Petro announces that Colombia will break diplomatic relations with Israel on Thursday

The Colombian president, Gustavo Pedroannounced this Wednesday in his speech to workers for the May Daythat on Thursday he will break relations with Israel then he called “genocide” against the Palestinian people.

“Here before you, the Government of changethe president of the republic, informs that tomorrow diplomatic relations with the State of Israel (…) for having a Government, for having a genocidal president”he stated Petro on site Bogotá.

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“Today, all of humanity on the streets, by the millions, agrees with us and we agree with them.”“said Petro, a fervent supporter of Palestinian causein reference to its decision to break off relations with Israel.

“It cannot be, it cannot return, the times of genocide, of extermination of an entire city before our eyes, before our passivity”said the president in front of the workers.

The Colombian president had already threatened on October 15, two weeks after the start of the war in Link after the attacks on Israel by the armed wing of Hamaswith the suspension of diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.

On March 26, he reiterated his threat break off relations with Israel If a truce were not established, which, for the first time, had been demanded by the Security Council of the UN for the war Link.

The war in Link has already caused the death of more than 34,500 Palestiniansaccording to Israeli media Wallaand Petro has been a fierce critic of Israel for the attacks in the Gaza Strip, which he compared numerous times to the Nazi attacks in Second World War.

“If you die Palestine Humanity dies and we will not let it die, just as we will not let humanity die.“, he said today on the stage of May Day.

According to Petro“Today perhaps the world could be summed up in one word (…) that claims the need for life, rebellion, the flag raised and resistance: that word is called LinkIt’s called Palestine, it’s called girls, it’s called boys, babies who died dismembered by bombs”.

After Petro’s announcement to sever diplomatic relations with Israel, the public responded with shouts of “Long live a free and sovereign Palestine” and “Down with the Palestinian genocide”.

Source: Elcomercio

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