Around the time the so-called ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was announced, the Greek All-Workers’ Militant Front (PAME) organized a solidarity visit to trade unions in Palestine. During their trip, PAME’s delegation met with labor organizations in the West Bank and traveled to refugee camps and communities that face regular attacks by Israeli settlers.
The delegation, which included PAME Secretariat member Giorgos Perros and Markos Bekris from the dockworkers’ organization ENEDEP, witnessed firsthand the daily reality of workers in the West Bank. “Every day, at the checkpoints of the army of the murderous state of Israel, thousands of Palestinians are subjected to humiliating inspections, waiting for hours in the heat or cold just to reach their workplace,” PAME described. “Every day they risk their lives under the barrel of a gun, struggling to earn a day’s wage to feed their families.”
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Since the beginning of the genocide, PAME added, unemployment in the West Bank has reached roughly 70%. As Israel continues to deny work permits to Palestinian workers, many have been left with no option but to attempt risky crossings in search of occasional work. Several workers have been killed, and many more injured, trying to bypass the apartheid wall erected by Israeli authorities, including during the delegation’s visit, as documented by the media organization 902.gr.
The trade unionists also collected testimonies from agricultural workers and farmers whose land continues to be confiscated by Israeli authorities or seized by settlers, as well as from people from refugee camps, violently expelled from their homes and forced into schools or other makeshift shelters. This pattern of violence only escalated throughout the genocide and has continued despite the ceasefire announcement.
“The unrelenting, murderous attacks, even after the so-called ‘truce’ of October 10, 2025, with a gun held to the head of the Palestinian people, show that the crime has never stopped,” PAME wrote in a declaration published on November 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. “The working class and the people of Greece stand on the right side of history, against the slaughterhouses and wars of the imperialists, asserting the inalienable right of all peoples to live in peace in their own homeland.”
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Greek workers’ solidarity with Palestine, especially actions by Athens’ dockworkers, was repeatedly emphasized during the delegation’s meetings. In a message sent to Greek workers, Suzan Tayseer Salam of the Palestinian Trade Union Federation said: “Comrades, in Palestine we understand the meaning of global trade union solidarity more than ever before. The voice of our comrades of freedom in Greece has always been a source of support for us and our goals of social justice, freedom, and human dignity. Today, we call on all of you to strengthen this solidarity not only with words, but with actions, to support the rights of the Palestinian workers who live under occupation and face overwhelming economic and social difficulties on a daily basis.”
At the end of their visit, the PAME delegation assured their Palestinian counterparts that their support will continue. “We will be with you until the end, until you and we can live as we truly deserve,” Bekris said. “Because all this wealth that surrounds us is created by us, the workers.”
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