Cuba accuses Trump of complicity in the extermination of Palestine.

247 -  The Cuban government accused the Donald Trump administration on Friday (14) of being complicit in the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli regime against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.

In a message on X, the island's Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, also criticized the White House's reaction to student protests in the United States demanding an end to Israeli aggression against Palestinian territory.

Rodríguez commented that the "expulsions and other repressive actions" against these university students "demonstrate the hypocrisy of the US government regarding democracy and human rights." They also demonstrate Washington's "complicity" "with the extermination of the Palestinian people."

According to various press reports, hundreds of protesters stormed Trump Tower in New York the previous day in support of Palestine.

They also demanded the release of activist Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student detained last Saturday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without a warrant.

On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it had revoked the visa of a Columbia University student and detained another for involvement in protests at the institution last year.

During the spring of 2024, protests against Israeli attacks took place on 60 US campuses, and more than 100 protesters from different universities were arrested.

According to US authorities, these demonstrations are illegal, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that more student visas will be revoked in the coming days, according to various news agencies.

Independent UN human rights experts have refuted accusations of antisemitism that US politicians used to characterize the protests.

They also stated that the ban and attacks on these demonstrations constitute a serious violation of the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, as certified by international law.