- The stated position of the Socialist Party -
The root cause of the problem in the middle-east is the inability of capitalism to solve the national question (as in Ireland and every other part of the ex-colonial world). The Israeli state (as it exists now serves the purposes of US Imperialism and maintains a foothold for US Imperialism in the region.
This does not mean -
The Socialist Party supports the right of the Israeli working class to self-determination just as it supports the right of the Palestinian working class to self-determination. Indeed the interests of the Israeli working class are not represented by the right-wing leadership in Israel (and I include the LP in that) - the interests of the Palestinian working class are not represented by Hamas or Fatah - and the only solution is united action by the Israeli and Palestinian working classes to establish a socialist Israel and a socialist Palestine working in free and democratic federation together in the interests of all working class people in the region.



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