Red Eagles
14th March 2011, 02:11
PFLP commemorates International Women's Day
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a greeting of admiration and appreciation for the struggle of Palestinian women on March 8, 2011, marking International Women's Day. Said the Front, Palestinian women are embroiled in a battle for freedom, independence and return alongside a battle for democracy, equality and elimination of discrimination in all forms, and to obtain their full political, social, economic and cultural rights.
Furthermore, said the Front, the development of alternative legislation in civil status law must be put into practice in order to end injustice and oppression under color of law, as well as to combat discrimination and violence, from which Palestinian women suffer as they also suffer the violence of occupation, aggression and siege.
The PFLP noted that International Women's Day is celebrated by women - and the whole world - every year, in recognition of the role and status of women, in order to honor their achievements and reconfirm collective dedication to continue the struggle for women's liberation, while confronting occupation, exploitation, discrimination and violence. The PFLP made a special note of esteem and pride for the women prisoners in the jails of the occupier, as well as the women martyrs of the Palestinian people; the Front pledged to remain faithful to the sacrifices of all of the prisoners and martyrs and their goals for which they have suffered - freedom, independence, democracy, justice, unity, return and liberation.
The Front said that Palestinian women have taken a leading role alongside men in all fields of work and activity and occupy leading positions in all functions, responsibilities and executive, legislative and judicial branches, and confirmed that it fully supports Palestinian women's struggle to obtain their rights, including the freedom to organize,
to engage in political work, and to build the national democratic General Union of Palestinian Women on a united basis that enables women to enhance their struggle to obtain their rights in practice, including full economic and social equality, and to address the various manifestations of exploitation, corruption, violations of laws and women's rights, including evasions of labor laws that protect workers' rights.
On the Arab level, the Front issued its congratulations to the women of Tunisia and Egypt on their revolutions, noting the broad participation of women who have come forward, shattering walls of silence and fear on the streets of all Arab countries, calling for human dignity, bread, freedom and social justice, and to women in Iraq and Lebanon confronting American and Israeli occupation. It called for strengthening and unifying the efforts of Arab women in their struggle to achieve their non-negotiable rights at an international level, in order to strengthen Arab women's role in the global struggle to end the exploitation of women as well as the global struggle against imperialism and globalization and for peace, democracy and social progress.
The Front emphasized the role of Palestinian women and youth in bringing to an end the current situation of division that has prevailed in Palestine at the hands of the occupation, that undermines the rights of the Palestinian people and furthers the Zionist strategy through so-called "peace processes" and the state with "temporary borders." It called upon all to respond to the calls of Palestinian youth in Palestine and in exile to come into the streets carrying the Palestinian flag and calling for the end of division on March 15, 2011, which cannot be achieved without the elimination of the cause of division, by ending the Oslo agreement and its products, rebuilding the Palestine Liberation Organization on a democratic and inclusive basis, and supporting Palestinian resistance to the occupation.
basis.
Also, on International Women's Day, the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees sent its greetings to all women struggling for freedom, equality and democracy throughout the world, emphasizing that the struggle of women for their rights is a fundamental part of the global struggle against all forms of oppression, exploitation and militarism and for a world of justice, equality, democracy, self-determination and popular control of resources.
The UPWC noted in its statement that International Women's Day commemorates the memory of textile workers who were killed in New York 100 years ago, and that the day was created in the crucible of working women's struggle for their rights. It is yet another confirmation that the source of the oppression of women lies first in the economic and social system and the political monopoly of power in the hands of a few seeking to achieve their own interests, who use the most heinous methods to suppress any real direction toward justice, equality and democracy, said the UPWC.
Furthermore, the UPWC said that this International Women's Day comes at a time in which the Arab people are writing new pages of glory amid an explosion of popular mobilization of the Arab people, expressing the aspirations of new generations to wrest their freedom and self-determination from the hands of despotic regimes, noting the strong participation of Arab women in all levels of the Arab revolutions, and particularly remembering Sally Zahran, the martyr for freedom and democracy in Egypt.
The Union pointed out the Palestinian women face the worst forms of persecution from Israeli racist occupation and colonial settlement in Palestine, an occupation that exercises the worst forms of repression in an attempt to end the cause of the Palestinian people through aggression against our people and utter disregard for human rights and international humanitarian law and resolutions. Furthermore, the UPWC said that its policies of settlement, Judaization of Jerusalem, ethnic cleansing, the siege on Gaza and the building of the apartheid wall, and the attempts to undermine Palestinian national rights and enshrine the racist slogan of "Jewish State" are fully supported by the United States, as reflected in its strategic partnership with the racist project. In particular, the UPWC condemned the recent US veto against a draft resolution in the UN Security Council condemning the illegal settlements, saying that the international community must prove its credibility on this issue by bringing Israel and its officials to trial in international court and working to implement international resolutions on Palestine.
