The Communist Party of Canada calls for an immediate ceasefire to the new war unfolding in the Middle East for which the far-right Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu bears full responsibility, and for which the people of Gaza and Israel are paying with their lives.
The Communist Party of Canada unequivocally condemns the Zionist aggression against the people of Gaza. A three day Israeli bombing campaign on Gaza has left at least 49 Palestinians dead, including 17 children. Israel alleges their criminal attack was ‘pre-emptive’, a claim that has nothing to do with reality. The Israeli war machine dropped bombs on residential dwellings and critical infrastructure that was still being rebuilt and repaired from last year’s bombing campaign.
Le Parti communiste du Canada dénonce le gouvernement israélien pour ses attaques barbares contre les résident-es de Cheikh Jarrah dans la Jérusalem-Est occupée, pour ses évictions forcées de Palestinien-nes de leurs maisons ensuite occupées par des colons israéliens, et pour ses attaques vicieuses et racistes contre les fidèles pacifiques à la mosquée d’Al-Aqsa. Il s’agit d’un crime contre l’Humanité et d’un nettoyage ethnique selon la Charte de l’ONU.
Alors que les cours israéliennes tentent de légitimer le déplacement forcé de familles palestiniennes à travers leurs lois d’apartheid, la police, les militaires et les colons terrorisent les résident-es palestiniens dans un effort de les chasser de chez eux. Plus de 100 Palestinien-nes ont été attaqués, dont plusieurs blessés et tués, incluant des enfants, par la police israélienne et par des colons qui incitent à la violence raciste. Certains fiers à bras scandent même des slogans du genre « mort aux Arabes ».
The Communist Party of Canada denounces the Israeli government for its barbaric attacks on the Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem, its forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes, which are then occupied by Israeli settlers, and its vicious and racist attacks on peaceful worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This is ethnic cleansing, and a crime against humanity under the UN Charter.
While Israeli courts have attempted to legitimize the forced displacement of Palestinian families with their apartheid laws, Israeli police, military and settlers have terrorized Palestinian residents in an effort to drive them out of their homes. Over 100 Palestinians have been attacked, with scores injured and killed – including children, by Israeli police and settlers inciting racist violence, including mobs chanting “Death to Arabs”.
Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada, July 3. 2020
On July 1st Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Israeli-imposed deadline had been reached for its illegal annexation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Jordan Valley. He added, Israel could delay a little bit if there was “good reason”.
Indeed, there is good reason, as the whole world knows. The Israeli annexation is completely illegal under international law, and is an act of war against the Palestinian People whose land has been illegally occupied by Israeli troops and settlements over more than five decades. The annexation is the main point in the Trump-Netanyahu “Deal of the Century”, which has been rejected out of hand by the Palestinian people, and by governments around the world which recognize it a provocation, an act of war and genocide.
At its meeting on February 8-9, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada condemned US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” as a plan for war and occupation. The Communist Party encourages all labour, solidarity and progressive organizations to demand that the Canadian government oppose the deal.
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Montréal, le 14 décembre 2018
Au cours de la campagne électorale fédérale de 2015, les travailleurs de la Ville de Montréal ont enlevé les affiches électorales de BDS-Québec (comité de la Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine) (BDS-Québec / CJPP) et du Parti communiste du Canada (PcC) enfreignant ainsi la loi électorale du Canada. BDS-Québec et PcC ont par la suite poursuivi la Ville de Montréal réclamant un dédommagement. La cause a été entendue par l’Honorable Sylvie Lachapelle, juge à la Cour du Québec, en janvier 2018. Le jugement a été rendu le 26 novembre 2018.
The Communist Party of Canada condemns the massacre of 18 unarmed Palestinians and the injury of 1500 others on Friday, March 30th in Gaza. We demand the Canadian government condemn the murders and attempted murders of peaceful protesters.
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Citizens head to court against city of Montreal
Montreal, January 18, 2018
Members of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) and the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) are suing the City of Montreal for compensatory and punitive damages for the city’s actions which occurred during the 2015 federal election campaign. The 5-day trial will begin January 22, 2018.
The Communist Party of Canada condemns the statement by US President Trump, declaring US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and directing the US Embassy to move to Jerusalem from its present location in Tel Aviv.
The US statement is a declaration of war on the Palestinian people, and complete support and endorsement of the Zionist and expansionist policies of the Israeli government, including expansion of the illegal Israeli settlements, the continuing illegal blockade of Gaza, and the imprisonment and torture of Palestinian people fighting to protect their land and national sovereignty.