In the first week of the so-called ceasefire, the Israeli army killed 97 Palestinians. Imagine if it had been 97 Israelis killed. There would be no handwringing about the ceasefire holding. It would have been wall-to-wall justifications for Israel to continue the genocide.
During World War Two, the Communist Party of Australia offered unqualified support for the Australian war effort. The CPA’s pro-war stance amounted to a complete departure from the internationalist traditions on which it was founded.
