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Updated 2024-07-16
2024-05-01 Cutting Ties With Israel, ‘One Colombia Shows Far More Courage Than the Other Columbia’ “The times of genocide and extermination of an entire people cannot return,” said leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro. “If Palestine dies, humanity dies.”
In sharp contrast with Columbia University in New York City, Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced the imminent suspension of diplomatic relations with Israel over that country’s assault on Gaza.
“The government of change informs that as of tomorrow diplomatic relations with Israel will be broken… for having a government, for having a president who is genocidal,” Petro told a crowd in the capital Bogotá during an International Workers’ Day event, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The world could be summed up in a single word that vindicates the necessity of life, rebellion, the raised flag, and resistance,” the leftist leader added. “That word is called Gaza. It is called Palestine. It is called the children and babies who have died dismembered by the bombs.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/colombia-israel-gaza
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