The UPWC emphasized that Palestinian women are committed to the Palestinian national democratic struggle, as is proven day after day in the work of women and their consistent dedication to the movement. It saluted the 37 women political prisoners in the jails of the occupation and saluted Jawaher Abu Rahmah, the martyr killed by tear gas in Bil'in as she marched to bring down the Apartheid Wall in her village. Abu Rahmah was a member of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees.
Furthermore, said the Union, despite the high level of participation of Palestinian women, they still suffer from social perceptions of inferiority, domestic violence and persecution, which adds yet another level to the struggle of Palestinian women, and which must be defeated in order for society to move forward.
The UPWC emphasized the need for dedicated work to achieve real equality for Palestinian women, stressing the need to uphold the slogan, "The people want to end the occupation and division," saying that the achievement of national unity is a necessary condition to complete the democratic national liberation stage of our movement.
In this context, the UPWC called upon all national, popular and community forces to initiate a comprehensive national dialogue on the basis of the Cairo Declaration of 2005 (calling for reorganizing the PLO on a democratic basis with all Palestinian political organizations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad) and the National Accord Document of 2006 (in which prisoners of all factions called for all to unite to confront the occupation). Furthermore, the Union said that there must be an overall political review, including ending Oslo and all of its results and returning the issue of Palestine to international legitimacy, leaving behind the miserable path of negotiations that has had catastrophic consequences for our people and our legitimate national rights, and called to strengthen popular resistance against occupation, settlement and racism, calling for the widest participation of Palestinian women in this resistance.
The UPWC also called on international solidarity forces to reaffirm their commitment to solidarity with the struggle of our people through working to implement boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel.
Furthermore, it also emphasized the need to end all practices that negatively affect public rights and freedoms, and the importance of protecting the rights of citizens in Palestinian society, as well as the need to end all forms of discrimination against women in Palestinian law and ensure the development of laws that ensure equality for Palestinian women. It also called to enhance the unity of the Palestinian women's movement for the freedom of our people.
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a greeting of admiration and appreciation for the struggle of Palestinian women on March 8, 2011, marking International Women's Day. Said the Front, Palestinian women are embroiled in a battle for freedom, independence and return alongside a battle for democracy, equality and elimination of discrimination in all forms, and to obtain their full political, social, economic and cultural rights.
Furthermore, said the Front, the development of alternative legislation in civil status law must be put into practice in order to end injustice and oppression under color of law, as well as to combat discrimination and violence, from which Palestinian women suffer as they also suffer the violence of occupation, aggression and siege.
The PFLP noted that International Women's Day is celebrated by women - and the whole world - every year, in recognition of the role and status of women, in order to honor their achievements and reconfirm collective dedication to continue the struggle for women's liberation, while confronting occupation, exploitation, discrimination and violence. The PFLP made a special note of esteem and pride for the women prisoners in the jails of the occupier, as well as the women martyrs of the Palestinian people; the Front pledged to remain faithful to the sacrifices of all of the prisoners and martyrs and their goals for which they have suffered - freedom, independence, democracy, justice, unity, return and liberation.
The Front said that Palestinian women have taken a leading role alongside men in all fields of work and activity and occupy leading positions in all functions, responsibilities and executive, legislative and judicial branches, and confirmed that it fully supports Palestinian women's struggle to obtain their rights, including the freedom to organize,
to engage in political work, and to build the national democratic General Union of Palestinian Women on a united basis that enables women to enhance their struggle to obtain their rights in practice, including full economic and social equality, and to address the various manifestations of exploitation, corruption, violations of laws and women's rights, including evasions of labor laws that protect workers' rights.
On the Arab level, the Front issued its congratulations to the women of Tunisia and Egypt on their revolutions, noting the broad participation of women who have come forward, shattering walls of silence and fear on the streets of all Arab countries, calling for human dignity, bread, freedom and social justice, and to women in Iraq and Lebanon confronting American and Israeli occupation. It called for strengthening and unifying the efforts of Arab women in their struggle to achieve their non-negotiable rights at an international level, in order to strengthen Arab women's role in the global struggle to end the exploitation of women as well as the global struggle against imperialism and globalization and for peace, democracy and social progress.
