyday to imprison illegal and arbitrary Palestinian people. The very same Israel that cuts the olive trees in Palestine, leaving the Palestinian economy hopeless and the Palestinians unemployed. It is the very same Israel that is poisining the water drunk by the Palestinian people, making the cancer rates increase in Palestine.

WFDY believes that the slogan of fighting Hamas and terrorism was used as a pretext to end the palestinian resistance formed by several factions speccially secular, leftist and popular resistance in addition to Hamas. A conspiracy to end the palestiniaan cause by ending the palestinain identity and destroying all its means of subsistence is a common goal for Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other Arab regimes. USA fully supports and covers the war while the EU is giving Israel more and more time before issuing a real standpoint, closing its eyes before a situation that had long been know as very bad and that is clearly catastrophic. It is a conspirancy by all means from many imperialist forces, their puppets in the Middle East and the zionist criminal state of Israel.

WFDY expresses its total solidarity with all the actions of resistance and solidarity organized all over the world over the last week.

WFDY calls upon all its friend and member organizations, as well as all young progressive and democratic people of the world to make the return to classes in schools and universities and to work places for those who work, a return to the struggle. In this sense, WFDY decided that between 5 and 10 of January 2009, should be a week of worldwide protests in front of the Israeli, US and Egyptian to demand immediate cease of fire, and opening of the borders for all the needs of the Gazan people, and their right to move in and out of their big jail.

Budapest, January 5, 2009

It is with joy and admiration that the World Federation of Democractic Youth, alongside with the progressive youth of the world, celebrates the coming of the first 50 years of the glorious Cuban Revolution, alongside with its people, guided by all the fair causes of the world, Fidel Castros Ruz.

The struggle of the Cuban people, particularly the role played by the the young people that has always been in the main tasks, inside their country and all over the world supporting those who are more in need, represent an example to follow, as well as the children of a people that faced as still faces with heroism the biggest imperialism force, which has failed in all its criminal actions that have taken lives of Cuban people, but that were not able to defeat the Cuban Revolution, event with unfair and genocide embargo that started more than 47 years ago.

The struggle of the Cuban people, guided by Fidel and Raul d committed to loyalty and dignity of the Five Cuban Heroes unfairly imprisoned in the USA, for a better society and world, will always a big source of inspiration and example to follow by all young people of the world in our struggle to conquer many of the conquests already achieved by the Cuban people and gently shared with the poor people of the Earth.

WFDY, on behalf of all its member and friends organizations and to all the progressive youth of the world wishes to Fidel, Raúl, the Communist Youth Union of Cuban and to all the heroic peopl of Cuba our most warm congratulations for the 50 years fo the Cuban Revolution and calls upon all the young people of the world to celebrate this date all over the globe, sure that Cuba will keep inspiring us in our struggles with the brave example of Fidel as the eternal youngster that calls upon all of us to build a better world, which is surely possible!

The CC/HQ of WFDY

Budapest, 18 December 2008