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STATEMENT OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC YOUTH (WFDY)

Stop immediately the Israeli aggression against Lebanese and Palestinian youth and people!

The Middle East region lives in a tremendous instability caused by a bigger aggressiveness of the imperialism that uses all the means to achieve its goals. WFDY expresses its strong disgust, protests and deep concerns towards the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine in the last days, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries of the Lebanese and Palestinian people. The war machinery of Israel - supported by the US and its allies, has been killing and committing massacres against the innocent Lebanese and Palestinian people, destroying their society and economy and devastating their territories.

These recent military actions only proves the correct position we have stated to condemn imperialism’s meddling in Lebanese internal affairs and its attempts to provoke instability in the country and the region to target Syria, Palestine, Iraq and indirectly Iran, to change the political and geographical map of the region to go along with the Great Middle East project of imperialism under the slogans “fight against terrorism”, “dismantle weapons of mass destruction” and “democratize regimes”. Although the long road of struggle ahead of the people to get real democracies we believe the only way is to have the democratization process coming from the free will of the people and their daily struggle and not by any imperialist intervention that only aims to exploit the people and the natural resources of the region.

The latest news coming from Lebanon is extremely alarming. The Israeli troops have been massively destroying infrastructures such as the airport, bridges, power stations, public buildings and private properties. Israel has been violating once again the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon, has been bombing civil targets and terrorizing the people of Beirut and other locations, namely in the south of the country. The destruction is huge as are the victims, namely children. At the same time it has imposed a blockade by air, sea and land with all the harmful effects for the Lebanese people. Thousands of people of several nationalities had already fled from the country to protect themselves from the Israeli bombings.

These attacks have been launched under the pretext of captivity of Israeli soldiers and that Israel is only harassing military targets. But the true is that the Israeli attacks have gone much beyond this and the civil populations have been the main victims. Beside this it is good not to forget that Israel has been detained more than 10.000 Palestinian, Lebanese and other Arab prisoners in their jails for many years for obvious political reasons.

WFDY expresses its deep solidarity with its Lebanese member organizations and the progressive and patriotic forces in Lebanon trusting that like before they would resist against the aggression and will defend and preserve the independence, sovereignty and territorial unity of the country.

WFDY considers, during all these years of Israeli aggression and occupation on Palestinian people, that the aggression force, separation wall and settlements are not the solution. WFDY express its serious apprehension on the continuing crimes against humanity by the state terrorism of Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people, in Gaza Strip and West Bank, with the destruction of civilian infrastructures and public buildings, the imprisonment of Palestinian leaders and representatives, including from the Government, which reflects a dangerous escalation of Israeli aggressiveness of unusual characteristics.

WFDY reiterates its position and its support to its member organization in Palestine and to the struggle of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation, for an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and for the right of return of Palestinian refugees and the immediate dismantling of the apartheid wall, which Israel is constructing in occupied territories of Palestine. WFDY consider that all the steps to achieve a solution must to have as main content the rights of Palestinian People, on the basis of the respective UN resolutions. WFDY believes that the way to peace and security for the both peoples is two states for two peoples.

The declarations proclaimed by the G-8 Summit, recently held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, clearly reveals the imperialist intentions towards the Middle East Region. It is clear that they are trying to involve and meddle Syria within the current situation and aiming to send an international military force in the region, opening a gateway for the presence of US and British troops in the territory, which had been already tried after the murder of Rafik al-Hariri in Lebanon. The inexistence of a clear position of condemnation of the Israeli attacks by the UN, namely by its Security Council, caused by the position of US is coming to underline the need for a true democratization of the United Nations, opposing the US and its allies in their attempts to impose reforms that consolidate the use of this multilateral organization as an international tool to legitimize their interventionist actions, in stead of complying with its obligation to seek a real balance among the world’s nations, giving them equal rights and duties, and empowering the General Assembly. 

On this particular dangerous and serious scenario it is also worth mentioning the courage and important role played by our member organization in Israel that alongside with other progressive, democratic and peace loving forces struggle against the occupation and violence of Israeli State that aim to strike the peace, freedom, independence, national sovereignty and social progress of the Lebanese and Palestinian People. 

It is necessary to put an end to this criminal escalation that is causing numerous victims and uncountable suffering and driving all the region of Middle East for a conflict of even more and dangerous proportions. It is necessary to condemn the brutal actions of retaliation and punishment of entire populations with the cynic smashing of the most elementary human rights and a clear confrontation to the international law and the principles of the Charter of United Nations. The silence and complicity of US, EU and UN besides these crimes, which no one can justify, are unacceptable and is an insult to the human dignity.

We call upon all our member and friendly organizations at national, regional and international level as well as all the anti-imperialist youth movement to boost the struggle against this criminal crusade and develop a range of actions to raise the awareness of the young people and compel Israel to immediately withdraw its forces and halt all the military operations in Lebanon and Palestine. Therefore we also call upon the Secretary-General of United Nations and all international community and peace loving forces to intervene and put pressure on Israel to stop immediately the aggression against Lebanese and Palestinian youth and people.

WFDY firmly believes that the action and the fight of the anti-imperialist, progressive and democratic youth movement, all over the world will emerge victorious being convinced that the imperialist and capitalist forces will never stop the fight of the youth and the people for just causes.

The Coordinating Council / Headquarters of WFDY
Budapest, 18th of July 2006

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