Exercising the right of reply before the UN General Assembly (UNGA), he stated that it is, to say the least, shameless for Israel’s representative to attempt to position himself as a critic of Cuba.

  He noted that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces unprecedented rejection from the international community due to the genocide and the grave violations of international law and international humanitarian law it is committing against the Palestinian people.

  Instead of trying to lecture others, the genocidal State of Israel should, first and foremost, answer for the devastation, suffering, and death its actions have caused in Palestine and other Arab territories, Soberon pointed out.

  He further noted that while the world watches in horror the systematic destruction of cities, hospitals, schools, and camps for displaced persons, the Israeli delegation repeats a script written in Washington to justify the economic strangulation of Cuba.

  Soberon affirmed that his country will not accept attempts to legitimize a policy of collective punishment against the Cuban people by those who justify the massacre of the Palestinian people.

  On July 7, Cuba achieved a diplomatic victory at the UNGA when 136 countries voted in favor of bringing the inhumane consequences of the United States blockade to the Assembly for debate, countering Washington’s attempt to block the initiative.

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