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Massive rally in Cuba demands an end to the genocide in Palestine

More than 100,000 residents of the capital, representing the Cuban people, demanded an end to the Israeli genocide in Palestine. During a massive rally at the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribune, led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

The event was also attended by senior Cuban government officials, the chargé d’affaires of the Palestinian Embassy in Havana, Majed Abu Al Hawa. Young Palestinians studying at universities on the Caribbean island. And representatives of Cuban civil society organizations.

From the stage located in front of the United States Embassy, ​​speakers denounced the brutal Israeli offensive. While audiovisual testimonies were projected from members of the Palestinian freedom flotillas—participants in the Global Summit. Who were assaulted and kidnapped on the high seas by the Israeli army while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Two years after the most recent escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. The demand for a ceasefire and the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Without pressure or blackmail, are some of the reasons calling for solidarity with the people suffering from Zionist aggression, with the complicity of US imperialism.

A trio of Palestinian students expressed, through songs and poetry, their outrage at the deaths of more than 67,000 people. Also the injuries of more than 200,000 since the Israeli army intensified its aggression in disproportionate response to the incursion of Hamas forces into Israeli territory on October 7th, 2023.

Also the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip moves and mobilizes the world. As was evident in the speeches of several heads of state and high-ranking representatives. At the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The largest of the Antilles maintains its position in favor of a comprehensive, just, and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflicto. Based on the creation of two states, allowing the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination. And to have an independent and sovereign state within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

With information from CNA and Prensa Latina