UN General Assembly
2011

recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist. Our people harbour only fraternal feelings towards the Israeli people, who are also victims of this conflict. Cuba likewise proclaims that the United States has the moral, political and legal obligation to stop its continual veto of Security Council resolutions intended to protect the Palestinian civilians. The European Union should oppose this veto and abstain from supporting the empire’s brutal pressure on members of this Assembly and the Council itself. Europe should denounce it also because it is certain that those crimes would not be occurring without the military supplies, financial support and impunity that the United States provides to the Government of Israel. On 11 September 2001, we Cubans shared the pain of the American people at those atrocious terrorist acts. We offered selfless solidarity, encouragement and cooperation. As always, Cuba made crystal-clear statements against terrorism and against war. Ten years later, the world is even more insecure, because instead of turning international consensus against terrorism into a system of international cooperation to confront it, the United States invaded