The Bolivian government decided to sever diplomatic relations with Israel.
In an official statement, he said the decision “represents a rejection and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which threatens international peace and security.”
This morning it was reported that President Luis Arce met with the Palestinian Ambassador to Bolivia, Mahmoud Elalwani, with whom he expressed solidarity for “the suffering of the Palestinian people, especially the girls and boys who have the right to live in peace” . war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.”
In an official message, Bolivia called for a suspension of attacks in the Gaza Strip and an end to the blockade preventing access to food, water and other essential goods.
The Bolivian government reiterates that this behavior violates international and humanitarian law in the treatment of civilians in armed conflicts,” said Minister Prada.
“We demand an end to the attacks in the Gaza Strip, which have so far caused thousands of civilian deaths and the displacement of Palestinians; and lifting the blockade preventing access to food, water and other essential elements, which violates international and humanitarian law in the treatment of civilians in armed conflict.”
The good side of history
Bolivia told the United Nations on Tuesday that by severing diplomatic ties with Israel, it is “on the right side of history, on the side of the rights of the Palestinian people,” as the country’s ambassador to the General Assembly said. UN Assembly explained. Diego Pary Rodriguez.
His intervention came just minutes after La Paz unexpectedly announced the break in diplomatic ties “in rejection and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip,” Foreign Minister Freddy Mamani said.
The ambassador later described Israel in the General Assembly as a “state that does not respect life, people, international law and international humanitarian law.”
“Palestinian sisters and brothers,” the Bolivian envoy announced, “you are not alone, Bolivia is with you, the people of the world are with you.”
In 2009, the Bolivian government of then-president Evo Morales (2006-2019) severed diplomatic relations with Israel in response to the attacks in the Gaza Strip at the time, but in February 2020 the interim government of Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020) was dismissed. set up. agreed to restore and strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In recent days, Morales has urged the government of President Luis Arce that Bolivia sever diplomatic ties with Israel.
Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip have killed more than 8,306 people, half of them children, and injured more than 21,048 since the war began on October 7.
Source: La Neta Neta
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