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<h1 id="reader-title">Cuba Calls on UN Security Council to Take
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<pre style="position: absolute; left: -99999px;">26 January 2016
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January 26, 2016
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class="subtitle">January 26, 2016<br>
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<p itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"
class="subtitle">Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations
called on the United Nations Security Council to take
action against the Israeli occupation of Palestine
territory.</p>
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<p>Cuban Ambassador to the U.N. Ana Silvia Rodriguez
called on member countries of the United Nations
Security Council to take concrete action to put an end
to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. </p>
<p>“Why does this entity not fulfill its responsibilities?
What are they waiting for? Who are they trying to
protect by not taking action? Why, when there is a clear
violation of peace and security, do they not take
concrete actions?” Ambassador Rodriguez asked during a
discussion on the current situation taking place in the
Middle East. </p>
<p>On the current situation in Israel and Palestine,
Rodriguez said this was the direct consequence of
continued opposition from the U.S. to stop Israel from
building settlements in the occupied territories. </p>
<p>Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. aid and almost
all the United States bilateral aid to Israel is in the
form of military assistance. According to the 2016
federal budget, Israel will receive US$3.1 billion in
financial assistance. </p>
<p>"The persistent opposition by the United States,
through their veto powers, has prevented this
organization from making a decision with regards to
Palestine,” Rodriguez stated. </p>
<p>Progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine
urgently requires that Tel Aviv halts the construction
of new settlements in the West Bank, the U.N.
Secretary-General <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Israel-UN-Backs-Terror-by-Condemning-Settlements-Occupation-20160126-0030.html">Ban
Ki-moon said Tuesday</a>. </p>
<p>"As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the
ages, it is human nature to react to occupation," Ban
said. </p>
<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Ban's
comments <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Israel-UN-Backs-Terror-by-Condemning-Settlements-Occupation-20160126-0030.html">"give
a tail wind to terrorism,"</a> and he argued the U.N.
"long ago lost its neutrality and its moral strength." </p>
<p>Over 500,000 Israelis are currently living in 120
illegal settlements built since 1967, including in
Jerusalem—considered illegal by a range of international
and regional bodies like the U.N, the EU, among others.<br>
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