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Colombian President Gustavo Petro Calls Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza ‘Nazi Practices’

Colombian Leader Calls Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza ‘Nazi Practices’

December 3, 2023

Photo: Al-Aqsa Martyr Hospital, courtesy Anadolu Agency

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized the Israeli bombings of the Gaza Strip, describing the Zionist regime’s airstrikes on the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza as “Nazi                                                                                                          practices“.

Nazi practice, despite the West’s reluctance to acknowledge this truth,” Petro posted on his X social media platform.

Video footage of a residential area razed to rubble in the Israeli regime forces airstrikes on Deir al-Balah was attached to the posting. The Colombian has repeatedly condemned the atrocious crimes against the Palestinians

They say this is not what the Nazis did. Even if the western conscience does not like these facts, the extermination of 5,300 children of the Diaspora is Nazi, I repeat, it is a NAZI like practice

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— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro

The Colombian leader had previously drawn a parallel between Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and the “Nazi-like” attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, pointing out that genocide had been launched by the Apartheid regime in the Arab country. He has also threatened to cut ties to Tel Aviv.

Petro’s remarks reflect the growing alarm among the international community as the Israeli regime forces continue to increase the mass killing the Palestinians with at least 20,000 civilians, mostly women and children, dead since Oct. 7.

After the Israeli regime launched its cleansing operation under the pretext of eradicating resistance groups in Gaza, Petro voiced his solidarity with the Palestinian people in numerous messages posted on X.

The Colombian president has noted that the Israelis must stop their systematic attacks targeting the civilian population, urging the European Union to abide by international law and condemn Israelis’ genocidal war on Gaza.

Petro has also stressed that basic needs for human survival such as water, food, fuel, and power, must be restored in Gaza, vowing to send humanitarian aid to the besieged strip.

In addition to the nonstop Israeli bombings, shelling, and direct ground attacks, the Zionist forces have cut off basic essentials needed in Gaza. This practice is clearly to starve the Palestinian people.

Meanwhile, UN officials expressed their strong opposition to the “catastrophic” resumption of the Israelis’ genocidal war on the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The UN humanitarian office in Geneva said on Friday the resumption of Israeli attacks on the defenseless Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip meant “hell on Earth has returned to Gaza.”

Israeli warplanes restarted nonstop airstrikes on Gaza as an extended week-long ceasefire between the regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas expired on Friday.

The regime forces have also targeted medical facilities in its attacks on Gaza in a flagrant violation of international law.

The hospitals in the blockaded area have lost their capacity to treat patients, a Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.

“All hospitals are overcrowded with the number of wounded, exceeding their medical capabilities and capacity, and lacking surgical tools and bone stabilizers,” Ashraf Al-Qudra explained.

Source: Presstv

Fidel Castro Ruz

Tribute to Fidel in Santiago de Cuba, seven years after his burial

Reverence of a Hero City to a Heroic Legacy

Multitudinous tribute to Fidel in Santiago de Cuba, seven years after his burial

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

december 5, 2023 14:12:20

Fidel lives in the work of a people that resists, creates and overcomes. Photo: Dunia Álvarez Palacios

Santiago de Cuba – More than 100,000 people from Santiago de Cuba made a tightly packed pilgrimage yesterday to pay homage to the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, on the seventh anniversary of the burial of his ashes in the patrimonial cemetery of Santa Ifigenia.

From the Plaza de la Revolución Mayor General Antonio Maceo Grajales, passing through Patria Avenue, the united march arrived at the cemetery where, early in the morning, a wreath had been placed in the name of the Cuban people, before the monolith that treasures Fidel’s ashes.

Present were the member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the Party in the province, José Ramón Monteagudo Ruiz, other political and government leaders, as well as Fidel Antonio Castro Smirnov, advisor of the Honorary Chair for the study of the work and thought of Fidel Castro, of the University of Oriente, and grandson of the historical leader.

On the premises of the Altar of the Homeland, the people of Santiago expressed their feelings of gratitude and tribute to the best disciple of José Martí. Castro Smirnov wrote to Granma that “today we come with the immense joy of bringing Fidel in our thoughts. It is moving to receive his closeness and strength, which he always gave us and will continue to give us”.

President Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez

Díaz-Canel in Iran

Díaz-Canel in Iran

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, arrived last night in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he will make an official visit to further consolidate the close ties between the two nations

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

december 4, 2023 10:12:14

Díaz -Canel
Photo: Granma

Tehran-The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, arrived last night in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he will pay an official visit to further consolidate the close ties between the two nations.

Coming from Qatar, where he covered a busy agenda and met with the main leaders and businessmen of that country, the Head of State closes in Iran the working and official visits he made to three countries in the Middle East.

In the United Arab Emirates, the first country in the region he visited, he also attended the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, where, in addition to heading the Cuban delegation, he led the Meeting of Leaders of the Group of 77 and China (G-77), which the largest of the Antilles convened in its capacity as president pro tempore of that group of nations.

During this visit, Iran and Cuba intend to work to raise economic and trade relations to the same high level that characterizes bilateral political ties.

In a little more than 40 years, both nations have created strong ties of friendship, which were cemented by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

During all these years, different Iranian presidents have visited Cuba on a regular basis, and Díaz-Canel’s stay in Tehran, in addition to reciprocating those visits, will contribute to strengthening ties in all areas.

Upon his arrival, the Cuban president was received by the Minister of Public Health and Medical Education, Bahram Einollahi.

CUBA

Brotherhood and common good on the agenda of Iran and Cuba

Brotherhood and common good on the agenda of Iran and Cuba

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, visited the leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

december 5, 2023 14:12:37

Foto: @DiazCanelB

Tehran-The meeting between the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, with the leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, yesterday afternoon, was like a symbol to seal the first part of an official visit in which brotherhood and common good prevailed.

“We must take advantage of the existing political and economic capabilities between Iran and Cuba to form a union, a coalition between countries that share the same position against the impositions of the US and Westerners,” Ayatollah Khamenei expressed on the social network X.

Delving into the historical links between the Iranian and Cuban processes, the leader of the Islamic Revolution added that “22 years ago I met with Mr. Fidel Castro. The Cuban Revolution and the figure of Castro always had a special attraction for the Iranian revolutionaries, since before the triumph of the Islamic Revolution. The reason was his sincerity in his revolutionary positions”.

In the same social network, Díaz-Canel highlighted the honor of being received by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and referring to the evocation he made of his meeting with the Commander-in-Chief, he ratified “the will to continue developing relations of friendship and cooperation between our countries”.

The website of the Presidency informed that, during the day, the Caribbean dignitary was received by the Iranian President, Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, with whom he had a private dialogue, and then both participated, with their delegations, in the talks, which resulted in important economic agreements.

He also met with Mohamad Baqer Galibaf, president of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; visited the Pasteur Institute, and toured the Iranian Science and Technology Pavilion, where he could appreciate the productive and scientific capacities that this country has generated for development and also in response to the siege and sanctions that the Western powers, led by the US, have imposed on it.