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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">A Global Army to liberate Palestine: An unprecedented call reflecting shifts in the era of genocide</h1>
<p class="gmail-single_date">Saturday 27-September-2025</p>
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<p>NEW YORK, (PIC)</p>
<p>After nearly two years of the genocide committed by Israel in the
Gaza Strip, Colombian President Gustavo Petro stood at the UN podium and
called for the formation of a global force to liberate Palestine a call
that reflects the profound shifts brought about worldwide by the
Al-Aqsa Flood operation.</p>
<p class="gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color gmail-has-link-color gmail-wp-elements-e193d95d1accbd3eeb2f92f6cfb6a1f1">A UN Army for Palestine</p>
<p>In his recent address to the UN General Assembly, President Petro
urged Global South nations to form an international army \u201cto liberate
Palestine\u201d and defend themselves against the \u201ctyranny and
authoritarianism\u201d promoted by the United States and NATO.</p>
<p>He called on countries \u201cthat do not accept genocide\u201d to establish \u201can
armed force to defend the lives of the Palestinian people,\u201d stressing
that mere condemnation and denunciation were no longer effective in the
face of Israel\u2019s crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.</p>
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<p class="gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color gmail-has-link-color gmail-wp-elements-cd484c98d0f5822e144bdb92ea86e06f">Brazilian support</p>
<p>In a remarkable moment captured by cameras, Brazilian President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva was seen kissing the head of his Colombian
counterpart following his call for an international army to liberate
Palestine and confront tyranny and authoritarianism.</p>
<p>Lula emphasized that the authority of the United Nations was at
stake, peace could not be achieved with impunity, and nothing could
justify the ongoing genocide in Gaza.</p>
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<p>President Petro reiterated his call in an interview with Al Jazeera,
stressing that denunciations no longer stopped the bombings or saved
civilians from the genocide that has continued for nearly two years.</p>
<p>He also linked Colombia\u2019s historical experience with violence and
internal conflict to solidarity with Palestinians, giving his political
stance a human and experiential dimension.</p>
<p>Petro\u2019s insistence on the failure of denunciations highlights the
growing discontent among large sectors of the world\u2019s peoples, who view
international institutions, especially the Security Council, as
powerless in the face of the US veto.</p>
<p>In his speech, Petro stressed the need to arrest those accused of
committing genocide in Gaza and refer them to the International Criminal
Court, a demand that coincides with actual arrest warrants against
Netanyahu and his former war minister, which remain shelved due to
global double standards.</p>
<p>On X, Petro wrote: \u201cFree Palestine. If Gaza falls, humanity will die.\u201d</p>
<p class="gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color gmail-has-link-color gmail-wp-elements-6e9fe670a8aafb42908e0a3b5449ca67">Post-Al-Aqsa Flood transformations</p>
<p>This advanced and unprecedented call represents a major shift that
has become increasingly visible since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation in
October 2023 and Israel\u2019s subsequent genocide in Gaza, a turning point
in the world\u2019s consciousness regarding the Palestinian cause.</p>
<p>While Israel attempted to frame its war as self-defense, the scale of
destruction, killing, and forced displacement turned the global
narrative upside down, redefining the conflict as one of
settler-colonialism committing genocide, while exposing the falsehood of
the \u201cself-defense\u201d claim since human rights charters affirm that an
occupying power cannot invoke such a right.</p>
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<p class="gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color gmail-has-link-color gmail-wp-elements-17d143bd3c7f5e79acf42ded8596772f">A historic shift</p>
<p>According to experts, Petro\u2019s statements reflect this transformation:
it is no longer enough to speak of a \u201ctwo-state solution\u201d or issue
appeals. New concepts such as \u201cliberating Palestine\u201d and \u201csaving Gaza\u201d
have emerged, explaining why he proposed the idea of a global army to
confront Israel.</p>
<p>Writer Ahmad Basheer Al-Eileh argues that the courageous Colombian
president launched a qualitative shift in international leftist
discourse. Unlike the traditional leftist critique of US policies,
imperialism, or global capitalism, Petro went further by making a
practical, unprecedented call for a \u201cLiberation Army\u201d under the \u201cUniting
for Peace\u201d framework.</p>
<p>He stressed that this is a leap from protest to organized resistance,
giving it historic weight, and considered the call for a global army to
liberate Palestine the strongest statement ever made by the
international left.</p>
<p>Petro\u2019s speech also elevated the Palestinian cause from a
humanitarian solidarity issue or regional conflict to a central test of
international morality. He framed what is happening in Gaza as
\u201cgenocide\u201d and compared its perpetrators to Hitler, placing the world
before an unavoidable moral test.</p>
<p class="gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color gmail-has-link-color gmail-wp-elements-810af17e8bccdb92616393da024fec1c">Shifts in global discourse</p>
<p>Day after day, opposition to Israel expands due to its brutal assault
and genocide against Palestinians, reflected in transformations in
global discourse and the stances of many states, alongside growing
popular rejection of Israel\u2019s crimes.</p>
<p>In a notable move, the European Union is considering for the first
time suspending or canceling its free trade agreement with Israel.
Recognition of Palestine is also expanding to include major powers such
as Britain, France, Canada, and Australia, further increasing pressure
on Israel as it faces a critical diplomatic and economic moment amid
mounting international backlash.</p>
<p>Reports from Israeli newspapers The Marker and Calcalist depict a
bleak picture of Israel\u2019s situation, with direct threats to its trade
status, declining international support, and increasing reliance on US
President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.</p>
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<p class="gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color gmail-has-link-color gmail-wp-elements-1a81937a9b18577e5c2a7d60a091eb8b">A moral rebellion</p>
<p>President Petro\u2019s call for a global force to liberate Palestine,
combined with the growing worldwide movement against Israel, signals a
mounting moral rebellion against the international community\u2019s failure
to confront the genocide in Gaza.</p>
<p>Although the formation of a \u201cglobal army\u201d may seem far-fetched at
present, the mere fact that a head of state proposed it opens the door
to rethinking the tools of confronting occupation. It affirms that the
Palestinian cause has entered a new stage after the Al-Aqsa Flood, where
Palestine can no longer remain hostage to empty condemnations but has
become synonymous with the ultimate test of global human conscience.</p>
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