VI International Conference for Global Balance calls for freedom for Palestine
By: Yanela Soler MasÂ
Intellectuals, thinkers and members of social movements gathered from January 28 to 31, 2025 at the VI International Conference for the Balance of the World, held in Havana. The validity of the ideas of Cuba’s National Hero, JosÃĐ MartÃ, in the current context of world instability took center stage at the event, which dedicated a space to the demand for the freedom of the Palestinian people.Â
At the closing of the conference, Cuban President Miguel DÃaz-Canel reaffirmed his country’s commitment to the Palestinian cause. The president highlighted MartÃ’s ideals in the struggle that the Palestinian people have waged since 1947.Â
âMartà is not only with Cubans, but with all citizens of the world who firmly believe in the possibility of improving and balancing this world, those who resist the barbarism we see today, fueled by greed and the infinite suffering caused by those who absolutely despise human pain. (…) I speak, first of all, of the Palestinian Holocaust at the hands of the Israeli government and those who feed this thirst for killing. From here, we demand: Palestine must be free!â, said the president.
Earlier, the youth forum Con Todos y Por el Bien de Todos called for a firm and definitive respect for the cease-fire in Palestine – agreed after negotiations between Hamas and the Israeli government, brokered by Egypt, France and the United States – and for a lasting peace in the region.
The Cuban president highlighted the relevance of Marti’s thought concerning the liberation of the Palestinian people. Photo: Canal Habana
In this regard, representatives of youth movements and organizations from Cuba and the world reaffirmed their solidarity with Palestine. Those present denounced the almost eight decades of suffering endured by the Palestinian people: expulsion from their homes, human rights violations, indiscriminate attacks by the Zionist entity and plundering of their resources.Â
Participants also pledged to continue to promote support and solidarity with Palestine in the digital sphere. They demand an end to the genocide by defending the right of the Palestinian people to an independent state within the pre-1967 Arab borders.Â
As in much of the Arab world, the defense of Palestinian rights remains a central issue on Cuba’s political agenda. The Palestinian cause is vital in the quest for stability and peace in the Middle East.
It is not merely a territorial issue, but a symbol of identity, resistance and unity in the struggle against oppression, occupation and injustice.
