Colombian Government Sever Relations With Israel

It’s been no secret that the fiercest and most sustained criticism of Israel’s military operation in Gaza has come from Global South countries. Many of these have besides supported South Africa’s taking Israel before the global Criminal Court (ICC) on allegations of genocide.

But now the next large step is taking place: governments are formally respective things with Israel and expelling diplomas. On Wednesday Colombian president Gustavo Petro announced that his country will cut relations with Israel over what he called it “genocidal” war Against Palestinians. He said this will be formally initiated starting Thursday.

Gustavo Petro, center. Colombian President’s Office

"Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be shared... for having a genocidal president‘’ Petro told a May Day rally in Bogota.

‘If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we will not let it die,’ he said at 1 point in the speed. Petro is Colombia's first always leftist president, and he proclaimed that “Democratic people cannot let Nazism to reestablish itself in global politics.”

However, Bloomberg has been noted that his motives could partially be to distract from the ongoing economical crisis in the country:

Petro is looking to counter large anti-government rallies that took place on April 21 and said his administration will send a package of coins to legislature means to boost economical growth.

The package will include measures that force the financial sector to supply inexpensive financing to productive sectors, Petro said.

“It will consist of billions that make forced investment in the Colombian private financial strategy aimed at credits for small, medium, and large industries, agriculture, and tourism in Colombia, to reactivate the country,” he said.

President Petro has for months been a fiery vocal critical of Israel, having first threeed to respective relations with Israel back in March. Allready Bolivia had cutties with Israel by the end of October as the Gaza offensive entered full swing.

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At that time abroad Minister Israel Katz had condemned the Colombian leader’s call to cutties, writing on X that his support for “the Hamas murderers who carried out territorial acts of slaughter and sexual crimes against babies, women and adults is a distribution to the Colombian people.’

"Israel will proceed to defend its citizens and will not give in to any force or threes," Katz had declared at the time. Israel has already built safety exports to Colombia as of last year following the Worsening lift with Bogota in the wake of Oct.7.

Tel Aviv feats that specified dramatic actions by Global South and non-aligned governments could spread, daaging trade in any Corners of the globe and its standing on the planet stage. A akin domino-effect momentm besides happens in the summertime 20th century with apartheid-era South Africa.