Chile will join South Africa’s complaint against Israel at the International Court in The Hague

Within the framework of the public account, an act in which balance is taken and public policies are outlined, The president also denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the violations of human rights in Nicaragua and Venezuela before emphasizing that his country “will never abandon its vocation for dialogue and understanding to ensure a stable and peaceful global order,” he said to a thunderous applause from the entire Congress.

“These acts require a firm response from the international community. Therefore, in addition to the humanitarian support that we have provided to Palestine, the call for consultation from our ambassador in Israel, and presenting, together with Mexico, a referral of the situation in Palestine to the International Criminal Court, I have decided that Chile will become a party and support the case that South Africa presented against Israel before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, within the framework of the UN Genocide Convention,” he said.
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“I have ordered the Foreign Ministry teams to prepare a document with our arguments,” he added before once again condemning the acts of terrorism by the radical Palestinian movement with a Saudi-Wahhabi orientation Hamas and requesting the release of all the hostages captured in the attack. last September.

In this context, Boric insisted that “we will never stop being outraged by indiscriminate and absolutely disproportionate actions against innocent civilians, particularly Palestinian women and children. There are already more than 35,000 dead, a catastrophic humanitarian situation and the infrastructure in Gaza practically devastated.”.

For this reason, he stressed that Chile “will never abandon its vocation for dialogue and understanding to ensure a stable and peaceful global order. We have been part of the United Nations System since its foundation.”
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“We had an outstanding participation in the preparation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And when these rights were violated in Chile, we received the solidarity of all the nations and peoples of the world. All this has given rise to a historic commitment that Chile does not will abandon under any circumstances,” he explained.

In line with this argument, Boric recalled that Chile has always raised “its voice to condemn criminal violence, terrorism, genocide and aggression in all corners of the world. The fight against crime and the defense of life and human rights have no political color or nationality.”

“As I have done in other public forums regarding the violations of human rights in Nicaragua and Venezuela, or about Russia’s unacceptable war of aggression against Ukraine, I have the duty to refer today to the critical situation in the Gaza Strip “, he concluded.
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Israeli forces attacked Rafah, in southern Gaza,
this Saturday with tanks and artillery, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again insisted that only the destruction of the Palestinian Hamas movement will end the war.

Netanyahu’s statements come hours after US President Joe Biden revealed the content of a peace proposal that Hamas had described as “positive.”

The three-phase plan proposed by Israel, according to Biden, would begin with a truce that would include the withdrawal of Israeli troops from populated areas of Gaza for six weeks and the release of some hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

The temporary ceasefire could become “permanent” if Hamas “respects its commitments,” the US president detailed. The next phase would include the release of the rest of the hostages.

The Islamist group, which has governed Gaza since 2007, evaluated the proposal “positively” in a statement.

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However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Saturday that the “destruction” of Hamas is essential to his plan.

“Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: destroying Hamas’ military and governance capabilities, releasing all hostages, and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel“he stressed in a statement. “The idea that Israel will accept a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are met does not make any sense,” he insisted.