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        <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Cuba Blames the US for Israeli Impunity in Gaza</h1>October 19, 2023<br></div>

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                                                <img src="cid:ii_lnxs7fkv0" alt="free_2.jpeg_1718483346.jpeg" width="392" height="222"><br><p>On Thursday, Cuba 
held the United States responsible for the impunity with which Israel 
acts against the Palestinian people and has been bombing Gaza for nearly
 two weeks.</p>                                                   
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
<p>Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez criticized the U.S. 
government's veto in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the 
Brazil-drafted resolution.</p>                                                    
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>He argued that the 
resolution didn't even call for a ceasefire but merely a humanitarian 
pause in the conflict. Rodriguez emphasized that this was the 46th 
instance in which Washington had used its veto power in the UNSC on 
matters related to the Middle East, particularly Israel.</p>                                                      
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Rodriguez compared 
how the UN Security Council readily adopts resolutions that endorse the 
use and threat of force, but when it comes to Israel, the same doesn't 
apply. He attributed Israel's impunity to the belief that there would be
 no consequences for its actions.</p>                                                     
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
<p>Rodriguez stressed that the current situation is the result of 75 
years of illegal occupation, violations of the inalienable rights of the
 Palestinian people in their own territory, and Israel's aggressive and 
expansionist policies. He called for a reform of the UNSC to make it 
more democratic and representative of the diversity of nations.</p>                                                       
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>He reiterated Cuba's 
proposal, which incorporates demands from international organizations 
like the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), that the solution lies in the 
existence of two states with borders as they were in 1967 and East 
Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.</p>                                                 
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>On behalf of Cuba, he
 suggested the resumption of the 10th Extraordinary Session of the 
United Nations General Assembly, which has extensive powers to address 
the Gazan crisis.</p>                                                     
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Rodriguez demanded an
 immediate ceasefire, especially after several international 
organizations have called for an end to Israel's bombings in Gaza and 
the cancellation of the announced invasion of the Palestinian enclave.</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                        
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