Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel over its prosecution of the warfare in Gaza, President Gustavo Petro introduced in Bogotá on Wednesday, describing the Israeli executive as “genocidal.”
His announcement got here in a pronunciation in Colombia’s capital town in entrance of cheering crowds that had accrued for Global Employees’ Era.
“The times of genocide, of the extermination of an entire people cannot come before our eyes, before our passivity,” Mr. Petro mentioned. “If Palestine dies, humanity dies.”
Colombia is the second one South American family to crack off family members with Israel next Bolivia, which short ties in November over its moves in Gaza. At the generation that Bolivia made its announcement, Colombia and Chile each mentioned that they had been recalling their ambassadors to Israel, and Honduras adopted swimsuit inside of days. Belize additionally short diplomatic ties with Israel that time.
The Israeli executive denounced Mr. Petro’s journey on Wednesday.
“History will remember that Gustavo Petro chose to stand at the side of the most abominable monsters known to man, who burned babies, killed children, raped woman and abducted innocent civilians,” Israel’s international minister, Israel Katz, wrote on X. “Israel and Colombia always enjoyed warm ties. Even an antisemitic and hateful president will not change that.’’
Mr. Petro, Colombia’s first leftist leader and a critic of U.S. drug policy toward his country, had threatened to cut ties with Israel in March if it did not comply with a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. And he called on other countries to do the same. In response to that threat, Mr. Katz wrote on X that Mr. Petro’s “support for Hamas murderers” who performed massacres and dedicated intercourse crimes towards Israelis was once shameful.
“Israel will continue to protect its citizens and will not yield to any pressure or threats,” he added.
In February Mr. Petro suspended Colombia’s acquire of Israeli guns in February next Israeli forces opened hearth hour a people was once accrued related a convoy of vans wearing desperately wanted support to Gaza Town, a part of a chaotic scene by which ratings of nation had been killed and injured, in keeping with Gazan fitness officers and the Israeli army.
“Asking for food, more than 100 Palestinians were killed by Netanyahu,” Mr. Petro wrote on X on the generation, evaluating the occasions to the Holocaust “even if the world powers do not like to acknowledge it.”
“The world must block Netanyahu,” he added.
