"The impunity with which the government of Israel acts is a direct result of the complicity of successive governments of the United States of America, which repeatedly obstruct and veto any action by the international community and the UN Security Council, undermining peace, security and stability in the Middle East and throughout the world," the Cuban Foreign Ministry stressed.
Before the International Court of Justice, the Government of the Republic of Cuba formally joins South Africa's declaration of intervention against Israel in the lawsuit "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip".
Through a statement, the Cuban Foreign Ministry explained that the document calls attention to what has been happening in Palestine since October 7, 2023, and reiterates its deep concern with the continued escalation of violence by Israel in the illegally occupied territories, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and International Law.
Cuba considered that "the Court is the last hope of the Palestinian people and the safeguard of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide", so that this structure is "at a complex historical turning point, in which the credibility of the legal system that was built after World War II threatens to crack definitively".
Cuba also condemned the killing of civilians, including women, children, the elderly and humanitarian workers of the UN system, as well as the indiscriminate shelling of the Palestinian civilian population, and the destruction of homes, hospitals and vital infrastructure.
