Bulletin No40 Novembre 2023 The secretary-general of the Palestinian Communist Party (PCP), Mahmoud Saadeh, issued a statement on November 8 discussing both the current stage of the struggle between the apartheid state and the people colonized and the prospects for a solution.
The PCP's opinion on the “two-state solution”
The text dismisses the so-called " two-state solution " and clearly explains what motivates its current proponents: " The current emphasis by many countries and some Palestinian organizations on the possibility of imposing a two-state solution to historic Palestine has become, dialectically speaking, a colonial and replacement slogan under a European cover with a detestable colonial and reactionary Arab history. It cannot be achieved on the ground given the rapidly evolving situation in Gaza and the West Bank, influenced by the fierce battles currently taking place at local, regional and global levels. This is an attempt to maintain a foothold on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea as a colonial base on Palestinian land, represented by the racist Zionist colonial entity, which is the second part of the discussed two-state solution worldwide these days. »
Obtaining a Palestinian state side by side with that of Israel has always been difficult to achieve; this is impossible today, given that the fascist government of Israel does not want it, nor the political forces of the official opposition. They have another project: ethnic cleansing and outright annexation occupied territories. This is what is happening right now, not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank.
This is what comrade Saadeh says, this implies maintaining the Zionist state as it is, which bears full responsibility for the current situation. When we say this, it is not a question of contesting the presence of the Jewish population in Palestine, but of contesting the form of what Palestinians call the Zionist Entity, a racist and increasingly theocratic state. This state, even maintained within the pre-1967 limits, “ serves as a central framework to preserve the colonial and imperialist interests of the bloodthirsty American and European powers in the Middle East and in the Arab region in particular. ".
Historical development leads to another position
Comrade Saadeh also explains the evolving historical context: “ When the two-state solution was proposed in the early 1970s, there was no terrifying colonization, theft and rape like those occurring today. today the bands of Nazi and fascist murderers. They carry out daily assassinations of real Palestinian farmers and landowners. ". And he concludes his remarks: “It has therefore become imperative for our Palestinian Communist Party to adopt the slogan of a single democratic and secular state throughout the historic Palestinian territory, a “state for all its sons”, because global circumstances and the objective reality resulting from our class and national struggle against the Anglo-Saxons have changed the situation. ".
How to do ?
Then, Mahmoud Saadeh considers “How to do it?” ". He is particularly interested in the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), which formerly brought together all the Palestinian Resistance movements. Here is what he said: “ As for the Palestine Liberation Organization, we see that its current composition and its leadership, appointed by a faction that does not represent the aspirations of our Palestinian Arab people, are clearly evident practices of these leaders. ". He goes on to propose a solution: “ The optimal solution is to restructure the Palestine Liberation Organization on revolutionary national foundations, and it should oversee all Palestinian organizations, from the far left to the far right. This means that no one should be excluded so that it truly represents our people in all its segments and categories. ".
The PCP therefore advocates the union of all the forces of the Palestinian National Resistance without excluding anyone. This is completely contrary to the divisive speeches of good souls on the left, who, in our country in particular, defend both the idea of shared wrongs and the moribund two-state solution.
Mahmoud Saadeh ends by castigating the discussions and conferences which could be held without the representatives of the Palestinian Resistance, but with some guarantees from Arab States.
Our opinion
The Communist Revolutionary Party welcomes this text and the state of the Palestinian Communist Party's thinking on the future. If the current episode of the colonial war which has lasted for 75 years shows anything, it is that Peace in this region of the world will not be possible as long as the Zionist State, which has implemented apartheid and which practice ethnic cleansing will exist in its own form. The only possible future is for the Jewish and Arab populations to live side by side in a single secular state.
And to move on this path, we must start by demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the opening of humanitarian access, an end to the murders of Palestinians and the abuses of settlers in the West Bank initially, but also by the departure of the occupying troops and the dismantling of settlements in the West Bank and the right of return of all refugees.
This can only be done by the effective implementation of international economic sanctions against the government of Israel and not by unconditional support for this apartheid state, the severance of diplomatic relations, Bolivia has already made this decision. But also by a massive international mobilization of all those who condemn the massacre of the Palestinians. Tens of thousands of workers around the world are already taking action to block arms shipments; it is a just struggle that must be intensified. The boycott must extend to all companies that trade with Israel.