A harsh message against President Gustavo Petro sent Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in his report conflict in Gaza.
For Cohen, the head of state’s ‘attacks’ are against Israel “They mainly reflect a lack of knowledge and moral blindness.” Moreover, he described them as “baseless” and “anti-Semitic.”
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In this sense, he rejected the fact that he did not condemn what happened in Israel after the outbreak of the conflict on October 7.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s baseless and anti-Semitic attacks on the State of Israel primarily reflect a lack of knowledge and moral blindness.
It’s almost two months after the October 7 massacre and we have yet to hear the President of Colombia unequivocally…— | Eli Cohen (@elicoh1) December 3, 2023
“Almost two months have passed since the October 7 massacre and we have still not heard the President of Colombia unequivocally condemn the massacre wrought by the Hamas monsters, which killed more than 1,200 Israelis They were murdered, entire families were executed in cold blood, children and babies. “were burned alive, Israeli civilians were beheaded, women were raped and murdered, and 240 Israelis and foreigners were kidnapped and taken to Gaza,” the Israeli minister said.
He emphasized that the president’s statements show “historical ignorance and denial of the Holocaust.” He concluded: ‘I invite you to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and learn about the history of the Jewish people and the Holocaust before it expresses itself this way again.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Israel has harshly rejected the president’s statements. At the time the World Jewish Council (WJC, because of its abbreviation in English) assured that Petro’s position was an “insult” and an “embarrassment.”
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“President Gustavo Petro“What you are saying is an insult to the six million victims of the Holocaust and the Jewish people,” the WJC said in response to one of the messages sent by the president at the time.
“Now the neo-Nazis want the destruction of the Palestinian people, freedom and culture. Now we, democrats and progressives, want peace to prevail and the Israeli and Palestinian people to be free,” the president said.
Considering that the Jewish Council He claimed: “Your comments here and the others on your page completely ignore the hundreds of people killed and abducted in Hamas’ murderous attack on Israeli civilians. This news is a shame for you and your country. A world leader should do better.”
Source: El heraldo
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