Cuban President: Israeli actions in Gaza amount to 'terrorism'

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
27 Dec 2023 11:45
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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says that the genocide being carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip is dehumanizing and that Cuba will not stand idly by.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel speaks during a joint press briefing with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Monday, December 4, 2023. (AP)

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the "terrorist State of Israel" as it continues to commit atrocities, in the Gaza Strip, which he considered a "humiliation for all humanity".

In a post on X, the Cuban President questioned "How long will there be impunity, how long will there be freedom to murder?"

Diaz-Canel assured that Havana would not stand by idly as genocide is being committed, saying "Cuba will never be among the indifferent and will once again raise its voice for Palestine."

El genocidio que comete el estado terrorista de Israel en Gaza es una humillación para toda la humanidad. ¿Hasta cuándo la impunidad, hasta cuándo la vía libre para asesinar? #Cuba, que jamás estará entre los indiferentes, alza su voz por Palestina una y otra vez.#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/hTH2vxbJZS
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) December 26, 2023

This comes after several statements made by Cuba regarding developments in Palestine, stressing that Operation Al Aqsa Flood is the result of 75 years of occupation and not an act of "terrorism" as the Israeli occupation paints it to be.

Cuban Parliament approves declaration in solidarity with Palestine

On Wednesday, December 20, the Cuban Parliament unanimously approved a declaration of solidarity with the Palestinian people, condemning the Israeli occupation's crimes.

During the Second Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power, in its 10th Legislature - in the presence of General Raul Castro and the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez - the representatives approved a statement in which they condemned the genocide against the Palestinian people, highlighting the failure of the current international system to prevent the cessation of the Israeli massacres against the Palestinian people.

The Cuban Parliament condemned "the killing of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, more than 70% of them children and women, as a result of the indiscriminate bombardments carried out by Israel since October 7. The current situation is the result of 75 years of Israeli practices of illegal occupation and colonization in flagrant violation of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in their own land."

The statement condemned the attacks carried out by the occupation against hospitals, schools, refugee camps, the United Nations Centers, buildings, homes, and other civilian infrastructure, in addition to depriving the Gaza Strip of water, food, and electricity and preventing the arrival of humanitarian aid.