The operations, started by Israel under the pretext of rescuing the kidnapped soldiers, put the people of Palestine and Lebanon into the stain of blood. Peoples of the world are showing their angers to Israel, which attacks to the life recourses by bombing the infra-structure of Palestine and Lebanon. Workers, labourers, youth, women and intellectuals all over the world are organising actions to support the people of Palestine and Lebanon. Also in our country, nearest to the sufferings of the Middle East, the workers and labourers are shouting as one fist: "We are all Palestinian, we are all Lebanese".
ESP : The people of Palestine and Lebanon are not alone!
Socialist Platform of Oppressed (ESP) have organised actions in many cities of Turkey and Northern Kurdistan to support the people of Palestine and Lebanon. The ESP activists, who organised a rally with torches and banners writing "Intifada in Palestine, resistance in Lebanon will win, perpetrators will be brought to justice!", called on the people of Okmeydani to be in solidarity with the people of Palestine. And in the evening of 16 July, ESP organised a demonstration with torches in the Ikitelli district, and shouted slogans: "Everywhere is Palestine, all of us Palestinian", "Stone against tank, long live the free Middle East" and "The people of Lebanon are not alone". In Sariyer and Yenibosna districts, the activists have distributed leaflets with the heading of "Resist Palestine, we are with you". On 15 July, the ESP forces in the city of Antep have condemned the media, which tries to show as legitimate the Israel terror, and sent the message of support Palestine by organising a manifestation. The activists at this manifestation opened Palestinian flags and ended their action with slogan: "The people of Palestine are not alone". And ESP has organised a march in the Gulsuyu neighbourhood of Istanbul.
ESP organised an action in front of the Israeli Consulate by opening banner writing: "The people of Palestine and Lebanon are not alone. Zionist Israel will give account to the people". While the Israeli terror was condemned in the action, the activists stated that the National Security Council and the governing Party, AKP , are the partners of the blood that's being shed in Palestine and Lebanon. The action was also supported by BEKSAV , FHDD (Association of Solidarity with the Palestinian People) and Textile-Sen Union. And on 8 July, FHDD, No to Occupation in Iraq Coordination, DIvrigi Cultural Allsociation, TKP, ESP, EMEP , People's Houses, HKP, Workers Struggle, Yapi Art House and PSAKD realized a march towards the Israeli Consulate by opening banners: "The resisting Palestine will win, Israeli Zionism will loose". On same date, the democratic mass organisation and political parties condemned the Israeli terror in the city of Kayseri.
On 20 July, ESP, HOC , B DSP , Revolutionary Movement, Kaldirac, DHP, Nakliyat-Is , EHP , Partizan, HKP and CHD organised a common action in the Ankara Yuksel Street, shouted slogans "Imperialism will loose, the resisting peoples will win", "Murderer USA, Go out of the Middle East" and "long live people's brotherhood", and stated that they will not be silent against the attacks in the Middle East. Same day, ESP, Partizan, SODAP and DTP organised an action in the Umraniye district of Istanbul and saluted the resistance of the Middle East. In the action, a film called "You will not pass", prepared by the BEKAV Cinema Workshop was also shown. Our Arab people in Antakya and Samandag showed that their Palestinian and Lebanese brother and sisters are not alone by organising a support action. In the action, demonstrators have asked for the withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon and the cancellation of Turkey's all agreements with the USA and Israel. They shouted slogans: "The people of Lebanon are not alone", "The people of Palestine are not alone". On 18 July, ESP, SDP , EMEP, DTP, HOC, EHP, IHD , Haci Bektas Veli Association, Sivaslilar Association and Tunceliler Association have supported the Palestinian resistance by organising a march towards the Human Rights Park in Izmit. The political parties, organisations and democratic mass organisations in Malatya, Van, Izmir and Izmit have also organised support actions for the people of Palestine and Lebanon.
The biggest action in our country was organised in Istanbul-Sisli on the 9th of July. The demonstration was organised by the Saadet Party (Party of Happiness -a party that exploits the religion and made the most agreements with Israel during its government period) and supported by 60 institutions. There were 100 thousands of participators. The people at the demonstration opened a giant Palestinian flag -about 150 metre- and shouted slogans: "Palestine is out life", "Do not sleep Turkey, defend Palestine", Down with Israel". The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Hamaney also made a speech during the demo through phone. The people asked for the cancellation of all agreements and treaties between Turkey and Israel.
Violence of the Oppressed is legitimate
MLCP militias have wrote slogans: "Everywhere is Palestine, all of us Palestinian", "Murderer Israel get out of Palestine" on to the walls in the labourer districts of Istanbul and Adana. On 15 July, the Armed Forces of the Poor and Oppressed (FESK) bombed the Izmir-Balcova Presidency of AKP (Justice and Development Party), the governing party of Turkish state. In its statement, FESK stated that "the imperialist forces and their collaborators who support the Zionist state of Israel can not avoid from the violence of the oppressed".
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