Zionists Assasinate Hamas Political Chief, Showing Complete Disregard for Lives of Hostages
Attack in Iran Threatens to Lead to Wider War
AP-”Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran after attending the inauguration of the country’s new president, Iran and the militant group said early Wednesday.”
Hamas is both less able now to negotiate with the Zionists and probably much less willing to negotiate. Peaceful negotiations have brought about the liberation of hundreds of hostages, while military operations by the Zionist paramilitary have only less than 10 hostages at the cost of hundreds of Palestinian lives as far as we know. Anyone who supports the “bring them home” movement but defends this act of international aggression is a fool or a hypocrite.
This act of aggression is clearly aimed at provoking Iran into declaring war on the Zionist entity directly. Netanyahu’s goal is to stay in power as long as possible, and that requires a permanent state of war. This act of escalatory violence is clearly aimed at keeping the war going and making it impossible to negotiate the release of hostages and a long-term just peace with the Palestinian people.
This act of naked international aggression is the latest in a long line of Zionist-American criminal attacks on Iranian and Palestinian leaders. The killing of Qassem Soulemani by the fascistic Trump administration is the most famous example, as was the recent bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus. In response to these attacks, Iran has shown Christlike restraint. They have only engaged in token retaliations, knowing that full retaliation would subject their people to a war of annihilation by the worlds premier superpower. However, this terroristic attack inside its own borders may be more than Tehran can afford to bear. The people of Iran are proud, and they will not want their leaders to take this violation of Iranian territory lying down. Iran already has to deal with growing dissent among it’s people, and failure to respond to this attack may result in a revolution against the Islamic Republic. It is unclear what an Iran-Israel war would result in, besides the utter ruination of the region and possibly the world.
This is a developing story, and as socialists, we must watch it carefully. While we do not have the political or economic power to prevent our government from aiding the Zionist entity if it goes to war with Iran, we must not let ourselves be swept away by war fever. We fight against this war like Lenin fought against WWI, even if it means having our organizations banned and spending time in prison for “treason.” It is better to be loyal to the international proletariat and a traitor to the criminal American state.
DOWN WITH SETTLER-COLONIALISM!
DOWN WITH IMPERIALISM!
UP WITH LIBERATION!
VICTORY TO THE RESISTANCE!