“If this happens for the 40th time, we’ll do it again,” a participant stated, highlighting the persistence of the act in the face of injustice and neglect. The solidarity movement has demanded Mexico break relations with Israel.
Mexico doesn’t dare mention the word genocide, doesn’t demand international norms be applied, and doesn’t want to break off relations, preferring to remain silent or take refuge in an unattainable future: the creation of two states and accepting the deaths of children from starvation.
Amid global south partners, Mexico stands out for its cowardice in taking any stand against the genocide in Gaza. President Sheinbaum once again reverted to diplomatic boilerplate.
Mexico had participated as an observer at The Hague Group’s Emergency Conference to end the Genocide in Gaza this week, but confirmed today it will not take any actions against israel.
12 states committed to immediately implementing six measures to break ties of complicity with israel’s campaign of devastation in Palestine at the conclusion of The Hague Group’s Emergency Conference. Mexico was not one of them.
This is getting old: Trump threatens Mexico with tarrifs for the fourth time while Americans sour on his immigration measures and Mexicans sour on the US; plus The Hague Group meeting against Gaza Genocide & a narco-lawyer tries to pick a fight with President Sheinbaum.
The conference, to be held in Bogotá, Colombia, and organized by The Hague Group will announce concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law.
Protesters accused the Mexico City government of repressing freedom of expression by erasing a Palestinian flag mural made on July 6th.
In a June 24th public letter titled A Home for the Orphaned Children of Gaza, the signatories requested the “valuable diplomatic and managerial intervention” of Mexico’s President to grant asylum to orphaned children in Gaza.
Can Mexico find its voice in an international crisis? With the moral vacuity of the global north devastatingly evident with each passing day, a voice like Mexico’s is desperately needed on the world stage.