National Democratic Front of the Philippines
International Information Office
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24 October 2023 |
Coni Ledesma
Head, NDFP Special Office for the Protection of Children
The National Democratic Front of the
Philippines (NDFP) Special Office for the Protection of Children (SOPC)
strongly condemns Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Gaza that has
killed nearly 2,000 Palestinian children. The US-backed indiscriminate
airstrikes launched by the Zionist Israeli regime is tantamount to
genocidal war crimes and warrant the condemnation of the international
community.
By
continuing to provide military aid and political support, the US
further emboldens Israel as its key asset in a regional proxy war meant
to consolidate US control over oil resources in the Middle East. This US
imperialist agenda comes with the horrendous cost of the lives of
thousands of Palestinian children killed. While we hold the Zionist
Netanyahu regime responsible for these war crimes, the US must equally
be held accountable for its conflict-goading and warmongering in the
region.
The
SOPC likewise condemns Marcos Jr’s “terrorist designation” of Hamas in
its desperate bootlicking to curry favor from his imperialist master.
Marcos Jr holds no moral ascendancy to call the Palestinian armed
resistance “terrorist” especially considering its bloody record of state
terror against the Filipino people. Akin to the national democratic
revolution being waged by the New People’s Army in the Philippine
countryside, the Palestinian struggle for liberation, self-determination
and freedom from US-Israeli military occupation can never be considered
an act of terrorism.
We
stand with the Palestinian people and recognize their right to bear
arms and wage armed resistance in the context of a long history of
fascist military occupation and especially in the face of genocidal
offensives launched by US-backed Israeli forces. We enjoin the
international community to denounce Israel’s child-killing spree and
demand the protection of children’s rights consistent with the rules of
war and international humanitarian law. | | |
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