By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño delivered a blistering condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s actions in Gaza during Belize’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, calling for an end to what he described as genocide, apartheid and the occupation of Palestine.
Briceño questioned how the General Assembly could be expected to listen to Netanyahu defend Israel’s actions while the Israeli leader remains wanted by the International Criminal Court.
“It is an affront to this Assembly and to humanity to be forced to listen to a man justify apartheid and genocide when he is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity,” Briceño said.
Briceño also accused the international community of decades of failure to secure Palestinian self-determination and described Israel as a “settler colonial state.”
“The genocide must end. The apartheid must stop. End the occupation and decolonize Palestine,” Briceño declared.
Netanyahu has been subject to an ICC arrest warrant since November 2024. The Court said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu bears criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, including starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and other inhumane acts. An arrest warrant is not a conviction, and Netanyahu and the Israeli government have rejected the allegations and challenged the ICC’s jurisdiction.
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry has separately concluded that Israeli authorities committed genocidal acts in Gaza. Israel has rejected accusations of genocide and maintains that its military campaign targets Hamas rather than the Palestinian population.
Briceño said Belize’s position formed part of a broader commitment to the protection of civilians, accountability and respect for international law in conflicts around the world.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño delivered a blistering condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s actions in Gaza during Belize’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, calling for an end to what he described as genocide, apartheid and the occupation of Palestine. Briceño questioned how the
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