Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that the Palestinian cause is the most just cause for humanity. This came in a speech during the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People conference, yesterday, Friday, in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.

Maduro stressed that his country will continue to support the Palestinian cause in the strongest possible ways. He added: "If you look at the reasons for the struggles over the past century to create a just world, the Palestinian cause is the most just cause for humanity." Maduro accused the United States, Europe and Latin America of complicity in the genocide committed by Israel in Palestine. He stressed that they firmly support the right of the Palestinian people to obtain their future state.

Last October, Maduro said that his country would always stand by Palestine and would not leave it alone in its just cause. In an interview on a Venezuelan radio station, he indicated his country's solidarity with the Palestinian people, stressing the need to "liberate Palestine."

He referred to the genocide that Israel has been committing in the Gaza Strip for more than a year. He added: "Defending Palestine's right to life, independence and existence is the same as defending the right of Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean to exist." Blaming the United States and Britain for the escalation of violence in the Middle East, Maduro added: "There is a war of extermination being waged against the Palestinian people, and now Zionist attacks are being launched on Lebanon." The Venezuelan president continued: "Palestine is the homeland of humanity. Palestine was at the heart of religious and cultural unity, until the United States, Europe and Britain made their colonial projects dominant in the region."

Every year, on November 29, the world celebrates the “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People,” an event organized by the United Nations since November 29, 1977, to commemorate what was stipulated in Resolution 181 issued by its General Assembly on that day in 1947, which called for the partition of Palestine into two states, “Arab” and “Jewish.”

On Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed that his organization will continue its solidarity with the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights to live in peace, security and dignity. He said in a message of solidarity on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: “It is time for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an end to the illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, as confirmed by the International Court of Justice and the General Assembly.”

Source: (Anatolia, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed)