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The ANC Youth League condemns the latest Israeli aggression on the
Gaza Strip that has seen the massacre of Palestinians en masse on
November 14th. Ahead of the scheduled January 2013 elections in
Israel, we note with concern the underhand tactics that the Israeli
government is employing in a bid to hoodwink the Israeli electorate
into thinking that theirs  is a quest against terrorism. We know very
well that this is a criminal attack against the besieged people of
Palestine. The ANCYL reiterates that this aggression has nothing to do
with security, but a lot do with denying the Palestinian people their
inalienable right to self-determination.

Despite Israel’s efforts to deter the Palestinian people’s UN 194 bid
to become full members of the United Nations and accordingly, a
recognized state, the Palestinian people remain committed to the path
towards national unity, liberation and the quest for a just,
comprehensive and lasting peace. Israel, on the other hand, has
brought  immeasurable pain and suffering to Palestinians since it
occupied all the Palestinian land in 1967. In the 45 years since
occupation, Israel’s policies have been based on military zones,
expropriation of land, siege around Gaza in the west bank, demolition
of houses, settlements and a separation wall that chokes Palestine.

The ANC Youth League believes the Palestine Liberation Organization’s
initiative to enhance Palestine’s status in the United Nations is a
positive and important political step that will get Palestine closer
to freedom and ensure that Palestinians enjoy a life of prosperity,
progress and dignity.  The ANC Youth League copiously endorses this
bid as other progressive organizations around the world.