Cuba joins the South African lawsuit before the ICJ against Israel
Through a communiqué, the Cuban Foreign Ministry indicated that it joins to the South African lawsuit before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for the genocide suffered by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. teleSUR
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00:00The Cuban government announced that it joins as a third state to the South African lawsuit
00:05before the International Court of Justice, ICJ, against Israel for the genocide suffered
00:10by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
00:12Through a communique, the Cuban Prime Minister indicated that it took this decision given
00:17that Israel has fragrantly violated international norms with its actions in the illegally occupied
00:23Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.
00:25The Prime Minister added that the main objective is to stop the atrocities of the Israeli army
00:29against the Palestinian people.
00:32With this step, Cuba joined Chile, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Mexico, Latin American states
00:37that have expressed their request to join South Africa's demand.
00:50In this context, through his social network X, the Cuban Prime Minister, Bruno Rodríguez,
00:55said, Cuba has decided to participate as a third state in South Africa's lawsuit against
01:01Israel before the ICJ and will argue the transgression of the genocide conviction to the main judicial
01:06body of UN.
01:08We must put an end to the massacre against the people of Palestine.
01:13Likewise, the communique issued by the Cuban Prime Minister also stated, Israel, with total
01:20impunity protected by the complicity of the government of the United States, ignores its
01:24obligations as an occupying power under the fourth genocide conviction.
01:30In another paragraph, the government of Cuba emphasized genocide, upper haze, forced displacement
01:35and collective punishment have no place in today's world, nor that they'd be tolerated
01:41by the international community.
01:43Justice and respect for the United Nations Charter and international law must prevail.