On Tuesday, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia issued a threat to sever diplomatic ties with Israel should the latter refuse to abide by a resolution passed by the UN Security Council demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
Petro announced the news on what was once known as X, or Twitter. In a different statement that he sent on Monday, he praised the resolution’s adoption and called on other countries to cut diplomatic ties with Israel should it continue its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of over 32,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The foreign ministry accused Petro of being a “supporter of Hamas terrorists” who massacred children and women during an Oct.7 raid on Israeli communities that unleashed the current invasion of Gaza, and said that Petro’s stance is a “disgrace to the Colombian people.”
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