Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday he would sever ties with Israel if it does not comply with a non-binding resolution passed this week by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) calling for an immediate end to operations against jihadist terrorist groups. he threatened. Hamas.
The incident follows the October 7 invasion of the country by genocidal terrorists, in which Hamas jihadists killed an estimated 1,200 people, and Colombia’s president threatened to sever relations with Israel, citing self-defense operations against Hamas. This is the second time.
What you need to know: Horror of Hamas terrorist attack on civilians in Israel’s Kibbutz Beeri
Joel B. Pollack/Breitbart News
non-binding ceasefire solution It calls on Israel to suspend self-defense operations against Hamas until April 9, 2024, when the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ends. The Security Council also called on Hamas to release all hostages still under its control after the October 7 mass abduction.
Petro, a former member of the Marxist M-19 guerrillas and Colombia’s first left-wing president, made the threat via his social media accounts on Tuesday morning.
“If Israel does not comply with the UN ceasefire resolution, we will sever diplomatic relations with Israel,” Petro’s message said.
Israel does not have a solution to the Fuego issue regarding diplomatic relations with Israel.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) March 26, 2024
Colombia and Israel have historically maintained friendly diplomatic relations since 1957. Israel is a long-time supplier of security-related equipment and technology to Colombia, which the South American country has employed in its decades-long fight against Colombia’s Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the National Liberation Army. (ELN) terrorist organizations, and other guerrilla groups such as M19.
Israel also provided technical advice and assistance to Colombia regarding design and design. manufacturing Colombian-made Arpía III and Arpía IV combat helicopters.
Petro’s pro-Hamas stance is causing great damage to bilateral relations. Petro, like Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza, home to Hamas.
Israel fights terrorism: Is Israel’s response to Hamas legal and just?
Joel Pollack
In a series of posts published on his Twitter account shortly after the October 7th terrorist attack, Petro said: compared Israel supports Nazi Germany and accuses it of turning Gaza into an Auschwitz-like concentration camp. Peter also failed to condemn Hamas for its heinous acts of terrorism against Israel.
“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 wrote 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.”
Israel condemns Peter’s anti-Semitic comparisons, stopped Security export to Colombia in October. Petro retaliated by threatening Colombia to sever ties with Israel, but that threat was never carried out.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded to Petro’s latest comments in a Spanish-language message posted to his social media accounts.
Colombian President El Apoyo @petrogustavo Hamas and the loss of sexual crimes, Mujeres and the assault of adults in Pueblo, Colombia.
Israel protects national security and does not predict the future of humanity…— Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) March 26, 2024
“The Colombian president’s support for Hamas killers who massacred infants, women, and adults and committed heinous sexual crimes is a disgrace to the Colombian people,” the message read. “Israel will continue to protect its people and will not bow to any pressure or intimidation.”
Petro told Katz in a subsequent post, “Colombia does not support genocide. Period.”
There is no Apoya genocidios in Colombia. Punto. https://t.co/Rnxeb6hccL
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) March 26, 2024
petro claimed At an official event on March 20, he revealed that some members of the Marxist guerrilla group M19, which he joined in his youth, have been training with pro-Palestinian militias in Libya, including former close friend Enan Lora. Mendoza was identified as one of the M19 members. I received such training. Peter also claimed that both groups have “the same roots.”
“I learned that Enan Lola received military training with an M-19 in the Sahara Desert in Libya,” Petro said. “He trained with Palestine Liberation Organization militants and fighters.”
“Why did we go under the stars to play guitar? Next to the Polisario Front, I recognized it,” he continued. “Arabs are fighting for their country, for their homeland, against injustice. Look at what is happening today in Palestine. A homeland taken from them.”
Petro also claimed that M19 fought against the Palestine Liberation Organization and other groups.
“We also want to have a homeland. That’s why, unbeknownst to us, M-19s were in the Sahara desert, rubbing shoulders with the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Polisario Front, and SWAPO,” he said. insisted. “And even though they may not like it, the African National Congress was Nelson Mandela’s guerrillas. M19 fought Nelson Mandela for freedom.”
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