The Front emphasized the role of Palestinian women and youth in bringing to an end the current situation of division that has prevailed in Palestine at the hands of the occupation, that undermines the rights of the Palestinian people and furthers the Zionist strategy through so-called "peace processes" and the state with "temporary borders." It called upon all to respond to the calls of Palestinian youth in Palestine and in exile to come into the streets carrying the Palestinian flag and calling for the end of division on March 15, 2011, which cannot be achieved without the elimination of the cause of division, by ending the Oslo agreement and its products, rebuilding the Palestine Liberation Organization on a democratic and inclusive basis, and supporting Palestinian resistance to the occupation.
basis.
Also, on International Women's Day, the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees sent its greetings to all women struggling for freedom, equality and democracy throughout the world, emphasizing that the struggle of women for their rights is a fundamental part of the global struggle against all forms of oppression, exploitation and militarism and for a world of justice, equality, democracy, self-determination and popular control of resources.
The UPWC noted in its statement that International Women's Day commemorates the memory of textile workers who were killed in New York 100 years ago, and that the day was created in the crucible of working women's struggle for their rights. It is yet another confirmation that the source of the oppression of women lies first in the economic and social system and the political monopoly of power in the hands of a few seeking to achieve their own interests, who use the most heinous methods to suppress any real direction toward justice, equality and democracy, said the UPWC.
Furthermore, the UPWC said that this International Women's Day comes at a time in which the Arab people are writing new pages of glory amid an explosion of popular mobilization of the Arab people, expressing the aspirations of new generations to wrest their freedom and self-determination from the hands of despotic regimes, noting the strong participation of Arab women in all levels of the Arab revolutions, and particularly remembering Sally Zahran, the martyr for freedom and democracy in Egypt.
The Union pointed out the Palestinian women face the worst forms of persecution from Israeli racist occupation and colonial settlement in Palestine, an occupation that exercises the worst forms of repression in an attempt to end the cause of the Palestinian people through aggression against our people and utter disregard for human rights and international humanitarian law and resolutions. Furthermore, the UPWC said that its policies of settlement, Judaization of Jerusalem, ethnic cleansing, the siege on Gaza and the building of the apartheid wall, and the attempts to undermine Palestinian national rights and enshrine the racist slogan of "Jewish State" are fully supported by the United States, as reflected in its strategic partnership with the racist project. In particular, the UPWC condemned the recent US veto against a draft resolution in the UN Security Council condemning the illegal settlements, saying that the international community must prove its credibility on this issue by bringing Israel and its officials to trial in international court and working to implement international resolutions on Palestine.
The UPWC emphasized that Palestinian women are committed to the Palestinian national democratic struggle, as is proven day after day in the work of women and their consistent dedication to the movement. It saluted the 37 women political prisoners in the jails of the occupation and saluted Jawaher Abu Rahmah, the martyr killed by tear gas in Bil'in as she marched to bring down the Apartheid Wall in her village. Abu Rahmah was a member of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees.
Furthermore, said the Union, despite the high level of participation of Palestinian women, they still suffer from social perceptions of inferiority, domestic violence and persecution, which adds yet another level to the struggle of Palestinian women, and which must be defeated in order for society to move forward.
The UPWC emphasized the need for dedicated work to achieve real equality for Palestinian women, stressing the need to uphold the slogan, "The people want to end the occupation and division," saying that the achievement of national unity is a necessary condition to complete the democratic national liberation stage of our movement.
In this context, the UPWC called upon all national, popular and community forces to initiate a comprehensive national dialogue on the basis of the Cairo Declaration of 2005 (calling for reorganizing the PLO on a democratic basis with all Palestinian political organizations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad) and the National Accord Document of 2006 (in which prisoners of all factions called for all to unite to confront the occupation). Furthermore, the Union said that there must be an overall political review, including ending Oslo and all of its results and returning the issue of Palestine to international legitimacy, leaving behind the miserable path of negotiations that has had catastrophic consequences for our people and our legitimate national rights, and called to strengthen popular resistance against occupation, settlement and racism, calling for the widest participation of Palestinian women in this resistance.
The UPWC also called on international solidarity forces to reaffirm their commitment to solidarity with the struggle of our people through working to implement boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel.
Furthermore, it also emphasized the need to end all practices that negatively affect public rights and freedoms, and the importance of protecting the rights of citizens in Palestinian society, as well as the need to end all forms of discrimination against women in Palestinian law and ensure the development of laws that ensure equality for Palestinian women. It also called to enhance the unity of the Palestinian women's movement for the freedom of our people.