[News] Global coalition charges Israel with genocide, defies US threats to pursue justice

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Global coalition charges Israel with genocide, defies US threats to pursue
justice
Presstv
July 16, 2025
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*Defying the United States threats, ministers from more than 30 nations
have packed Bogotá’s San Carlos Palace to charge the Israeli regime with
genocide over its October 2023-present brutal military assault against the
Gaza Strip.*

The dramatic display of international solidarity saw dozens of high-ranking
officials from across the globe convene inside the stately palace on
Tuesday, determined to hold the regime accountable for, what they
unequivocally called, a “war of genocide.”

The two-day emergency summit, organized under the auspices of The Hague
Group -- a coalition co-chaired by Colombia and South Africa -- had
representatives, ranging from such countries as Algeria and Brazil to
Pakistan and Spain, in attendance.

The participants described the drive as a coordinated effort to stop the
Israeli atrocities.

Behind closed doors, ministers and envoys, meanwhile, engaged in intensive
sessions aimed at drafting collective measures to pressure the regime --
steps expected to be unveiled by Wednesday’s closure.

“There is nothing to negotiate about,” insisted Francesca Albanese, the
United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied territories, who
addressed officials during private talks.

“Israel needs to withdraw from Gaza totally and unconditionally. Then it
owes huge reparations to Palestinians for what it has done.”

*‘History in the making’*

Albanese did not mince words on stage either, telling the press that the
Bogotá gathering might well “go down as the moment in history that states
finally stood up to do the right thing.”

She called the event “the most significant political development of the
last 20 months,” underscoring the unprecedented breadth of the coalition.

The alliance was set up last year with backing from Progressive
International, an organization founded in May 2020 to unite, organize, and
mobilize progressive forces around the world.

Soon after the onset of the convention, the US attacked the surge in
multilateral momentum against the regime, its most important regional ally,
which it has been providing with unprecedented political, military, and
intelligence support towards further brutalizing Palestinians.

The State Department issued a tirade, accusing The Hague Group of trying to
“weaponize international law as a tool to advance radical anti-Western
agendas” and warning that the US would “aggressively defend our interests,
our military, and our allies.”

Just last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio slapped sanctions on
Albanese, denouncing, what he termed, her “illegitimate and shameful
efforts” to push for International Criminal Court action against the
Israeli regime. “Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare
against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated,” he fumed.

Inside the palace, however, the mood remained defiant.

Former US foreign affairs officer Annelle Sheline, who resigned earlier
this year over Gaza, attended the summit to lend her support.

“These are sovereign states who have every right to uphold their
obligations under the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide,” she said. “This is not the weaponization of
international law. This is the application of international law.”
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