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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Global coalition charges Israel with genocide, defies US threats to pursue justice</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">July 16, 2025</div>
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<img src="cid:ii_md5jqllj0" alt="ffbb8242-6384-4418-8d22-47212b0d2726.jpg" width="467" height="263"><br><br><p><strong>Defying the United States threats,
ministers from more than 30 nations have packed Bogotá\u2019s San Carlos
Palace to charge the Israeli regime with genocide over its October
2023-present brutal military assault against the Gaza Strip.</strong></p>
<p>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 \u201cwar of genocide.\u201d</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The participants described the drive as a coordinated effort to stop the Israeli atrocities.</p>
<p>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\u2019s closure.</p>
<p>\u201cThere is nothing to negotiate about,\u201d insisted Francesca Albanese,
the United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied territories, who
addressed officials during private talks.</p>
<p>\u201cIsrael needs to withdraw from Gaza totally and unconditionally. Then
it owes huge reparations to Palestinians for what it has done.\u201d</p>
<p><strong>\u2018History in the making\u2019</strong></p>
<p>Albanese did not mince words on stage either, telling the press that
the Bogotá gathering might well \u201cgo down as the moment in history that
states finally stood up to do the right thing.\u201d</p>
<p>She called the event \u201cthe most significant political development of
the last 20 months,\u201d underscoring the unprecedented breadth of the
coalition.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The State Department issued a tirade, accusing The Hague Group of
trying to \u201cweaponize international law as a tool to advance radical
anti-Western agendas\u201d and warning that the US would \u201caggressively defend
our interests, our military, and our allies.\u201d</p>
<p>Just last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio slapped sanctions on
Albanese, denouncing, what he termed, her \u201cillegitimate and shameful
efforts\u201d to push for International Criminal Court action against the
Israeli regime. \u201cAlbanese\u2019s campaign of political and economic warfare
against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated,\u201d he
fumed.</p>
<p>Inside the palace, however, the mood remained defiant.</p>
<p>Former US foreign affairs officer Annelle Sheline, who resigned
earlier this year over Gaza, attended the summit to lend her support.</p>
<p>\u201cThese 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,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is not the weaponization of
international law. This is the application of international law.\u201d</p>
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