14 June 2025 23:31

EMEP: Only the people can stop the barbarity of Israel

The Labour Party (EMEP) has issued a statement regarding Israel's attacks on Iran. In the statement titled "Only the peoples can stop the barbarity of Israel, the striking force of US imperialism in the region",

EMEP: Only the people can stop the barbarity of Israel

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The Labour Party (EMEP) has issued a statement regarding Israel's attacks on Iran. In the statement titled "Only the peoples can stop the barbarity of Israel, the striking force of US imperialism in the region", it was emphasised that the attacks leading up to this point were a joint operation by the US and Israel.

Here is EMEP’s statement:

"The Israeli government, supported by US imperialism, targeted Iran this morning. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has committed genocide in Gaza, said that the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would “last for days”.

US President Trump also offered his support in his usual arrogant style: “Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, and we hope they will return to the negotiating table. We will see. There are a few people in the leadership who will not be returning (because they are dead).”

The recent reduction in US military presence in the region was also a sign of an impending attack on Iran.

Israel reported that Iranian Chief of Staff Muhammad Bakiri, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Hussein Salami, and six Iranian nuclear scientists were killed in the attacks on Iran.

It should not be forgotten that the attacks that began with the crushing of Iran's resistance forces in the region and that has come this far are a joint action by the US and Israel.

In other words, these are not a series of attacks carried out by Israel and supported by the US, but attacks, actions and massacres that are part of the plans of US imperialism for the region.

Similarly, as well as the governments that directly support Israel in the region, those who turn a blind eye are also accomplices to these attacks.

The AKP government turned a blind eye

"Israel has added another savage and barbaric attack to its list of attacks that have set the entire region ablaze. We strongly condemn this unlawful attack,” said the ruling AKP’s spokesperson Ömer Çelik.

However, just three days earlier, the AKP government had turned a deaf ear to calls to stop the ship VELA which was carrying steel to Israel. The ship waited for hours at Turkey’s Mersin Port and departed on 10 June, later arriving at Israel’s Ashdod Port.

It is known that while the AKP government responded with high-profile statements during Israel's attacks on Gaza, it also continued its commercial relations with Israel.

It is also clear that the AKP government is bound to act in line with Israel as part of the regional plans of US imperialism, to which it is dependent. The one-man regime, which frequently resorts to “nationalist” rhetoric to suppress the opposition, is fundamentally dependent on US imperialism, and its relations with Israel are also determined by this collaborative policy.

All developments show that the brutalities of Israel, the striking force of US imperialism in the region, can only be stopped by the resistance of the peoples of the region and the solidarity and struggle of the peoples of the world.

It is instructive in this regard that port workers in many countries around the world show dignity and take action and go on strike to stop Israel's genocide, unlike those governments which refuse to have that dignity.

Murderous Israel must be stopped.

USA must get out of the Middle East." (EVRENSEL DAILY)

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