Caracas- Zaytoun News
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro today vowed that his country would always stand by and called for the liberation of Palestine.
TRT World reported that in a radio interview, Maduro stated that defending Palestine’s rights to life, independence, and existence is aligned with defending the rights of Venezuela, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Describing the conflict as a “critical battle against fascism and colonialism,” Maduro pointed to the U.S. and UK as the primary drivers of the escalating violence in the Middle East, accusing them of waging a war of extermination against Palestinians.
He also denounced recent attacks on Lebanon and said Palestine once served as a unifying center for religious and cultural coexistence before “colonial projects dominated the region.”
Maduro reiterated Venezuela’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause.
Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 41,965 Palestinians and injuring over 97,590 others.
Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
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