Colombian President cuts ties with Israel over 'genocidal' Gaza campaign
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he described as 'genocidal' in its war in Gaza.
'Thursday diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed... for having a government, for having a president that is genocidal,' Petro, a harsh critic of the devastating war against Hamas, told a May Day rally in Bogota.
On Wednesday, Petro told thousands of supporters that the world cannot accept 'genocide, the extermination of an entire people.'
France 24
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he described as 'genocidal' in its war in Gaza.
'Thursday diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed... for having a government, for having a president that is genocidal,' Petro, a harsh critic of the devastating war against Hamas, told a May Day rally in Bogota.
On Wednesday, Petro told thousands of supporters that the world cannot accept 'genocide, the extermination of an entire people.'
France 24
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he described as 'genocidal' in its war in Gaza.
'Thursday diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed... for having a government, for having a president that is genocidal,' Petro, a harsh critic of the devastating war against Hamas, told a May Day rally in Bogota.
On Wednesday, Petro told thousands of supporters that the world cannot accept 'genocide, the extermination of an entire people.'
France 24
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Colombian President cuts ties with Israel over 'genocidal' Gaza campaign
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