November 15th, 2023

The Women’s Group of the International Peoples’ Assembly calls all conscientious people worldwide and popular organizations, to stand against the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza and to prosecute the war crimes being committed against the Palestinian people.

For more than 36 days, over 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been subjected to systematic genocide by the Zionist occupation army, using internationally prohibited weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus to target children, women, and civilians, with collaboration from global imperialist powers, led by the United States.

The occupation has destroyed all residential neighborhoods in Gaza, resulting in the death of more than 11,200 Palestinians, including 4,600 children, 3,100 women, and 650 elderly people. Additionally, 29,000 have been injured, with over 2,700 people still under the rubble, including 1,400 children. About 1.5 million people have been displaced in the besieged Gaza Strip, and hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the northern Gaza Strip.

34% of Gaza’s hospitals are no longer functioning as a result of the bombing and siege, and 65% of primary health care centers were closed as a result of the bombing and lack of fuel. In addition, 189 health personnel were martyred, more than 100 were injured, and 50 ambulances were damaged, including 25 that were completely out of service. In addition to the martyrdom of 47 journalists, the Israeli bombing destroyed more than 50 media headquarters in the Gaza Strip.

The systematic genocide in Gaza and the continuous bombing of cities in the West Bank is the latest in a 75-year-old Zionist campaign waged against the Palestinian people, which involves not only the destruction of Gaza with the deadly Israeli arsenal but also the deprivation of the most basic elements of life, including water, food, medicine, and fuel.

The volume of shells fired by the occupation and its army on Gaza has surpassed the force of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. Today, they are besieging hospitals and exterminating every source of life in Gaza, having targeted ambulances, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) centers, schools, bakeries, places of worship, and water tanks, cutting off the internet and means of communication and even threatening to use nuclear weapons.

This offensive is achieved through a brutal siege imposed by a Nazi war machine, engaging in systematic genocide in an attempt to displace the rightful landowners and eliminate those waging the Palestinian struggle. These are crimes against humanity that will remain a stain on the conscience of a significant part of the world, which either stands helpless, watches, or provides justification and support for the daily massacres committed by the Zionist entity. These actions– and inactions– disregard all international laws, agreements, conventions, and rules set up to protect civilians, criminalize genocide, and prevent blockades that starve the population.

The Israeli army and the Israeli Prison Service have been implementing an unprecedented policy of terrorism and suppression since October 7th against Palestinian prisoners. The oppression extends beyond the arrest of more than 2,300 detainees, including children, women, and released prisoners. They have been subjected to violence, torture, and humiliation during their detention and interrogation, leading to the death of three prisoners. The total number of prisoners in Israeli prisons has exceeded 7,000, who are subject to unprecedented repressive measures directed by the Israeli Minister of Security, fascist Ben Gvir. These measures include denying their basic rights, isolating them from the outside world, and using them as bargaining chips in future negotiations regarding prisoner exchanges.

In light of this, we make this call to all people worldwide, along with all forces of freedom and humanity, and every conscientious person in the world who is angered by the genocide unfolding on television screens before the eyes of the entire world. To those who are pained by the sight of the remains of Gaza’s children under the rubble torn apart by Israeli weaponry, we call on you to sign this appeal and protest in the name of your organisations so that we may send a unified message demanding an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people, their displacement, and the immediate delivery of aid and relief materials to put an end to one of the greatest crimes against humanity in the current century.

For every passing minute, dozens of children pay the price of their lives under the brutal bombardment of the Zionist occupation army. Let the world not only respond with condemnation and denunciation but unite to stop this monstrous war, save what remains of our humanity, support the right of the Palestinian people to establish their free and independent state, and demand the filing of legal actions before the International Criminal Court. These actions should address the intent of genocide, incitement to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed by the Zionist entity in the Gaza Strip.

In conclusion, we call on all progressive and democratic forces worldwide to:

• Sign this declaration, as organizations by sending their organization name and country to [email protected].
• To highlight the Palestinian cause during activities held on November 25th – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – and display solidarity with women in Palestine.