abolitionmedia<h2>Developments in the Middle East: Opportunities, Risks, Challenges, and Tasks: ICOR</h2><p><a class="" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/files/2025/02/mlkp.cleaned.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[🖼 abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/fil…]</a></p><p><span>Statement issued by the forces </span><span>and </span><span>parties participating in the </span><span>webinar entitled </span><span>“Developments in the Middle </span><span>East: </span><span>Opportunities</span><span>, </span><span>Risks</span><span>, </span><span>Challenge</span><span>s</span><span>, and Tasks”, </span><span>organized by the International Coordination </span><span>of </span><span>Revolutionary Parties </span><span>and </span><span>Organi</span><span>z</span><span>ation</span><span>s </span><span>(ICOR) </span><span>–</span> <span>Middle </span><span>East </span><span>Region </span><span>on February </span><span>15</span><span>, </span><span>2025, and </span><span>moderated</span> <span>by </span><span>Al-Watad </span><span>Sociali</span><span>s</span><span>t Party.(PPDS </span><span>Tunisia)</span></p><p><span>The</span> <span>glorious</span> <span>Al-Aqsa</span> <span>Flood</span> <span>Battle</span> <span>mark</span><span>s</span> <span>a</span> <span>deci</span><span>s</span><span>ive</span> <span>turning</span> <span>point</span> <span>in</span> <span>the</span> <span>Palestinian</span> <span>people’s</span> <span>struggle</span> <span>for</span> <span>liberation</span> <span>and </span><span>return to their hi</span><span>s</span><span>torical land </span><span>of </span><span>Palestine. </span><span>The </span><span>historic </span><span>victory achieved </span><span>by the Palestinian masses</span><span>–</span><span>through their </span><span>steadfastness, </span><span>patience, resilience</span><span>, </span><span>and </span><span>s</span><span>acrifices</span><span>–</span><span>under the leader</span><span>s</span><span>hip </span><span>of </span><span>the fighting re</span><span>s</span><span>istance </span><span>factions, </span><span>s</span><span>upported by </span><span>Arab</span> <span>re</span><span>s</span><span>i</span><span>s</span><span>tance </span><span>in</span> <span>Lebanon </span><span>and </span><span>Yemen </span><span>and </span><span>backed by progre</span><span>ss</span><span>ive </span><span>forces</span> <span>worldwide, </span><span>i</span><span>s </span><span>now</span> <span>facing</span> <span>a</span> <span>series</span> <span>of challenges aimed at </span><span>undermining it </span><span>and </span><span>preventing it</span> <span>from</span> <span>accumulating </span><span>it</span><span>s</span> <span>re</span><span>s</span><span>ult</span><span>s </span><span>and</span> <span>impact</span><span>s</span> <span>on </span><span>the </span><span>Arab</span> <span>and</span> <span>international levels.</span></p><p><span><span>In </span></span><span>thi</span><span>s </span><span>context</span><span>, </span><span>the </span><span>call </span><span>by the </span><span>President </span><span>of the </span><span>United </span><span>State</span><span>s </span><span>to</span> <span>displace the </span><span>Palestinian</span> <span>people from their homeland i</span><span>s </span><span>a dangerous </span><span>escalation.</span></p><p><span>From our position of national, </span><span>and </span><span>international responsibility, we</span> <span>firmly </span><span>condemn </span><span>this call</span><span>, </span><span>which </span><span>is fundamentally </span><span>and substantively </span><span>contrary to</span> <span>international</span> <span>law, and we</span> <span>emphasize </span><span>the</span> <span>following:</span></p><ol><li><p><span><span>Forced </span><span>displacement </span><span>violates </span><span>international law: The </span><span>call </span><span>for di</span><span>s</span><span>placement </span><span>contradicts </span><span>international law, </span><span>which </span><span>clearly affirms the right of occupied peoples to </span><span>struggle </span><span>for </span><span>self-determination </span><span>on their land. International law considers the forc</span><span>e</span><span>d </span><span>removal </span><span>of populations</span><span>, </span><span>whether </span><span>through words </span><span>or actions, as an </span><span>inseparable part </span><span>of </span><span>the aggression practiced by </span><span>colonial forces.