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Viva Palestina – Latin America’s left stands with Palestine
The region’s left speaks up for Palestine, while the US empire’s stooges in Latin America do as their master says, writes MATT WILLGRESS
A Palestinian child walks with a bicycle by the rubble of a building after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Oct. 8, 2023

THIS week, the UN general assembly voted on a motion demanding that “Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months.”

It passed easily, with 124 votes in favour.

Britain shamefully — but predictably — abstained as one of 43 states, while for all of Joe Biden’s crocodile tears of late, the US, which continues to arm Israel to the teeth, voted against, alongside Israel and only 12 other states.

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