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Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday expelled all remaining Israeli diplomats in the country over Israel's interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and reported detention of two Colombian activists.

Petro said two Colombian women, "who were engaged in human solidarity activities with Palestine," were detained by Israeli forces in international waters.

In a statement, his office said Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla and called for their immediate release.

The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed that "several vessels" in the flotilla had been "safely stopped" and that the passengers were being brought to an Israeli port.

The leftist Petro severed relations with Israel last year but four diplomats remained posted in the country, a source at the Israeli consulate in Bogota told AFP.

Writing on X, Petro announced the expulsion of "the entire diplomatic delegation of Israel" over what he called "a new international crime" by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He also terminated a free-trade deal in force with Israel since 2020.

Colombia's leader is one of Netanyahu's most vocal critics, calling him "genocidal," while also slamming US President Donald Trump as an "accomplice" to "genocide."

Last week, Petro attended a pro-Palestinian protest in New York, where he called on the US military to "disobey" Trump.

Washington revoked Petro's visa over his remarks.

malali:
Source:https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/colombia-expels-israeli-diplomats-over-gaza-flotilla-intercept-101759379753567.html

Aidoko2:
What is hamas stance on Trumps peace deal. Is hamas releasing the hostages they took that started the war or they want to hold them and keep the war going?

ScamDemicEra:
... heavy censorship going on with anything Gaza right now -even here on nairaland shockingly !!!

WesleyPepper:
Interestingly, Latin America is the epicenter of Christianity .
Wait, is the version of Christianity practiced in Columbia different from the ones practiced by the self acclaimed Nigerian Jews ??

Greenback:
That shame of a drug run and ruined country that should hide her head in the sands

malali:

Drug run country ? LOL
Who consumes the drugs ?
Hypocrites everywhere ?

malali:
This has never been about Christianity and Muslims, they are just using propaganda to force you to choose sides.
This war is about good and evil with evil (Israel) pretending to be the good side.

Aidoko2:
What is hamas stance on Trumps peace deal. Is hamas releasing the hostages they took that started the war or they want to hold them and keep the war going?

Karismatik:
What are they looking for at this same time of the year?
You all recall that it was this time two years ago when Israelis were celebrating Yom Kippur that Hamas launched a sudden attacked on them.
Israel has the right to defend her territory.

Afriifa:
Tell Hamas to release the remaining hostages then we can call Israel evil in peace. Anything short of that, calling Israel names is just hyprocrisy.

NothingDoMe:
Hamas that uses Palestinians as human shields are on the good side? Amazing!!!!

malali:
Hamas did not start the war, Israel has thousands of Palestinians locked up before Oct 7th.Dont fall for media propaganda. Israel had to create and excuse to k*ill and steal the land of Palestinians