🚨 “Freedom or Death”: Colombia’s Courageous President Calls for a UN Protection Force in Palestine

For the first time, the world cannot hide behind vetoes. Every nation must vote yes or no to protecting Palestinians from genocide. History will remember. And so will we.

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A Speech That Shook the UN

Family, history shifted this yesterday at the United Nations General Assembly.

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia stood before the world and said plainly what few leaders have dared to:

“We need a powerful army of countries who do not accept genocide. I invite nations of the world to bring together weapons and armies to defend Palestine. Diplomacy has been tried in Gaza; it could not resolve the situation. We have had enough words. Today’s slogan is freedom or death.”

I want you to watch and hear it for yourself in the clip above.

Craig Mokhiber: “History Will Record Every Vote”

Craig Mokhiber, who spent a generation inside the UN before resigning in disgust at its inaction on Gaza, called Petro’s speech “passionately defiant.” And he explained why it matters:

“All states will now have to say yes or no to protection for a people facing extermination. History will record every vote. And so will we.”

Because Petro raised this in the General Assembly — not the Security Council — there is no veto to hide behind. The United States cannot simply kill the proposal with a single raised hand. Every nation will be forced into the light.

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“Freedom or Death” Spills Into the Streets

And it’s not just words inside the marble halls of the UN. Petro’s own special advisor, Victor de Currea-Lugo, stepped outside the UN today in New York City and faced the press — and the people. He laid out the case for Colombia’s historic push: an armed UN protection force to break Israel’s blockade and allow food and aid to reach Gaza.

Here’s that video, family. It’s VERY insightful. Ignore the fact that he just looks like a random man on the street and listen to his words.

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Why This Moment Matters

Diplomacy has been tried in Gaza, and it has failed. Over and over again. Oslo failed. Roadmaps failed. Ceasefires collapsed. Every “peace process” has been cover for deeper dispossession, starvation, blockade, and bombing.

Petro’s demand is historic because it puts action on the table. Not another round of negotiations, not another non-binding resolution, but real protection for a besieged people.

Freedom or death is not a metaphor in Gaza. It is reality. Children are starving. Hospitals are bombed. Aid convoys are shot at. Israel’s siege is designed to kill slowly, while U.S. weapons kill quickly.

And for the first time, a sitting president is saying: the world cannot just watch.

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What Happens Next

Every nation will have to vote. Each foreign minister, each delegation, will have to raise their hand and declare where they stand. Yes or no.

Do you stand with the children of Gaza, or with those who bomb and starve them?

Craig Mokhiber is right: history will record every vote. And so will we.

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Family, This Is Our Role

I can’t send armies. Neither can you. But what we can do is make sure the truth of this moment is known everywhere.

• We can publish every word and every video.

• We can shine a light on every single vote.

• We can refuse to let silence or censorship cover this moment.

But that requires us to grow stronger.

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Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun

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