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span><span>U.S. complicity </span><span>in </span><span>aggression. </span><span>The call for displacement by President Trump is a </span><span>continuation </span><span>of the </span><span>U.S.’s </span><span>historical </span><span>aggression</span> <span>against </span><span>the Pale</span><span>s</span><span>tinian people. Thi</span><span>s </span><span>aggression</span> <span>was evident </span><span>during the </span><span>Al-Aqsa </span><span>Flood </span><span>Battle, when </span><span>the </span><span>U.S. </span><span>provided all types </span><span>of weapons of </span><span>ma</span><span>ss </span><span>de</span><span>s</span><span>truction to the </span><span>Zionist entity </span><span>to </span><span>continue </span><span>it</span><span>s </span><span>genocidal war against </span><span>Pale</span><span>s</span><span>tinians. It </span><span>was </span><span>further demonstrated by </span><span>violating </span><span>international law </span><span>when </span><span>the </span><span>U.S. </span><span>hosted </span><span>war</span> <span>criminal Netanyahu, </span><span>who</span> <span>i</span><span>s </span><span>wanted for </span><span>international justice.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span><span>A </span><span>strategy </span><span>of destruction </span><span>and </span><span>depopulation The </span><span>U.S.-Zionist </span><span>forces of </span><span>aggression </span><span>are </span><span>seeking </span><span>to implement this di</span><span>s</span><span>placement call by: </span><span>Continuing </span><span>the </span><span>war and genocide </span><span>in Gaza </span><span>and </span><span>the West Bank </span><span>while </span><span>intensifying the de</span><span>s</span><span>truction </span><span>of </span><span>infrastructure. Deliberately obstructing the reconstruction </span><span>of </span><span>Gaza, </span><span>creating conditions </span><span>that push Palestinians toward </span><span>forced </span><span>migration.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span><span>The </span><span>destruction </span><span>of Palestinian refugee camps. Beyond </span><span>their brutal </span><span>crimes, </span><span>the </span><span>Zionist forces </span><span>are </span><span>engaging </span><span>in </span><span>s</span><span>y</span><span>s</span><span>tematic </span><span>destruction and forced </span><span>di</span><span>s</span><span>placement </span><span>of Palestinian refugee</span> <span>camps </span><span>in the</span> <span>West Bank. Thi</span><span>s </span><span>is </span><span>part </span><span>of a </span><span>larger </span><span>conspiracy </span><span>to liquidate the Palestinian </span><span>cause and </span><span>deny the Palestinian people their right to return. The </span><span>attacks</span> <span>on </span><span>refugee</span> <span>camps </span><span>are</span> <span>clear</span> <span>evidence </span><span>of the</span> <span>joint American-Zionist</span> <span>crime </span><span>against the</span> <span>Palestinian</span> <span>people.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Targeting </span><span>UNRWA and </span><span>Palestinian</span> <span>refugee</span><span>s, </span><span>The </span><span>U.S. </span><span>and its </span><span>allies </span><span>have cut funding to the </span><span>United</span> <span>Nations Relief </span><span>and </span><span>Works Agency</span> <span>(UNRWA)</span> <span>since</span> <span>Trump’s first</span> <span>term,</span> <span>and </span><span>they</span> <span>have resumed the</span><span>s</span><span>e attacks </span><span>by:</span> <span>Labeling </span><span>some </span><span>UNRW</span><span>A</span> <span>staff as </span><span>ten-orist</span><span>s,</span> <span>Shutting down its offices</span><span>, </span><span>Halting </span><span>vital services </span><span>like</span> <span>education and </span><span>healthcare. </span><span>This </span><span>is </span><span>a </span><span>deliberate</span> <span>assault </span><span>on Palestinian</span> <span>resistance and an </span><span>effort to </span><span>s</span><span>upport</span> <span>the </span><span>Zionist </span><span>entity’s </span><span>genocidal </span><span>policies through </span><span>U.S. </span><span>imperiali</span><span>s</span><span>t backing.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span><span>From</span> <span>words</span> <span>to</span> <span>action:</span> <span>The</span> <span>need</span> <span>for</span> <span>reconstruction.