2024-01-10 21:34:08
In response to the announcement by the ambassador to the United Nations, Paula Narváez, about Chile’s presentation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the situation in Gaza, the Jewish Community of Chile issued a public statement expressing its disagreement with the position of the government.
Specifically, last Tuesday, the Chilean diplomat declared during the UN General Assembly that the country “will not remain indifferent” to the situation in Palestine and will present the referral of the situation to the ICC Prosecutor’s Office to investigate international crimes in Palestine. the occupied Palestinian territories.
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The response of the Jewish Community
In response to this, in a public statement, the Jewish Community of Chile regretted the attacks that occurred on October 7 and criticized Chile’s response. “A country friendly to Chile, like Israel, was savagely attacked by a terrorist group that seeks its destruction. Their women were raped, thousands of people were murdered, mutilated and burned alive, among other actions that are totally and undoubtedly reprehensible,” they noted in the letter.
“Instead of positioning ourselves in the defense of Western values, a fight that is part of the war against Islamic terrorism, Chile has taken the opposite side and the clear path of antagonizing Israel, first with the credentials incident, then with the ambassador’s call to report and today presenting international actions,” they added.
In it, the Jewish Community in Chile mentioned the anti-Semitism that has emerged in the country, with threats and attacks on the Jewish community and synagogues. Members of our community are being threatened, our synagogues are being attacked and vandalized. “This is happening in Chile, this is happening in 2024,” they wrote.
The statement underlined the incoherence of the Chilean Government’s decision to join an investigation that already exists and criticized the waste of resources of the Foreign Ministry. And at the same time, the effectiveness of sending humanitarian aid to Gaza was questioned, pointing out that Hamas could be stealing it.
“We are hurt and beaten by all the civilian victims of this humanitarian tragedy, whether they are Israelis, Palestinians, Christians, Jews, Muslims or non-believers. Unfortunately, the above is not shared by the government headed by President Gabriel Boric, who seems to only be hurt by the deaths on one side and to be absolutely indifferent to anti-Semitism in our country,” they closed from the Jewish Community in Chile.
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