Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (ML)-Liberation

Revolutionary Socialist Party

All India Forward Bloc

June 10, 2025

Press Release

The Left parties—Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)), Communist Party of India (ML)-Liberation (CPI-ML), All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)—have jointly issued the following statement:

Observe June 17 as National Day of Solidarity with Palestine

Condemn Israeli Genocide in Gaza – Demand Change in India’s Stand

We strongly condemn the ongoing genocidal war being waged by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people in Gaza. For over twenty months now, Israel’s relentless bombardment and military aggression have killed more than 55,000 Palestinians – a vast majority of them women and children. Essential infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and refugee shelters have been deliberately targeted, pushing the people of Gaza into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. This is nothing short of genocide. Most inhumanly, Israel is even denying the entry of aid into Gaza.

We also condemn Israel’s attack on the humanitarian ship Madleen of the Freedom Flotilla Gaza in international waters. Urge the Indian government to demand the release of all detained international volunteers, ensure unhindered humanitarian aid to Gaza, and call for an immediate end to the inhuman siege.

Despite growing global outrage, including from the UN and the International Court of Justice, the Netanyahu government continues its brutal campaign with impunity, backed by the United States and a few of its allies. The recent attack on Rafah, displacing hundreds of thousands of already displaced Palestinians again, shows the Israeli government’s utter disregard for international law, human rights, and basic humanity. The latest instance of the Freedom Flotilla being hijacked from the international waters is evoking widespread protest.

It is deeply disturbing that the Government of India, instead of standing firmly with the Palestinian cause – which India has historically supported – has increasingly adopted a stance of equivocation and appeasement of the Israeli aggressor. This marks a shameful deviation from India’s long-standing foreign policy rooted in anti-colonial solidarity and support for national liberation movements.

We, the undersigned Left parties, call upon all peace-loving, democratic, and secular forces to join the National Day of Solidarity with Palestine on 17th June 2025 throughout the country. In Delhi, the demonstration will be held at Jantar Mantar, at 11AM on 17^th June to:

• Condemn the genocide and war crimes committed by the Israeli government.
• Express solidarity with the people of Palestine in their just struggle for nationhood, dignity, and freedom.
• Demand that the Government of India take a principled stand, consistent with our historical support to the Palestinian cause, and immediately stop all military and security cooperation with Israel.

We urge widespread participation in the solidarity demonstration to raise the voice of India’s people against genocide, apartheid, and occupation.

Signed by:

• D. RAJA, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI)
• M.A. Baby, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPI(M)
• Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation – CPI(ML)
• G. Devarajan, General Secretary, All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
• Manoj Bhattacharya, General Secretary, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)