We call upon all democratic and anti-imperialist forces to support this demonstration as it is the first major mobilisation in Europe which does not long overtly or covertly for the reinstatement of the fake peace accords of Oslo but sides unequivocally with the popular resistance movement of the Palestinian people. Only if the full right to self-determination of the colonised and oppressed Palestinian people is recognised peace will be possible.
On Jan. 19, a national meeting in solidarity with Palestine was held in Rome. In the framework of the “never ending war” where new escalations in the Middle east are to be expected, the meeting has decided to promote a national demonstration in Rome (suggested date March 9) for:
the immediate withdrawal from the Palestinian territories of Israeli troops, the dismantlement of Israeli settlements, the Palestinians’ right to self- determination, the creation of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as capital, the refugees’ right to return, the sending of international observers as asked for by the Palestinians..
The Palestine Forum, the associations and the organizations participating in the meeting call upon the Palestinian National Authority to release Ahmed Saadat, the general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and all the other Intifada activists arrested under the pressure of the governments of Tel Aviv, Washington and the European Union, and to strengthen the unity of the Palestinian Intifada against Israeli occupation. We decided to accept the international appeal to boycott Israeli goods and economic relationships with Israel. To this end a work-group will soon be installed. We consider it urgent to take to the streets and places in our country in solidarity with the Palestinian people, giving life to local initiatives culminating in a large united national demonstration which will prepare and give new impetus to a massive international solidarity presence in Palestine at the end of March in occasion of al yom al Ard (day of the earth). The meeting saw the participation of associations, organisations and comrades from: Rome, Florence, Naples, Turin, Perugia, Padova, Bari, Milano, Frosinone, Teramo, Palermo, Pescara.
