We republish below an article from The Red Herald originally found here. See the original Red Herald posting for a run-down of protests from around the world at the end of the article, and for graphics and images left out here for copyright purposes.
Since the 7th of October the State of Israel has murdered at least 32,845 people in Gaza as a part of the genocide they are carrying out there. More than 13,000 of the murdered are children. More than 75,392 people have been injured, and more than 8,000 people are missing, likely murdered by the State of Israel.
On the 1st of April 7 aid workers with the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was murdered in an Israeli airstrike. The aid workers were in branded vehicles when they were hit while leaving a warehouse. The victims of the attack were Australian, Polish, UK, and US citizens as well as Palestinians. They were helping with distributing food and other supplies in northern Gaza. The CEO of the World Central Kitchen denounced the attack: “This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable”.
The WCK has been involved in distributing around 200 tonnes of food brought to Gaza by sea. After the attack against it, it has announced that it will pause its operations in Gaza immediately. Here we want to highlight two aspects, starting by the fact that of course the killing of foreign help workers is one more war crime committed by the Israeli Armed Forces, but it seems somehow cynical that the governments in imperialist countries seems more upset by the fact that some foreign citizens are killed than 32 thousand Palestinians, there is not less imperialist chauvinism in this. Secondly we do not think the attitude of the WCK is worthy of respect, in stead of staying with the Palestinian people of Gaza, who heroically fight, they prefer to protect their own skin, which is a luxury of the imperialist philanthropist.
We have previously reported on the imminent famine in Gaza, and the State of Israel using starvation as a weapon of war as a part of its genocide against the population of Gaza.
Also on the 1st of April the IDF withdrew from the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, after a two-week operation. The hospital, where many displaced people took shelter together with the staff and patents, is now largely in ruins. Witnesses report on hundreds of bodies left in the hospital. According to the World Health Organization 21 patients died at the al-Shifa Hospital. An Al Jazeera journalist reports from the scene: “Buildings in all departments have been burned, and the structure of the complex has been damaged from the inside … From what we can see, it appears the occupation forces deliberately targeted the health sector and destroyed the largest medical complex in Gaza City.”
The State of Israel also carried out a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria. The attack destroyed the consulate and it is reported that 11 people were murdered, including a Brigadier General and a General of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. This further aggression by the Israelis constitutes obviously according to international law a declaration of war against Iran. It is shown once more, that those who do everything to expand the conflict is the Israeli government and the forces they lead. Particularly, this increasing Israeli aggression is a direct answer by Netanyahu government to sharpening of contradiction in the Israeli society and increasing protest against this utterly corrupt regime.
US imperialism continues its political, economic and military support of the genocide. We have previously reported on a 2.5 billion USD weapons transfer to Israel which the US government approved last week. The Yankees gives 3.8 billion USD in yearly military assistance to the State of Israel. Biden is working to get approval from the US Congress for a 14 billion USD military aid package to the State of Israel and he is also considering a 18 billion USD arms sale, including 50 F-15 fighter jets. The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, has stated that they will take revenge on Israel and also held the US responsible for the attack.
US congressman Tim Walberg made a clear call for intensifying the genocide in Gaza: “We shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid … It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick.”
Activities in solidarity with the Palestinian people continue around the world.
