SDPI Demands Gaza Ceasefire, Palestinian Statehood, and Trial for Israel’s Crimes

Elyas Muhammad Thumbe, National General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India welcomes with profound gladness the historic endorsement of the New York Declaration by the United Nations General Assembly. With 142 nations standing tall in favour of the two-state solution, this overwhelming mandate reaffirms the global conscience’s unyielding commitment to justice, peace, and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. It is a beacon of hope amid the shadows of occupation and genocide, a clarion call that the international community can no longer turn a blind eye to the atrocities in Gaza.

However, we unequivocally condemn the shameful ten nations that voted against this resolution: Israel, the United States, Argentina, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Tonga. Their opposition exposes a toxic alliance of imperialism, settler-colonialism, and moral bankruptcy. The United States, in particular, must cease its complicity in arming genocide, while the others betray their own peoples by siding with the oppressor. This vote is not just a rejection of peace—it is an endorsement of endless war and ethnic cleansing.

SDPI demands an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza to halt the Israeli killing machine that has claimed thousands of lives, mostly women and children. Above all, we call for the urgent establishment of a sovereign, viable Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, free from the chains of apartheid and blockade.

The declaration’s call for Hamas’s disarmament is nothing short of a cruel joke—a farce peddled by those who arm the real terrorist: Israel, a weaponized state drenched in Palestinian blood. It is utterly unacceptable to demand the disarming of the oppressed while the occupier rains down bombs and starvation. True peace requires dismantling Israel’s arsenal of death, not hollow gestures that shield war criminals.

Finally, SDPI demands the immediate trial of Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the International Criminal Court for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza. No immunity for the architects of horror—justice must prevail.