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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel Acts With Impunity With Complicity of United States: Cuban Ambassador</h1>October 26, 2023</div>
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<p><strong>The Israeli regime acts with impunity with the
complicity of the United States, says the Cuban ambassador to Tehran,
adding that every moment of impunity for action, passivity, double
standards or silence will cost more innocent lives in the besieged Gaza
Strip.</strong></p>
<p>In an interview with the <em>Press TV website</em>, Alberto Gonzalez
Casals, the ambassador of Cuba to the Islamic Republic to Iran, said a
ceasefire must be made immediately and the war rhetoric must end.</p>
<p>He said the international community must put pressure on the US
government so that “it does not continue to paralyze the (UN) Security
Council using the undemocratic and obsolete power of the veto” in order
to protect its ally in Tel Aviv.</p>
<p>The Israeli regime continues to bombard the densely-populated
civilian areas in the besieged Gaza Strip two weeks since the Hamas-led
Palestinian resistance movement launched what it called the ‘Al-Aqsa
Storm’ (also known as Al-Aqsa Flood) operation as a response to daily
Israeli atrocities.</p>
<p>The death toll in the besieged coastal strip has surged to more than
4,500 people, mostly children, with hospitals teeming with critically
wounded patients and people displaced by the genocide.</p>
<p>Casals said in order to end the Israeli aggression in Gaza, the tenth
emergency special session of the UN General Assembly must be held and
its main priority must be to “achieve a cessation of violence, a
ceasefire and to promote the provision of urgent and sufficient
humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people”</p>
<p>Commenting on the aid that entered the besieged strip from the Rafah
Crossing on Saturday morning, the Cuban envoy said access for only 20
trucks is an “insult to those in need.”</p>
<p>“Emergency humanitarian aid must be urgently mobilized, under the
coordination of the United Nations, to address the catastrophic
situation in Gaza,” he asserted.</p>
<p>He said Cuba will “support and contribute in everything within its
power to legitimate international efforts in order to put an end to the
current situation.”</p>
<p>On how the support of Western states has emboldened the Israeli
regime to commit horrendous war crimes in Gaza, Casals said the UN
Security Council “has not even been able to call to stop the ongoing
massacre” in the besieged territory.</p>
<p>“This week, the United States government vetoed a proposal in that
body that merely called for a humanitarian pause in the confrontation to
allow aid access to Gaza and guarantee the protection of civilians,” he
remarked.</p>
<p>“The US used the pretext that it was premature. It was a resolution
that did not even call for a ceasefire, but only for a humanitarian
pause that would allow aid to be delivered to the civilian population of
Gaza under indiscriminate and criminal aggression.”</p>
<p>The US on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that
would have called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to
millions in Gaza.</p>
<p>The Cuban ambassador said the decision was not only regrettable but also dangerous.</p>
<p>“However, it doesn’t surprise anyone. The United States government
has historically been complicit and responsible for Israel’s impunity
for its historically committed crimes when it has obstructed Security
Council action regarding Palestine and undermined peace and stability in
the Middle East,” he stated.</p>
<p>He also warned against the Israeli plan to launch the ground invasion
of the Gaza Strip, saying it would have “unpredictable consequences”,
noting that the impunity with which Israel acts can only be explained by
its confidence that it will not have to face consequences for its
actions and that it has the support of the US government and its other
NATO allies.</p>
<p>Casals said Cuba “condemns in the strongest terms, the murders of
civilians, especially women, children and humanitarian workers of the
United Nations system; the indiscriminate bombings against the
population in Gaza and the destruction of homes, hospitals and civil
infrastructure; as well as the deprivation of water, food, electricity
and fuel services to the population of Gaza.”</p>
<p>These acts, he hastened to add, have worsened the “precarious
humanitarian situation resulting from the blockade of the Gaza Strip and
constitute flagrant violations of International Humanitarian Law.”</p>
<p>“Nothing can justify such actions, which constitute collective
punishment, serious violations of International Humanitarian Law and war
crimes and crimes against humanity,” he noted.</p>
<p>The Cuban ambassador further stated that Cuba “reiterates its
invariable solidarity with the Palestinian and Arab cause” and
“advocates the search for a prompt solution through negotiation, which
stops this escalation of violence and its very serious humanitarian
consequences.”</p>
<p>“We reiterate our deep concern about the escalation of violence on
the ground, a consequence 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 territory,” he said.</p>
<p>“As well as the prolonged disrespect for the purposes and principles
of the United Nations Charter and International Law, including numerous
relevant UN resolutions.”</p>
<p>(<a href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/10/22/713220/israel-acts-impunity-with-complicity-united-states-cuban-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PressTV</a>)</p><br></div>
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