Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing “genocide” through Israel’s self-defense operation against the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas.
“Mr. Netanyahu, you will go down in history as a genocidal man. Dropping bombs on thousands of innocent children, women and the elderly does not make you a hero,” Petro said on social media late Saturday local time. I wrote this in a post to the media. “You’re standing next to the people who murdered millions of Jews in Europe.”
“Genocide is genocide, whether you have a religion or not,” he continued. “At least try to stop the massacre.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Pasala, recorded a history of genocide. Ranzar, Mil de he will never lose to heroes such as Niños and Niñas, Mujeres and Ancianos, Innocentes. The case could be brought to court in Europe.
No genocide… https://t.co/clSfIuykaU
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) May 12, 2024
Petro — a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group M19, to which Petro himself belongs. claimed In the past, some of its members were trained by pro-Palestinian militias in Libya, as well as in Colombia. break Hamas reportedly decided to establish diplomatic relations with Israel in early May. celebrated.
Colombia’s far-left president criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in response to a post in which the Israeli prime minister said on Saturday that Israel would not “be lectured by anti-Semitic Hamas supporters.”
Israel will not take a lecture from the anti-Semitic supporters of Hamas, the genocidal terrorist organization that massacred, raped, mutilated, and burned alive 1,200 innocent people on October 7th. President Peter should be ashamed!
– Benjamin Netanyahu May 11, 2024
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s post followed Petro’s public call on Friday for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant against the Israeli prime minister.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu will not stop the genocide. This means an international arrest warrant from a criminal court,” President Petro said on Friday. “The Security Council must begin considering the creation of a peacekeeping force in the Gaza Strip.”
Netanyahu will not stop committing genocide. Areas involved in Detective Corte’s international detention.
Prepare to build safe communities to protect the territory of Gaza. https://t.co/6pV9oJlZJw
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) May 10, 2024
Petro almost single-handedly destroyed more than 60 years of friendly relations between his homeland and Israel, which had been cultivated by the uninterrupted history of Colombia’s conservative presidents before him. In the months following Hamas’ siege of Israel on October 7, Petro made anti-Semitic statements both on social media and in street speeches, repeatedly criticized Israel for its response to Hamas, and relentlessly attacked Israel. did. The October 7 Hamas atrocity left more than 1,200 people dead and around 250 abducted, of whom an estimated 130 remain in captivity.
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Petro’s condemnation of Israel culminated in the far-left president ordering Colombia to sever ties with Israel on May 1st, during May Day, an official Colombian government event that celebrates communism. did.
“Here, before your eyes, the President of the Republic, a government of change, announced tomorrow that we will sever diplomatic relations with the State of Israel because we have a genocidal government and because we have a president. I will!” Peter said in his May Day speech.
On Saturday, Petro denied supporting Hamas on social media. post In it, he said, “Jews should not be the masterminds of a genocide because they suffered a genocide.”
“Just as the genocide of Jews in Nazi Europe is unacceptable, so too is the genocide of the Palestinian people today,” the message read. “I am not a supporter of Hamas because I am a supporter of republican, common people and secular democracy.”
“My democratic, republican, civil, secular and religious principles lead me to reject Prime Minister Netanyahu’s barbaric acts, which have been called genocidal and anti-humanitarian,” the message continued. “It’s not anti-Semitic or anti-human. If Gaza dies, humanity also dies.”
petro claimed “Responsibility” for non-binding things solution The United Nations General Assembly recently passed a resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to reconsider granting full membership status to Palestine.
Mr. Petro began his continued condemnation of Israel shortly after Israel began its self-defense operation against Hamas in October 2023. accused Regarding Israel’s transformation of Gaza into an Auschwitz-like concentration camp, he compared Israel’s actions to those of Nazi Germany.
“If I had lived in Germany in 1933, I would have fought on the side of the Jews; if I had lived in Palestine in 1948, I would have fought on the Palestinian side,” Petro said at the time. “Now neo-Nazis want the destruction of the Palestinian people, freedom, and culture. Now Democrats and progressives want peace and freedom for the Israeli and Palestinian people.”
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Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
