Gaza: Colombia announced to cut diplomatic ties with Israel

Colombian President Gustavo Pietro said on Wednesday that he would cut diplomatic ties over Israel’s ongoing aggression in Gaza.

According to Reuters, Petro criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He has also requested to participate in the case of genocide against Israel along with South Africa in the International Court of Justice.

In a speech to an enthusiastic crowd in Bogotá, Petro said: ‘Here before you, a pro-change government announces that tomorrow we will break diplomatic relations with the State of Israel… For having such a government, a For having a president who is committing genocide.’

The Colombian president said in his speech that the world should not approve of ‘genocide and the wiping out of an entire nation’, AFP reported.

In October, Petro criticized Israeli Defense Minister Yves Galant for making a statement about the people of Gaza that was similar to what “the Nazis said about the Jews.”

Diplomatic relations between Israel and Colombia were established in the 1950s.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 34,000 Palestinians, most of whom are children and women, have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.

Since October 7, Bolivia has severed diplomatic relations with Israel, while Jordan, after several Latin American countries, has also recalled its ambassador from Israel, saying that it will remain so until Israel continues the war in Gaza. does not stop.’