Israel’s Ambassador to Colombia, Gali Dagan, announced this Sunday that the government of the Hebrew country has made this decision. Suspension of security exports to Colombia following comments by President Gustavo Petro It’s about the war in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
In the statement published on the X account of the Ambassador and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, The government of this country “condemned President Peter’s hostile and anti-Semitic statements against the State of Israel” all last week.”
And he confirmed that the national leader’s comments were correct. These are a reflection of support for the atrocities committed by Hamas on Israeli territory. More than 1,400 people were killed in the Hebrew country today in a series of attacks by air, sea and land last Saturday.
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The government of that country assured Gustavo Petro’s statements “incite anti-Semitism and affect representatives of the State of Israel” and threatens the peace of Colombia’s Jewish community.”
Therefore, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: Colombian Ambassador Margarita Manjarez was summoned It was emphasized that Tel Aviv rejected the recent events.
“During the meeting, it was made clear to the ambassador that his statements in the face of the brutal attack by Hamas terrorists, who killed more than 1,300 Israelis and kidnapped more than 150, were received with surprise in Israel,” the statement said.
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As an additional precaution Israel decided to suspend security exports to Colombia.
Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and following the offensive launched by Tel Aviv in the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 2,300 people in the Palestinian territory, The Colombian president has expressed himself many times regarding the situation in the Middle East.
For example, last week, Petro compared the situation in Gaza to the actions of the Nazis in World War II. “Gaza today looks like it has been demolished or more than the Warsaw ghetto (sic), in response to the Jewish and socialist uprising (sic) in the concentration camp destroyed by Nazi barbarism,” the President said on account X (formerly). on Twitter).
“140 Palestinian boys and girls were bombed and killed. These were not Hamas militants. Hamas and the Israeli right feed each other with blood,” he added.
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In another article, Petro compared the situation in the Gaza Strip to the Auschwitz concentration camp in World War II. “I was already in the Auschwitz concentration camp, and now I see this being replicated in Gaza,” he said.
Israel was not the only one who spoke after this comment. So did the United States, whose government called on Colombia’s president to similarly condemn Hamas’ attacks on the Israeli people.
“We were surprised to see Colombian President Gustavo Petro comparing the Israeli government to Hitler’s genocidal regime,” U.S. Special Representative for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, said last week.
“We strongly condemn President Petro’s statements and ask him to condemn Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organization for its barbaric murder of Israeli men, women and children,” the official added.
The Colombian government has so far not commented on Israel’s decision to suspend such exports.
Additionally, EL TIEMPO also consulted the Israeli Embassy in Colombia to learn the consequences of the decision, but stated that no further details regarding the measure would be given for now.
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