The apartheid wall must be dismantled immediately!

Statement: Communist Party of Israel

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) calls upon all supporters of 
peace in Israel and the world to pressure the Sharon Government 
to immediately implement the recommendations of the International 
Court of Justice in The Hague concerning the apartheid wall.

The recommendations of the International Court of Justice 
concerning the apartheid wall are an important contribution to 
the public struggle against the construction of the wall and the 
continuing occupation, and for the achievement of a just and 
stable peace which is the real guarantee of security — so states 
the position accepted by the political bureau of the CPI on July 
9, the day the court published its recommendations.

The CPI reiterates that the Sharon Government's purpose in this 
wall's construction is the continuation of the Israeli occupation 
(of the Palestinian territories), the perpetuation of the 
settlements in the West Bank, and the prevention of the 
establishment of a viable Palestinian state. The construction of 
the wall, as determined by the International Court of Justice, 
has caused daily intolerable suffering to the Palestinian people 
while grossly violating international humanitarian law.

The CPI warns that the arrogant dismissal of the United Nations 
court's findings may lead to the international isolation of 
Israel, and to the imposition of sanctions such as those imposed 
on South Africa during the apartheid regime.

The CPI calls on all forces of peace, human and civil rights, in 
Israel, Palestine, and all over the world:

Let us join forces in a public crusade to demand that the Sharon 
Government carry out immediately the recommendations of the 
International Court of Justice, dismantle the wall built in the 
occupied territories, and compensate those Palestinians whose 
lives and property were damaged by it.

Dismantle immediately the apartheid wall! Dismantle all the 
settlements in the occupied territories! Isolate the occupation 
government! Yes to peace between Israel and Palestine!

July 9, 2004