News- Middle East: Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has reaffirmed that his country will remain firmly aligned with Palestine and its “sacred cause,” stressing Venezuela’s commitment to Palestinian freedom and statehood.

Speaking in Caracas on Saturday, Maduro renewed Venezuela’s unwavering and unconditional support for the Palestinian struggle, calling it “the most sacred of all.”

Marking Palestinian Independence Day on November 15, he declared: “We will not abandon this sacred cause until the goal is achieved: Palestine will rise, free and independent.”

Maduro emphasized that genuine peace cannot result from brief ceasefires, saying that lasting stability requires holding the occupying regime accountable for grave violations of international law.

“Real peace will only come when justice is served for the crimes and genocide committed. Only then can recovery begin,” he said.

He urged the international community to speak out forcefully and end a recurring pattern of “massacres followed by agreements,” criticizing global inaction in the face of Israeli genocide.

Maduro also pledged Venezuela’s support for rebuilding Gaza and standing with the Palestinians throughout their resistance.

“This will be a historic moment of dignity and pride,” he said, referring to the day Palestine attains full independence.

He reiterated the need for Gaza’s reconstruction, recognition of al-Quds as the capital of a Palestinian state, and the establishment of full Palestinian sovereignty.

In earlier remarks, he stated Venezuela stands “on the front lines with Palestine,” condemning global silence over Israel’s mass killing of Palestinians as a “moral crime,” and urging immediate international action to halt the genocide.

Responding to the Sharm el-Sheikh ceasefire in October, Maduro again called the Palestinian cause “the most sacred cause of humanity,” cited the devastating Gaza death toll, and warned that any agreement without holding the Israeli regime accountable would amount to a “peace of rubble.”

He has also repeatedly criticized the United Nations for its “cowardly silence” regarding the Israeli Gaza genocide that, since October 7, 2023, has killed 69,000 Palestinians and wounded 179,000 others.

Source: Press TV