On Monday, one year after the beginning of the Zionist massacre against Palestinians in Gaza, the diplomat presented the documentary Born in Gaza, filmed by director Hernán Zin in 2014 after the Israeli offensive that devastated the Strip in 2014. The film follows 10 children who tell how their daily life goes by under the bombs and a confinement that deprives them of childhood.

The ambassador estimated that 17,700 children were killed in the Gaza Strip.

The ambassador recalled that the attempts at genocide began in 1947, a year before the emergence of Israel as a State, and indicated that the Israeli militias began to carry out this crime with the support of the British Empire, which was then the occupier of Palestine. “Now this policy of extermination continues with the support of the most powerful power in the world, the United States, which with its veto in the United Nations Security Council favors the continuation of this crime,” he said. “October 7th demonstrated the double standards of Israel’s allies with the United States at the head,” he added.

The diplomat thanked the broad solidarity position of Bolivians and the world in support of peace so that one day all the peoples of the Middle East can live together without war.

The ambassador insisted on the need to achieve a ceasefire and guarantee peace for all peoples of the region based on respect for International Law and the Palestinian people’s right to exercise sovereignty in their territory.

The diplomat called on the international conscience to assume its role and contribute to a just peace based on comprehensive political solutions.

jrr/llp/oda/jpm