For the defeat of US imperialism and Zionism in the Middle East | International Statement on the Third Anniversary of October 7th

1) Three years on from the incursion by Palestinian armed organisations into Israel (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) and the start of Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip – which have already left 70,000 dead and two million displaced – we condemn the ongoing genocide and salute the struggle of the Palestinian people and the popular mobilisations that have helped to expose, in the eyes of the world, the crimes against humanity committed by the Zionist state.

The bombing campaign against Gaza, which began on 7 October 2023, followed by an invasion and a total blockade, marked a significant escalation in the plans for ethnic cleansing and territorial colonisation, the roots of which date back to the very formation of the State of Israel in 1948.

The systematic targeting of schools, refugee centres and hospitals by Israeli forces constitutes what may well be defined as ‘textbook genocide’.

2) We defend the right of the Palestinian people to resist Zionist oppression by all means at their disposal. We defend the right of return for the displaced and the freedom of the more than 9,500 political prisoners.

Furthermore, we denounce the colonial junta for Gaza led by Donald Trump and supported by the complicit Arab bourgeoisie. This junta seeks to dismantle Palestinian armed organisations, install a multinational occupying force and, ultimately, transfer power to a Palestinian Authority reshaped at the whim of Israel and the United States. Furthermore, it seeks to establish a capitalist business network amidst the ruins left by the bombings.

3) In just three years, Israel has attacked Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran and Qatar, and has intensified the colonisation of the West Bank. What these events demonstrate is that the Zionist state is incompatible with the territorial aspirations of the Palestinian people and with the interests of the masses in the region. In the case of the West Bank, the acceleration of colonisation even sweeps aside the proposal for a Palestinian microstate alongside Israel – the so-called two-state solution – championed by a wing of imperialism, the Arab bourgeoisies and the Palestinian Authority.
  
4) The imperialist and Zionist offensive in the Middle East encountered a major obstacle in Iran. The United States and Israel failed to achieve their political and military objectives, and the White House was forced to the negotiating table, where it was unable to impose any of its conditions. 

The impact of this war is international. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz led to a surge in oil prices, fuelling global inflationary and recessionary trends. In the United States, the rise in fuel prices is one of the factors that could lead to a defeat for Trump in the November mid-term elections.

Furthermore, the Houthis’ military counter-offensive in Yemen represents another blow to the White House. The Houthis wrested control of a major port city (Mocha) and positions on the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb – another sea route of great importance to global trade – from the Saudi-backed forces.

Beyond the capitalist and oppressive nature of the Iranian regime, we must raise the slogan calling for the defeat of the United States and Israel in this war, as this would deal a severe blow to US imperialism and Zionism.

5) We condemn the negotiations between Israel and the Lebanese government (mediated by the United States) aimed at normalising relations, which are taking place whilst Israel occupies the south of the country and demands the disarmament of Hezbollah. The Lebanese government is following in the footsteps of Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain, which (through the Abraham Accords) re-established diplomatic ties with the Zionist state. This is a stab in the back by the Arab bourgeoisies against the Palestinian people.

We oppose the Mecca Agreement between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which targets Iranian people under attack by Israel and the United States; and which—alongside the repression exercised within their own borders—also pursues an aggressive policy of intervention in neighboring countries (Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria), as well as a quest for greater leverage vis-à-vis the US and Israel.

6) Despite its ‘humanitarian’ statements, the European Union maintains its free trade agreement with Israel and supplies it with weapons, thereby demonstrating its complicity with the Zionist state. The “Shield of Achilles” agreement with Greece is a characteristic case: it imposes heavier burdens and impoverishes the Greek people while reinforcing nationalism and militarism and deepening Greece’s strategic alignment with Israel and the US. In Latin America, Argentine President Javier Milei (who called Trump and Netanyahu ‘heroes of humanity’) is positioning himself as the spearhead of Israeli diplomacy through the Isaac Agreements, a regional version of the Abraham Accords. In opposition to this, we call for the severing of diplomatic and trade relations with Israel.

As for the BRICS, they have deepened their trade links with Israel, despite the genocide. In 2024–2025, China increased its exports to Tel Aviv by 50 per cent, whilst Russia increased theirs tenfold. India, for its part, supplies Israel with components for the manufacture of weapons. We denounce the complicity of the leading BRICS nations in the genocide in Gaza, the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, and "Trump's plan" for Gaza, evidenced by their decision not to exercise their veto power at the United Nations. Under China's leadership, the BRICS nations only seek to secure a privileged position within the global capitalist system of oppression, plunder, and war, at a time when Western supremacy is in decline.

In contrast to this stance taken by the BRICS, the movements in solidarity with Palestine launched calls for a trade boycott and adopted direct action measures, such as port blockades.

7) Mass popular demonstrations against the genocide took place across the United States, Europe and the Middle East. A large youth movement also emerged, occupying university campuses in the United States. As for the involvement of the working class, the general strikes in Italy in solidarity with Palestine (in October 2025 and May 2026), organised by militant trade unions, provide an example to follow, as do the port blockades targeting shipments of oil and military supplies.

8) We reject the banning of Palestine Action in the United Kingdom and the imprisonment of four of its members, sentenced to up to eight years’ imprisonment for a protest inside a plant belonging to the Israeli firm Elbit Systems. We reject the designation of that same organisation, of Masar Badil and of the Autistici/Inventati collective as “terrorists” in the United States, the trial of the ‘Ulm 5’ in Germany, the legal case against the Argentine Left Front MP Vanina Biasi (falsely accused of anti-Semitism for denouncing genocide) and all cases of political persecution. Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. No to the IHRA protocol.

9) In the face of the wars and severe economic hardship to which imperialism, Zionism and the Arab bourgeoisie subject the masses of the Middle East, we put forward the need for a political upsurge by the workers, with a view to a single, socialist Palestine and a socialist unity of the peoples of the Middle East.

We call for a redoubling of international mobilisation and for taking to the streets to mark another anniversary of 7 October.

PO (Argentina)

KA (Greece)

SEP (Turkey)

TIR  (İtaly)

GAR (Mexico)