Colombia’s president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza

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Colombia’s president says country will break diplomatic relations with ******* over war in Gaza

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President

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on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with ******* effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the

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Petro again described *******’s siege of Gaza as “genocide.” He previously suspended purchases of weapons from ******* and compared that country’s actions in Gaza to those of ***** Germany.

“Tomorrow, diplomatic relations with the State of ******* will be broken … for having a genocidal president,” Petro said during an International Workers’ Day march in Colombia’s capital. “If Palestine *****, humanity *****, and we are not going to let it ****.”

*******’s Foreign Minister

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quickly rebuked Petro’s comments on the platform X.

“History will remember that Gustavo Petro decided to side with the most despicable monsters known to mankind who burned *******, murdered children, ****** women and kidnapped innocent civilians,” he said.

Weeks after the Oct. 7 ****** ******* on southern ******* that sparked the current war in Gaza and ******* some 1,200 people, Petro recalled Colombia’s ambassador to ******* as he criticized the country’s military offensive.

Historically,

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had been one of *******’s closest partners in ****** America. But relations between the two nations have cooled since Petro was elected as Colombia’s first leftist president in 2022.

Colombia uses ********-built warplanes and machine guns to ****** ***** cartels and rebel groups, and both countries signed a free trade agreement in 2020.

“Relations between ******* and Colombia always were warm and no antisemitic and hate-filled president will succeed in changing that,” Katz wrote Tuesday. “The state of ******* will continue to defend its citizens without worry and without *****.”

The South ********* country deepened its military ties with ******* in the late 1980s by purchasing Kfir fighter jets that were used by Colombia’s air force in numerous attacks on remote guerrilla camps that debilitated the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The attacks helped push the group into peace talks that resulted in its disarmament in 2016.

Petro participated in Wednesday’s march in Bogota to promote his proposed health care, pension and labor reforms.

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