In an international seminar organized by Samidoun Network
Dr. Basem Naim calls for escalating global support for Palestinian resistance and breaking the siege on Gaza
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized an international online event, during which it hosted Dr. Basem Naim, a member of the Political Bureau of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement. He gave a direct and extensive intervention addressing the catastrophic conditions facing the Palestinian people under the ongoing genocide waged by the Zionist occupation on the Gaza Strip for over twenty months.
Participants in the event included cadres and members of the Tariq el-Tahrir Student and Youth Network, activists from the Palestinian Women’s Movement – Alkarama, representatives of the Anti-Imperialist Front, trade unionists and political activists from the Masar Badil: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, as well as activists from over 24 countries across Europe, North and South America, and the Arab region and beyond. The event was simultaneously translated in English, Spanish and Arabic.
In his speech, Naim emphasized that “what is happening in Gaza is a systematic genocide targeting the Palestinian people in their lives, dignity, and future,” calling on popular and revolutionary forces around the world to regard the Al-Aqsa Flood as their own collective and individual battle, and to escalate actions to support the Palestinian resistance in all its forms and to break the Zionist siege imposed on the Strip for more than 18 years.
He added: “The battle in Gaza is not only a Palestinian one, but an international battle against colonialism, fascism, and ethnic cleansing,” stressing that “the trench of resistance is the trench of humanity confronting the Zionist racist project.”
Naim presented a comprehensive perspective on the Palestinian resistance’s position on negotiations and the nature of the field and political struggle it is waging under these harsh and unprecedented conditions in human history. He reviewed examples of Palestinian families whose members were almost entirely eliminated, such as Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar, the Abu Sharia family, and other families subjected to genocide over the past twenty months. He also described what the people of Gaza are enduring in terms of destruction of their lives and targeting of their sustenance through the policy of engineered starvation, affirming that these crimes have not led our people to surrender or accept the enemy’s projects and plans. He pointed to the awareness of the Palestinian people in Gaza, who will not be deceived by the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” and other schemes aimed at liquidating the cause.
Liberation of Prisoners and Building a the International Popular Cradle of the Resistance
For her part, Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of the Samidoun Network, affirmed in her intervention that the liberation of Palestinian prisoners is an essential part of the resistance and national liberation project, and must be placed at the core of revolutionary movements’ programs around the world. She called for the construction of a broad international front to support the Palestinian prisoners’ movement and resistance, and to support their political, humanitarian, and military demands, considering that the people of Gaza are defending human dignity in this era.
Kates emphasized that supporting the resistance is inseparable from supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian people as a whole in the face of siege and aggression, and from the global battle against imperialism and settler colonialism. She also pointed out that the targeting of student leaders and pro-Palestine activists in American and Western universities aims to silence the living conscience, affirming the need to confront this repression with more solidarity and unity.
The Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood: An Irreversible Path of Liberation
Participants in the dialogue with Dr. Basem Naim focused on the Al-Aqsa Flood battle launched by the Palestinian resistance on 7 October 2023, considering it a strategic shift in the course of confrontation with the occupation, and part of an ongoing historic liberation process that will not cease until the defeat of the Zionist entity and the full liberation of Palestine, with Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque at the forefront.
Rawa Alsagheer, coordinator of the Samidoun Network in Brazil, gave a brief overview of the events and campaigns against the Zionist movement and the so-called “Brazil-Israel Friendship Day,” and the role of the solidarity movement in supporting the Madleen Freedom Flotilla ship. She explained the nature of the challenges facing supporters of the resistance in Brazil.
Confronting Academic Repression and Expanding the Student Solidarity Front
Student Iman stated that the goal of establishing a youth and student organization such as Tariq el-Tahrir is to be part of the resistance movement on the international level and to work on organizing the Palestinian diaspora, particularly the youth and student vanguard.
The seminar also discussed the escalation of repression faced by students and activists supporting Palestine in Western universities, especially in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and others, where boycott campaigns and student sit-ins are being met with suppression, violence, expulsions, firings, and arrests, in an attempt to silence free voices that reject genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Samidoun Network called for the urgent expansion of the student and youth solidarity front, the strengthening of ties among anti-imperialist youth movements, and the intensification of field and media campaigns that expose the crimes of the occupation and surround its academic, economic, and cultural tools around the world.
The network affirmed that this battle has broken the false image of the enemy and exposed its fragility, opened a new horizon for the forces of resistance in the region, and supported the spirit of struggle among peoples seeking liberation in the face of imperialist and colonial domination.
Toward an International Front for Resistance and Liberation
In conclusion, the Samidoun Network affirmed that this seminar is part of a series of international initiatives aimed at exposing the Zionist war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen, and at reinforcing the connection between the Palestinian struggle and revolutionary movements in the region and around the world. It noted that the broad participation reflects the growing international solidarity front with the resistance and the battle for liberation and return.
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