Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro threatened to droop relations with Israel over the latter’s resolution to cancel gross sales of navy provides to his nation, saying that he doesn’t help genocide.
“If we have to suspend foreign relations with Israel, we will suspend them. We do not support genocides. The president of Colombia will not be insulted,” Petro mentioned on X.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat mentioned earlier that “by instruction of Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, the Deputy Director General for Latin America at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Jonathan Peled, summoned the Colombian Ambassador to Israel, Margarita Manjarrez, for a reprimanding conversation following statements made by Colombian President Gustavo Petro.”
Haiat condemned Petro’s statements, which have been seen as “supportive of Hamas atrocities,” allegedly fostering anti-Semitism and threatening the peace of the Jewish neighborhood in Colombia.
Petro additionally referred to as on Latin America to reveal real solidarity with Colombia within the wake of Israel’s “insult” in opposition to him.
“From the people of Israel, I demand help in…achieving peace in Palestine and the world,” he mentioned. “Colombia, as Bolivar and Narino taught us, is an independent, sovereign and just people.”
Following the submit, Petro launched a brand new tirade in opposition to Israel’s resolution and highlighted by a picture that in Colombia, “genocides are not supported.”
He introduced Colombia would ship humanitarian assist to Gaza with the hope of Egyptian help and urged the U.N. to convene a rare session of the General Assembly.
Israel determined Sunday to halt all navy gross sales to Colombia over Petro’s remarks on Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he likened to the Nazi persecution of the Jews throughout World War II.
“This is what the Nazis said about the Jews. Democratic societies cannot allow Nazism to reestablish itself in international politics,” he mentioned within the submit.
He added that such a hateful discourse would result in “a Holocaust.”
Last weekend, Israeli forces launched a sustained navy marketing campaign within the Gaza Strip in response to a navy offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israeli territories.
The battle started when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in opposition to Israel – a multi-pronged shock assault together with a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel by way of land, sea and air.
Hamas mentioned the operation was in retaliation for the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ rising violence in opposition to Palestinians.
The Israeli navy then launched Operation Swords of Iron in opposition to Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip.
The variety of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 2,670, the native Health Ministry mentioned Sunday.
In an announcement, the ministry mentioned that 750 youngsters have been among the many useless. The variety of wounded has risen to 9,600, it mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com