Colombia suspends relations with Israel
Colombian President Gustavo Petro decided to “suspend foreign relations with Israel” following Israel’s decision to stop exporting security materials to Colombia.
In reaction to Israel’s decision to stop exporting security materials to Colombia, Petro made a statement on his X social media account. petro said:
“If we have to suspend foreign relations with Israel, we will do so. We do not support genocide. You cannot insult the President of Colombia. I call on Latin America to show genuine solidarity with Colombia. As in the Great Chaco War, the accumulation of history will have the last word. Neither Yair Klein nor Raifal Eithan will be able to say what the history of peace in Colombia is. They started the massacre and genocide in Colombia. “I ask the Israeli people to help peace in Colombia, Palestine and world peace.”
Remembering the heroes of Colombia’s freedom, Petro continued:
“As Bolívar and Nariño taught us, Colombia is a sovereign, independent and fair people. One day, the Israeli army and government will apologize to us for starting the genocide that their men caused. “I will hug them and they will cry for the slaughter in Auschwitz and Gaza.”
HARD REACTION FROM ISRAEL
Israel summoned the Colombian ambassador in Tel Aviv, Margarita Menjarez, to the Foreign Ministry due to statements by Colombian President Gustavo Petro regarding the attacks on Gaza.
According to the written statement from the office of Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, following Cohen’s instructions, the Deputy Director General for Latin American Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yonatan Peled, summoned Menjarez to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conveyed his discontent with Petro’s decision. anti-Israel and anti-Semitic statements.
In his statement on his X social media account on October 9, Petro criticized Israel’s response to the Hamas attack. Sharing on his social media account the photographs of the Palestinian children who lost their lives as a result of the Israeli attacks, Petro said: “The only way for Palestinian children to sleep in peace is for Israeli children to sleep in peace. “The only way for Israeli children to sleep in peace is for Palestinian children to sleep in peace,” she said. (AA)