The assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai is just one more murder in a succession of extra-judicial executions perpetrated by the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad. These tactics, as well as so-called “extraordinary renditions” have been used time and time again in the brutal repression of the Palestinian people and against those that are perceived to be a threat to Israel, such as nuclear whistle blower, Mordechai Vanunu.
While leaders across the European Union have raised the issue of security concerns for those travelling on EU passports, they have refused to name Israel as the state responsible for these killings, when the dogs in the street know that Mossad was responsible. Israel’s use of passports of European countries to assassinate their opponents must be absolutely condemned.
In addition, the Israeli government’s attacks on the peoples of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and the Egyptian authorities’ harassment of Palestine Solidarity activists at the behest of the Israeli state must be condemned. While myself and my colleagues in the Socialist Party’s sister organisation in Israel/Palestine, the Socialist Struggle Movement, offer no support to Hamas, a right-wing, reactionary organisation or their tactics of suicide bombings and rocket attacks, we condemn the ongoing use of “targeted” assassinations and repression by the Israeli government, which can only fan the flames of conflict. We stand for a peaceful socialist solution to the conflict in the Middle East based on unity between Israeli and Palestinian workers.
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