November 11, 2004
The
four Left Parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of
India, Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party – meeting here today has
come to hear about the passing away of Comrade Yasser Arafat, President of the
State of Palestine and the Chairman of the Palestine
Liberation Organisation. The
Left Parties meeting pays its homage to his memory.
Comrade
Arafat symbolised the struggle of the Palestinian
people for their homeland, for peace and freedom. He has stood up against all odds through more than four
decades of struggle against the Zionist Israeli government and its armed forces backed by US imperialists.
Comrade
Arafat was a living legend. He was
a great friend of India which stood
by the Palestinian people’s struggle through all the
vicissitudes. He was a
source of inspiration for the worldwide struggle against imperialism.
The
Left parties pay their homage to
the memory of Com. Yasser Arafat and convey their heartfelt condolences to the
Palestinian people. The Left
Parties reiterate their solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle
in the turbulent days ahead.