KKE MEPs denounce Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians, submit question to European Commission

The European Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) denounces the new crime against the heroic Palestinian people—the imposition of the death penalty by the State of Israel — through a question submitted to the European Commission by the Party’s MEPs, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

In their question, they state:

“The occupying State of Israel has proceeded with yet another crime against the Palestinian people, who are waging a heroic struggle. The Israeli parliament (Knesset) has enacted a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of ‘terrorist attacks’ by military courts. This includes, among others, Palestinians whom Israel has arbitrarily imprisoned for years without even being formally charged, under the unacceptable regime of ‘administrative detention’.

This law openly challenges the right of Palestinians to live on their own land and establishes legislation whereby, in the 21st century, human beings are sentenced to death because their right to live freely is labeled a ‘terrorist’ act.

This abhorrent law constitutes a further escalation of Israel’s criminal policy, perpetuating the genocide against the Palestinian people. It continues a long line of laws and repressive measures adopted by some of the most brutal and oppressive regimes against peoples engaged in struggle.

The result of this policy is thousands of dead and injured Palestinians, along with the inability to meet basic needs in the occupied territories, such as access to water, food, and medicine.

No matter how much the EU, its governments, and the bourgeois media attempt to portray their ally Israel as the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’, reality itself refutes them, as the peoples of the region experience first-hand the ongoing crimes committed on a daily basis.

For years, the EU and the European Parliament have systematically instrumentalized the issue of the ‘death penalty’ in relation to countries whose interests conflict with those of the EU, posing as ‘defenders of human rights’ in order to advance the EU’s strategic agenda. Yet, when similar inhumane laws are imposed by their own allies—such as the monarchical regime in Saudi Arabia or the State of Israel—they limit themselves to expressions of cheap concern, applying a blatant double standard.”

Based on the above, the KKE MEPs submitted the following questions:

“What is the position of the High Representative/Vice-President of the EU regarding:

– The monstrous law passed by the Knesset providing for the death penalty against Palestinians who resist the genocide carried out by the State of Israel?

– The demand for the immediate suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement, as well as the imposition of an immediate embargo on the sale of arms and dual-use goods by EU Member States to Israel, which has adopted this disgraceful law?”.

 IN DEFENSE OF COMMUNISM ©