Cuban president leads pro-Palestinian march in Havana

Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island, marched in Havana to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The demonstrators, including some 250 Palestinian medical students living in Cuba, carried a large banner that read “Long live free Palestine”, while the president and his allies wore keffiyeh scarves – an emblem of Palestinian solidarity.

“We are here to support the just claim of the Palestinian people, for their sovereignty, their freedom … and against the genocidal crusade that Israel practices towards the Palestinian people”, said Michel Marino, a 20-year-old international relations student, at the event on Monday.

The march was scheduled to take place on October 7 to mark the anniversary of Israel’s invasion of Gaza following a Hamas-led assault there, but it was postponed due to Hurricane Milton, which last week slammed Cuba and Florida in the United States.

As he addressed the audience, Palestinian student Mohammed Suwan, said, “Our Gaza has not had a single day of peace, not one day of calm, and our people in the West Bank suffer daily aggression while the world is paralyzed and unable to stop this tragedy.”

Source: Aljazeera