Jun 6, 2025
Israel prevents the entry of humanitarian aid and has shot civilians trying to access it. As a counterpart to Zionist barbarism, an international coalition is preparing a March to Gaza, an action with which the International Socialist League (ISL) is in solidarity.
Crimes of genocide and starvation
Over the past week, the Gaza Strip has seen an intensifying humanitarian crisis due to a lack of food and a series of deadly attacks by Israel’s genocidal army during the distribution of the little aid that reaches the Palestinians.
On May 29, hundreds of Palestinians stormed a UN warehouse in search of flour and other basic supplies. The scene reflected the desperation of a population on the brink of starvation.
On June 3, armed criminals of the State of Israel attacked defenseless people during the distribution of aid, causing a massacre in Rafah, with at least 27 Palestinians killed and 157 wounded by gunfire while waiting for food in the Al Mawasi area. The cynical statements of Israel surprise fewer and fewer people, as they have claimed to have fired on “suspects”.
On June 4, the fascist murderers provoked an escalation of violence and horror when they suspended humanitarian aid in Gaza, because of “reorganization reasons”, to nearly two million people who were already facing critical conditions.
Genocide and ethnic cleansing operations were complemented by attacks on displaced people, shelling tents at a school in Khan Yunis and causing at least 26 deaths, including several children.
The hospitals left standing in Gaza are overwhelmed and without medical resources. Faced with an urgent shortage of blood, medical personnel have begun donating their own blood to save lives.
The situation in Gaza is horrifying as the Palestinian civilian population is caught between the urgent need for humanitarian aid and the risks it faces in its distribution from Zionist attacks.
US imperialism sustains its gendarme against the Arab peoples of the Middle East in all areas, that is why the US has unilaterally vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza with a consequent increase in humanitarian aid.
In the meantime, expressions of repudiation continue to be expressed at all levels. At the Champions League final, Paris Saint-Germain fans chanted and unfurled banners against genocide.
In an unusual gesture, the Barcelona Sónar Festival issued a statement condemning “the genocide on the Palestinian people,” responding to criticism of its indirect link to the Israeli investment firm KKR.
March to Gaza
In the face of the barbarity deployed by the State of Israel, there are growing expressions of solidarity throughout the world. For weeks now, an international mobilization organized by NGOs and human rights groups has been taking steps towards Gaza. It will begin on June 15 in Cairo and will end in Rafah (Egypt) to demand the immediate opening of humanitarian aid against the Israeli blockade on the Strip.
Among the participants are well-known activists, such as Greta Thunberg, who travels aboard the ship Madleen as part of the Freedom Flotilla, carrying symbolic aid and denouncing the maritime blockade imposed by Israel.
From the International Socialist League (ISL) we stand in solidarity with the March and its demands. At the same time we will continue to support the united actions for a cease-fire and against the genocide carried out by the Zionist army. With the conviction that the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace is to defeat the State of Israel and establish a single, secular, democratic, non-racist and socialist Palestine, within the framework of the revolution of the Arab peoples throughout the Middle East.
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