Nicaragua severs ties with 'Israel' over war on Gaza
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The National Assembly of Nicaragua convened for a regular session during which lawmakers denounced and condemned the Israeli government's military actions.
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A man holds a Palestinian flag during the inauguration of Gaza Street in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the center of Managua, Nicaragua, on January 30, 2024. (AFP)
Nicaragua announced Friday its decision to sever diplomatic relations with "Israel" in response to the ongoing war on Gaza, labeling the Israeli government as "fascist and genocidal."
Vice President Rosario Murillo, who also serves as First Lady, confirmed that leftist President Daniel Ortega ordered the move in protest against "Israel's" actions in the Palestinian territories.
"Our president has instructed the republic's Foreign Ministry to comply with the request of the national parliament and begin to sever diplomatic ties with the Nazi and genocidal government of Israel," Murillo said on state television Canal 4.
On Friday morning, the National Assembly of Nicaragua convened for a regular session during which lawmakers denounced and condemned the Israeli government's military actions and urged the Nicaraguan government to formally sever diplomatic ties with the occupation regime.
This marks the third time Nicaragua has cut ties with "Israel", with previous instances occurring in 2010 during Ortega's presidency and in 1982 under the Sandinista revolutionary government following the 1979 revolution.
Ties between "Israel" and Nicaragua have been virtually nonexistent for some time. The occupation entity currently has no ambassador in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital.
Nicaragua joined Colombia, Bolivia, and Belize in severing relations with "Israel".
The Central American country had called out the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada for their accountability under international law regarding the Israeli aggression against Palestinians, most notably in Gaza.
In a statement, Nicaragua stressed that these nations are responsible for "gross and systematic violations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, international humanitarian law, and customary law."
Nicaragua had also filed a case against Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), requesting that the court impose urgent measures to prevent Berlin from supplying weapons and other forms of support to "Israel", before the ICJ saying that "circumstances were not such" to accuse Berlin of violating a genocide convention.
This comes as the Israeli occupation military continues with its aggression across the Gaza Strip, killing more than 42,000 Palestinians and targeting and destroying civilian infrastructure since waging war on the enclave on October 7, 2023.
