Ladies and gentlemen,
Leaders of political parties and shapers of global public opinion,
We extend our appreciation and gratitude for your cries, which echo through the global airwaves in rejection of the genocide that Zionist fascism continues to carry out against civilians, children, and women in the Gaza Strip. We present to you this message to emphasize the need to keep the slogan “Stop the genocide” raised and resounding as a central demand, and to avoid falling into the traps of Israeli American plans that aim to replace this demand with one limited to “bringing a few aid trucks into Gaza.”

Ladies and gentlemen,
The Israeli occupation has succeeded in making the call for humanitarian and relief aid overshadow the fundamental demand: an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza. And while the ongoing effort and pressure to bring in urgent aid -whether economic, medical, or fuel- remains important given the famine now facing the Palestinian people in Gaza, making this the central issue risks allowing the occupation to evade responsibility for its crimes and enabling the international community to shirk its duty to keep pressuring Israel and the United States to stop the war. A review of many international positions and their handling of the genocide reveals that the humanitarian angle is taking precedence over the political and practical one which should remain firmly focused on ending the war. Successfully forcing the occupation to stop its war would naturally lead to the opening of crossings and the delivery of all necessary humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Since the beginning of Israel›s war on Gaza, Western and NATO-aligned positions have cautiously focused on two main points: First, the release of Israeli hostages, with no mention of the thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Second, allowing the entry of humanitarian aid, given that Israel’s use of food and humanitarian supplies as weapons of war is a crime, as described by multiple UN officials.
Such a position may be understandable coming from relief and humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross, the World Food Program, and others since relief and food delivery are central to their mission. However, when major states reduce their stance on a crisis of this scale -a full-scale genocide in Gaza- to only the issue of aid, it becomes clear that this is deliberate, a means of avoiding political positions that may embarrass them with Israel and the United States.
This is especially problematic considering that many Western countries are still supplying Israel with weapons and intelligence, making them, in one way or another, partners in the aggression and therefore they, too, must be held accountable, just as Israel, the primary perpetrator, must be.
No one disagrees that using starvation as a weapon is a war crime, yet the international community’s approach to this issue continues to ignore the legal dimension. Engagement with Israel to stop using hunger as a weapon, and then to allow the entry of aid, remains stuck in a framework of wishes, hopes, and media criticism aimed at absorbing public unrest in Western countries. Even when some Western states attempted minimal pressure on Israel, the result was the entry of a small number of trucks insufficient even for a single neighborhood in Gaza or the restriction of aid distribution to specific entities and institutions whose purpose is to impose military and political realities on the ground.
For this reason, the United Nations› announcement rejecting Israel’s mechanism for aid distribution was an important and positive step, but it must be followed by a firm insistence that UNRWA should be the primary agency responsible for this task. UNRWA is capable of coordinating and cooperating with the various UN agencies operating in the Strip on the condition that no concessions are made to Israel that would allow it to succeed in its political project of targeting UNRWA as part of a broader plan to eliminate the right of return.
Anyone closely following Western positions particularly regarding aid in Gaza might think that the blockade lasted only a few days, not several months. But the reality is that a genuine famine has set in, caused by the ongoing prevention of food and medical aid, and by cutting off water and electricity supplies leading to the deaths of several civilians, including children. Many of these political statements appear more like pleas or wishes directed at Israel. For example:
– Former U.S. President Donald Trump called for more humanitarian aid to be sent into Gaza, noting the urgent need for food and medicine. Yet Israel continues to prevent aid from entering.
– UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was shocked by Israel’s prevention of humanitarian aid and electricity to Gaza, calling it potentially a violation of international law. He described the situation in Gaza as simply unbearable and worsening.
– German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on all parties to avoid famine in Gaza, expressing deep concern over Israel’s actions while reaffirming Germany’s support for Israel.
– French President Emmanuel Macron said the humanitarian suffering in Gaza had reached an unbearable level, calling Israel’s refusal to allow aid in “shameful” and accusing Netanyahu of disgraceful behavior in blocking humanitarian assistance for Palestinians.
– Eighty countries sent a letter to the United Nations stating that Gaza faces the worst humanitarian crisis and warned that civilians there are at risk of famine.
– Foreign ministers from 22 countries, including France, Germany, the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia, called on Israel to allow full and immediate access for humanitarian aid under UN and NGO supervision.
– Leaders of three countries (the UK, France, and Canada) condemned the intolerable level of humanitarian suffering in Gaza, calling Israel’s announcement that it would allow in a “basic quantity” of food insufficient.
– The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs demanded the immediate entry of aid into Gaza, saying the situation has become horrifyingly abnormal.
It makes no sense that the majority of countries around the world many of which support ending the war limit their position to the issue of aid entry, while failing to pressure Israel to stop the daily killing. Even if Western countries are not directly involved in the aggression against the Palestinian people, their international influence qualifies them to play a much larger role in stopping the genocide.
What’s certain is that Israel’s fascist leadership only agreed to allow a few aid trucks in an amount wholly inadequate compared to actual needs after Europe threatened to impose sanctions, and some countries (such as France, the Netherlands, and others) hinted at suspending the EU-Israel partnership agreement. This was confirmed by Israel’s Foreign Minister, who said that the request to allow aid into Gaza came as a result of European and American pressure and threats of sanctions. Prime Minister Netanyahu was even more direct, saying, “We must not allow Gaza’s population to slide into famine for both practical and diplomatic reasons.” He added that Israel’s allies had assured him they would continue providing weapons and political support in the Security Council but made clear they would not tolerate images of famine in Gaza.
Israeli Finance Minister was even more explicit when he said: “What will be allowed in is the bare minimum of food and medicine for the population.” Therefore, the entry of a small number of aid trucks into the Gaza Strip under the pretext of saving the population from starvation is a blatant maneuver, an insult to public intelligence, and evidence of the fascist state›s insistence on continuing its aggression through all means of mass killing, with the aim of occupying the Strip, annexing it to Israel, and displacing its residents.
While we always call on the international community and Western countries to adopt firm positions toward Israeli fascism by demanding an immediate halt to its war, we also affirm that pressure to bring in all forms of aid remains vitally important and must remain at the top of the international agenda. Our criticism of some countries for focusing solely on aid stems from a warning against falling into Netanyahu’s trap of making aid the central issue while sidelining the more critical demand: to stop the war.
In this context, we express our appreciation and gratitude to all countries that present a comprehensive position calling for the cessation of the war, the entry of aid, the release of Palestinian prisoners, the reconstruction of what was destroyed by the aggression, and support for the Palestinian people’s right to determine the future of Gaza.
European and Western support for Israel has relatively declined from the positions expressed at the beginning of the genocide. This shift followed the exposure of Israel’s reality as a new fascist entity engaged in systematic state terrorism. Even if this shift is partly driven by public opinion, particularly in Europe, where we have seen unprecedented mass protests condemning Israel’s aggression, demanding an immediate end to the war, and calling on governments to halt arms shipments to Israel and refuse political cover in international forums this momentum has begun to influence official positions.
While the official positions of Western governments have not yet risen to the level of the core demand an explicit and direct call for an immediate end to the genocide, the protection of civilians, lifting the blockade, opening the crossings to Gaza, and the release of prisoners it reflects growing pressure and awareness.
The Department of Foreign Relations of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine affirms that the Israeli occupation is trying to circumvent the calls demanding a ceasefire, an end to starvation, and the opening of crossings. Its meager actions are merely a confirmation of Israel’s defiance of the international community. This defiance must be met with meaningful actions that lead to the isolation and boycott of Israel, in order to force it to comply with the demands of the United Nations and the world’s nations.