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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">March in Havana Shows that the People of Palestine and Lebanon are not Alone</h1>
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<p>October 15, 2024</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_28378" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28378" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-16-alejandro.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="200" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-28378" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">photo: Alejandro Azcuy</p></div>
<p><em>“Never has the Palestinian cause seemed more just than in contrast to the repulsive brutality of its adversaries.</em> <em>Humanity
will forget neither the heroism of the attacked nor the barbarism of
the aggressors” Speech delivered by Fidel Castro at the Summit
Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, in New Delhi-India, on March 7,
1983.</em><span id="gmail-more-28377"></span></p>
<p>On the first anniversary of Israel’s genocide in Palestine, now
extending its brutal aggression to Lebanon, the Cuban youth have raised
their voices of solidarity and internationalism in support of the right
to peace, sovereignty and life.</p>
<p>On Monday afternoon, thousands of young people gathered to once again
condemn the Zionist genocide, which has so far caused the death of
42,126 Palestinians, 69 percent of whom are children and women, 98,400
wounded in Gaza and more than 2,200 killed in Lebanon.</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_28379" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28379" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-16-diaz2.jpg?resize=300%2C234&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="234" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-28379" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz Canel<br>photo: Alejandro Azcuy</p></div>
<p>Cuba has historically defended the right of Palestine to
self-determination, the return of refugees and the right to be
recognized as a free and sovereign state against colonialism and
apartheid imposed by Israel 76 years ago.</p>
<p>Faced with the genocide televised a year ago, in an unprecedented
escalation of aggression, the Cuban youth marched from the Forge
Martiana to the Anti-imperialist Tribune; the emblematic square and
witness of numerous demonstrations in the recent history of the country.</p>
<p>As has been the case in the different mobilizations carried out in
Cuba over the past year, today’s demonstration was led by President
Miguel Díaz-Canel and the main leaders of the Cuban revolutionary
government. It should be noted that Cuba stands alone as the only
country in the world where its president leads a pro-Palestine march,
calling for an end to the U.S.-sponsored genocide of the Palestinian
people.</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_28380" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28380" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-16-vic.jpg?resize=300%2C209&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="209" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-28380" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">photo: Víctor Villaba</p></div>
<p>Convened by the Union of Young Communists (UJC), thousands of young
people denounced from Havana the genocide perpetrated against the
Palestinian people under the complicity of the United States, its main
arms and economic supporter. Cuba joins millions of voices clamoring
around the world for the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and
an immediate cease fire.</p>
<p>Accompanied by Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly of
People’s Power, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Bruno Rodriguez, Minister
of Foreign Affairs and the Hero of the Republic Gerardo Hernandez
Nordelo, a crowd of young people flooded the broad street with banners,
slogans and Palestinian flags, which also included those of Lebanon,
Iran and Syria, along with Cuban and Latin American flags, in the parade
along Havana’s Malecon.</p>
<p>The Anti-imperialist Tribune, in front of the Embassy of the US, was
the propitious stage for the emotional political-cultural act, in which
homage was paid to the victims of the Palestinian and Lebanese people,
whose brutal aggression hides the main objective of Zionism and
imperialism: to appropriate the entire region and its natural resources.</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_28381" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28381" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-16-IC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="200" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-28381" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">photo: Alejandro Azcuy</p></div>
<p>“We will not close our eyes in front of the massacre; we will not
forget neither the heroism of the attacked nor the barbarism of the
aggressors”, emphasized the First Secretary of the UJC, Meyvis Estévez;
vindicating Fidel’s legacy and Cuba’s commitment to peace, justice and
the defense of Palestine’s sovereignty.</p>
<p>Throughout Cuba, young people demonstrated through different actions,
demonstrations and Open Tribunals to demand the end of genocide;
ratifying Cuba’s historical solidarity with the Palestinian cause and
its right to self-determination and sovereignty.</p>
<p>In the last 24 hours the Israeli occupation carried out four new
massacres – leaving a tally of more than 60 dead and 230 wounded -,
including the attack against a food distribution center of the UN Relief
and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Jabalia, north of
the Gaza Strip, against the tents that housed displaced people in the
city of Deir al-Balah located in the center of the Strip, with at least 4
dead and more than 70 wounded.</p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_28382" class="gmail-wp-caption"><p><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28382" src="https://i0.wp.com/resumen-english.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-16-estudios-revolution.jpg?resize=272%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" width="272" height="300" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></p><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-28382" class="gmail-wp-caption-text">photo: Estudios Revolution</p></div>
<p>Since October 7, 2023, 529 educators, 11,000 students, 175
journalists and more than 900 health professionals have been killed by
Israel’s Zionism. 90% of the population has been criminally displaced.</p>
<p>The repeated calls of the UN Secretary General for a ceasefire have
been ignored by Israel and the United States in clear violation of
International Humanitarian Law and the founding Charter of the UN. It is
estimated that the damage caused by the Zionist entity to Gaza’s
infrastructure will take more than 16 years to rebuild.</p>
<p>To raise our voice for Palestine today, once again and for as long as necessary, is to defend the Peace of all Humanity.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://cubaenresumen.org/2024/10/14/palestina-no-esta-sola-marcha-en-la-habana-contra-el-genocidio-a-palestina-y-agresion-al-libano/">Cuba en Resumen</a></p>
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