As it is known throughout the entire world, during these days the United Nations is debating the Palestinian request to be recognized as full member of the Organization, having as correspondent territory the Palestinian land with the borders 1967.

To be recognized as a state by the UN, Palestine and the Palestinian people have agreed to put on hold the many other resolutions that defend them, such as the ones related to the thousands of the political prisoners illegally and unfairly held in Israeli jails or those commending for the conditions to be created for all Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland.

WFDY supports this inniative by the Palestinian Authority, since we consider that is more than time to bring the issue to the international arena, leaving the negotiations only between Israel, US and Palestine behind. We further remind those who claim for those negotiations to be restarted that, not only they have been incapable to reach a solution for the last 20 years, as they are no longer possible since Israel has shown that it will continue its illegal Wall around and in Palestine, seizing the Palestinian Gaza territory and building its settlements in Palestinian West Bank during the negotiations themselves, therefore despising any honest attempt for a solution.

WFDY denounces the already announced veto of the USA to the general will of the UN Assembly, expressed by more than 160 countries. As in the case of the illegitimate blockade to Cuba, the USA are proving their anti-democratic notion of the international relations and its commitment to sustain and support the biggest ongoing crime against mankind of our era.

WFDY denounces further the position of several European Union member states that are hiding behind a collective position of the EU. Such position reveals how coward the governments of those countries are, leading their countries to back the wishes of the big monopolies interests and despising the wills of their peoples and the sense of justice. Anyone that follows the developments of the international capitalist crisis in Europe won’t be surprised by this act, but it doesn’t make it any less shameful.

WFDY calls upon all its member and youth organizations to continue the wave of protests and demonstrations that has been sweeping the world. We are sure that it will be through our organized struggle and international solidarity towards the Palestinian people and youth that we will destroy the chains of the illegal Israeli prisons that hold thousands of Palestinians, that we will tear down the check-points, barbed wire and concrete that impose the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank, that we will see the millions of Palestinians refugees return to their homeland and that we will make the day of the Palestinian state recognized, with peace and development, arrive!

To the Palestinian people and youth we express our full solidarity and underline that in all moments and in all expressions of their resistance against their occupier we stand by them, as their struggle is part of ours against this common and brutal enemy: imperialism!

As announced before, between 18 and 22 of September, WFDY and the World Peace Council took forward a solidarity mission to express its support to the Palestinian people and youth in their struggle for freedom and independence. The dates of this important joint event that gathered 18 people from 14 different organizations of 3 continents were not chosen by hazard and aimed to coincide with the beginning of the discussions around the submission of the Palestinian request to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations.

During the days of the mission, WFDY and the WPC had the opportunity to meet with the Palestinian Peoples’ Party, the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine and Fatah, as well as with their youth wings. Furthermore, the delegation had the opportunity to express its support to representatives of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Legislative Council and the Palestinian Authority.

Within the several days spent on the ground, the delegation also conducted interesting visits to important sights such as Jerusalem and relevant examples of the Israeli settlements and Wall that divide and occuppy the Palestinian territory.

From the contacts established both in meetings and in informal exchanges it was clear that only through the resistance it will be possible for the Palestinian people to bend its oppressor and only with more and better organized international solidarity it will be possible to finally overthrow this unjust, illegal and brutal occupation of Israel that shamefully the United States and many of the European Union insist in supporting.

Also as part of the visit, WFDY and the WPC delegations had opportunity to meet with the Communist Party of Israel and their elected members in the Parliement, as well as with the Young Communist League of Israel and other social movements, that very bravely fight inside the very hear of the war and killing machine against the Israeli occupation, for the rights and unity of Jews and Arabs and for their social rights - against the anti-popular policies of the Israeli government.

As main outcome of this visit, it is underlined the total support to the Palestinian peopla and youth right to have a state, free and indepedent, in full respect of the UN resolutions and the borders of 1967, together with the right for all Palestinian refuggees to return to their homeland and all the political prisoners detained in Israeli prisoners to be immediately released - such demands are nothing but a drop of justice to counter decades of imperialist and zionist oppression and occupation!

Following the decision taken by the regional comission of Europe and North America of WFDY, actions will be conducted on this day by all WFDY members. If you click in the picture, you can have access to the common leaflet produced by WFDY to support these actions to occur.

At the same time as this action is taking place, organizations from all over the world will be taking forward an important activity of solidarity with the people and youth of Palestine in their struggle for freedom and independence, which deserves particular highlight in this moment when UN will be debating the request for Palestine to be recognized as a full member state.

We are sure that it is through the organized struggle of the youth and peoples that we can defeat imperialism and surely that the strengthning of the anti-imperialist youth movement will be an important contribution for that day to come sooner, rather than later!

United and struggling we can and we will win!