Since the creation of the Israeli state in 1948, there has never been peace for the Palestinians. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, which released an estimate in May last year, some 134,000 Palestinians had been killed by the Israeli state.
Over the last two years, Australia has become home to one of the most enduring movements for Palestine anywhere in the world. We have refused to be silenced. We have stood with the Palestinian people in their darkest hour. And we will continue to do so until Palestine is free.
The Israeli security cabinet has approved a plan for “conquering” the Gaza Strip. On X, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video declaring that the “population will be moved, for its own protection”.
Moshe Machover is the only surviving founding member of the revolutionary anti-Zionist organisation Matzpen. Matzpen influenced a generation of both Israeli and Palestinian opponents of Israel, and leaves an important theoretical legacy for socialists today.