</span> <span>While</span> <span>we</span> <span>appreciate</span> <span>the</span> <span>theoretical</span> <span>condemnations</span> <span>of</span> <span>the</span></span></p></li></ol><p><span>U.S.</span> <span>displacement call, these po</span><span>s</span><span>itions must be translated into</span> <span>concrete </span><span>action </span><span>by initiating the</span> <span>reconstruction of </span><span>the </span><span>destruction </span><span>caused </span><span>by the Zionist </span><span>aggression.</span></p><ol start="7"><li><p><span><span>Holding perpetrator</span><span>s </span><span>accountable, </span><span>We </span><span>call on all actors </span><span>in international justice to </span><span>take </span><span>legal </span><span>action against any </span><span>party </span><span>obstructing </span><span>reconstruction</span> <span>efforts, </span><span>as </span><span>s</span><span>uch </span><span>obstruction</span> <span>amounts </span><span>to</span> <span>complicity in </span><span>the </span><span>aggression.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Strengthening </span><span>support for </span><span>Palestinian resi</span><span>s</span><span>tance, We urge: International </span><span>forces </span><span>to </span><span>continue </span><span>their popular </span><span>and </span><span>material </span><span>support for Palestinian </span><span>re</span><span>s</span><span>istance</span><span>, </span><span>adapting </span><span>to the </span><span>evolving situation on the ground. Arab </span><span>partie</span><span>s </span><span>and masses to</span> <span>mobili</span><span>z</span><span>e </span><span>their</span> <span>strength </span><span>and overcome the </span><span>passivity that ha</span><span>s</span> <span>characterized</span> <span>previou</span><span>s </span><span>phases.</span></span></p></li></ol><p><span><span><b>Glory</b></span><b> </b><span><b>to</b></span><b> </b><span><b>the</b></span><b> </b><span><b>resistance</b></span><b> </b><span>–</span> <span><b>Glory</b></span><b> </b><span><b>to</b></span><b> </b><span><b>the</b></span><b> </b><span><b>martyrs</b></span><b> </b><span>–</span> <span><b>Healing</b></span><b> </b><span><b>to</b></span><b> </b><span><b>the wounded</b></span><b> </b><span>–</span> <span><b>Freedom</b></span><b> </b><span><b>to</b></span><b> </b><span><b>the</b></span><b> </b><span><b>prisoners</b></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Popular</span></span> <span><span>Front</span></span> <span><span>for</span></span> <span><span>the</span></span> <span><span>Liberation</span></span> <span><span>of Palestine Palestinian Communist Party</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Popular</span></span> <span><span>Unity</span></span> <span><span>Party</span></span> <span><span>–</span></span> <span><span>Jordan</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Unified</span></span> <span><span>Party</span></span> <span><span>of</span></span> <span><span>the</span></span> <span><span>Patriotic</span></span> <span><span>Democrats</span></span> <span><span>–</span></span> <span><span>Tunisia</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Democratic Front</span></span> <span><span>for</span></span> <span><span>the</span></span> <span><span>Liberation</span></span> <span><span>of</span></span> <span><span>Palestine </span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Iraqi Communist Party – Central Command</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Marxist-Leninist</span></span> <span><span>Communist</span></span> <span><span>Party</span></span> <span><span>–</span></span> <span><span>Turkey</span></span> <span><span>and</span></span> <span><span>Kurdistan</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span> Patriotic Democratic Socialist Party </span></span><span><span>– </span></span><span><span>Tunisia</span></span></span></p><p><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=17103" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=</span><span class="invisible">17103</span></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/dflp/" target="_blank">#dflp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/icor/" target="_blank">#icor</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/mlkp/" target="_blank">#mlkp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/palestine/" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/pflp/" target="_blank">#pflp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/west-asia/" target="_blank">#westAsia</a></p>