Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday passed a resolution condemning Israel's 'genocidal' attack on Gaza and demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire. The resolution also accused the BJP-led Centre of watering down the long-held official position of India on Palestine.

The Party Congress also demanded that the Centre stop supporting Israel and revert to the established Indian policy of supporting Palestine.

Draped in keffiyehs, the delegates at the CPI(M) Party Congress raised slogans in support of the Palestinians. The resolution pointed out that more than 50,021 Palestinians have been killed and thousands more injured in this 'barbaric onslaught' by Israel.

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'Israel restarted its attacks on Gaza immediately after the completion of the first phase of ceasefire. Since then, it has cut the supply of food, water, fuel, aid and all other essentials to Gaza. Israel intends to strangulate and push Gaza towards starvation. It carried out attacks on hospitals, aid convoys, UN refugee shelters, schools, masjids and churches, leaving no space safe in Gaza. 60 per cent of the people killed in Israel's attacks are women and children,' the resolution read.

The resolution pointed out that Journalists and UN aid workers were also targeted and killed.

'Crops were destroyed. All these attacks demonstrate the genocidal character of the Israeli State. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), taking cognisance of it, issued arrest warrants on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders,' the resolution said.

The party said that Israel is actively encouraging Zionist settlers to occupy Palestinian land in the West Bank and establish Jewish settlements. In this manner, it is slowly annexing Palestinian territory in the West Bank. All these acts are intended to drive Palestinians away from their homeland and completely annex Palestine as a part of realising the agenda of establishing Greater Israel, said the resolution.

'The United States and other imperialist countries in Western Europe are actively supporting Israel in its attack on Palestine by arming and standing by it in international forums. Trump's announcement of his condemnable plans for converting Gaza into a tourist paradise by pushing out all Palestinians living there, suits Israel's interests,' the resolution said.

'The BJP central government watered down the long-held official position of India on Palestine. Instead of resolutely standing with the people of Palestine and demanding action on Israel, the BJP government is now siding with Israel. As a result, for the first time, India voted against or abstained on UN resolutions demanding a ceasefire and condemning Israel. Such positions dented India's credibility among the developing countries and it is now seen as an ally of Israel and the US,' it added.

The party, in the resolution, alleged that to defend its positions, the BJP, along with the Sangh Parivar, is projecting the Israeli attack on Gaza as a religious war. The RSS shares close ideological bonds with the Zionists in identifying nationality with religion and their hatred towards Muslims. It is this ideological affinity that is behind the BJP government's support for Israel, the resolution said.

'The 24th Congress of the CPI(M) demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Israel should be declared as an apartheid State and acted against accordingly. It demands that the BJP government stop supporting Israel and revert to the established Indian policy of supporting Palestine. Lasting peace in the region is possible only by the establishment of a Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital and with pre-1967 borders,' the resolution said. (ANI)