The leaders of the Abna elBalad movement have finally been officially
charged. The whole case smells of a witch-hunt, a determined offensive against
anyone who dares to raise their head in protest.
The latest bombings in Ashdod highlight the fact that state terror provokes
individual terror, and individual terror gives the state the excuses it needs to
step up repression. A class policy is the only way out.
This morning's criminal killing of Shaikh Ahmad Yassin, leader of Hamas, in
Gaza, on the partb of the Israeli military will only serve to provoke more
terrorist attacks on Israel. It will make the hellish spiral of tit-for-tat
suicide bombings followed by state repression even worse. The Palestinian and
Israel workers will be the ones to suffer. Only the working class on boths sides
can offer a way out of this nightmare.