Santiago de Chile, May 5 (EFE) .- The Chilean government condemned “firmly” on Monday the decision taken by the Israel Security Cabinet of expanding its military operations in Gaza and denounced that, if specified, it would imply “a flagrant violation” of international law.
“Chile also recalls that a new forced displacement of the Gazatí population would constitute a crime against humanity in accordance with the Rome Statute,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
The Executive of Progressive Gabriel Boric, a recognized defender of the Palestinian cause, also expressed “his firm rejection” to the new humanitarian aid distribution plan announced by Tel Aviv, “initiative that contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles,” said the note of the Foreign Ministry.
The Israeli cabinet approved a scheme with which it intends to resume humanitarian aid access to Gaza, which Israel blocked since March and approached its population more and more to famine. With this decision, Israel seeks to prevent Hamas from having access to the aid that enter the strip.
In addition to “demanding” Israel to allow urgent entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the Chilean government also urged “to reverse” its decision to increase military operations and “respect the norms of international law and international humanitarian law.”
President Gabriel Buric also harshly criticized the measure and said that “history will strongly judge those who execute, support and justify the forced displacement and suffering of an entire people.”
On Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, Boric said “has crossed a line again.”
With about 500,000 people, Chile houses one of the largest Palestinian communities outside the Arab world, although it has always rejected the rupture of diplomatic relations with Israel.
Chile recognized Palestine in 2011 as a “free, independent and sovereign” state, during the first government of the conservative Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014).
Israeli attacks in Gaza have left more than 52,200 dead people in the year and a half of conflict unleashed by Hamas to Israel’s attacks in October 2023. EFE
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