We, the undersigned, workers, young people, trade union activists, political activists of all tendencies in the labour movement, democrats, elected representatives, who are part of the international mobilization in all its forms to stop the massacre of the Palestinian people, to stop Israel’s military intervention in Gaza and to lift the criminal blockade;

In addition to continuing the essential mobilization to ensure that the Palestinian people can live, we affirm our support for a democratic solution in Palestine, which presupposes giving a voice to the inhabitants of Palestine, whatever their origin, religion or language;

We fully agree with the terms of the Open Letter to Our Jewish Allies which has just been countersigned in the space of a few days by more than 14,018 Palestinians (as of 5 November), on the initiative of the One Democratic State Initiative (ODSI)*.

Addressed to Jews who – notably in the United States but also in the State of Israel – have spoken out in favour of an immediate halt to the massacres in Gaza, this Open Letter states:

“Truth is on the side of your courageous political stances. For hundreds of years, Jews have resided in peace in Palestine, amidst Palestinians, as Palestinians. Gaza itself had a flourishing Jewish quarter whose tranquillity was only disturbed after the Zionist advent to Palestine. It is Zionist colonialism, not religious differences or “clashes of civilizations”, that caused the rift. Today, our struggle as Palestinians is not against Jews, but against the ideology and movement that manufactured this sectarian rift and weaponized it to justify its supremacist endeavour. We aim, not to “evict Jews from Palestine”, but to dismantle the so-called “Jewish state” and its oppressive colonial relations of power, and to replace it with its fundamental antithesis: one democratic, secular, Palestinian state, from the river to the sea. Democratic, in that it would provide equal rights and representation to all its citizens; Secular, in that it would guarantee freedom of worship and would not segregate on the basis of religious, ethnic or other identity; Palestinian, in that it would guarantee the right of Palestinian refugees to return, end once and for all the apartheid maintained against the Palestinian people, and restore the multicultural Palestinian society to what it was before Israel: A beautiful mosaic of life.”

We support this declaration and have decided to make it widely known in our respective countries.

**By signing, I agree to publicly associate myself with this appeal. I understand that my Name, Org and Title and Country will be published along with the appeal***