Since October 7, 2023, the beginning of one of the cruelest genocides that humanity remembers and will remember, Israel’s massacre against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, Cuba has made clear its position, not only of condemnation of the crime, or of perennial denunciation of the violation of the rights of innocent civilians, but also of recognition of the Palestinian State.
Deep bonds of friendship unite us with this people, brave and defending their land to the last consequences -like us-. Cuba has loudly expressed its condemnation of the harsh reality that the Palestinians have been facing for decades, erased from their own map, as Israel and the U.S. now want to do, after a long genocide: to remove them forever from their lands.
This feeling of solidarity has mobilized millions of Cubans, who from squares, schools, workplaces, social networks and even with the use of the traditional Palestinian kufiya, have become part of a struggle that has added hearts.
Our side is the side of justice, the side of truth, the side that gives voice to the thousands of children, women, young people, the elderly, and parents, silenced under the roar of bombs made in the U.S., in front of unarmed and defenseless people.
It is no coincidence that Cuba then occupies the Vice-Presidency of the Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, a gesture that honors us, and that we assume with the commitment that “the unjust should not be indifferent to us”.
At the United Nations, we will continue to be a pillar in calling for a just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the recognition of an independent Palestinian state within the pre-1967 borders.
This was made clear yesterday by the ambassador, permanent representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, who also stated that we will continue to denounce the crimes committed in the West Bank and the power that obstructs aid to those who every day find it an ordeal to look for water, food or the most basic services.
Cuba was, is and will always be, together with the Palestinian people.