The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reiterated on Sunday his proposal to create an army to “Liberate Palestine”that in his opinion It must be organized by the UN if the United States does not assume that task.
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“If the US army. UU. It is not able to support the decisions of international justice, then it is up to the UN to configure an army capable of releasing Palestine,” Petro said in his X account.
Petro, which is a firm defender of the Palestinian cause And critic of Israel, a country with whom he broke relations in May last year for his war in Gaza, added that “It is legitimate to ask governments and armies to defend democracy.”
The president already raised that idea in his speech last Tuesday before the UN General Assembly in New York: “I invite the nations of the world and their peoples, above all, as part of humanity, to join armies and weapons. We must free Palestine,” said.
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President Gustavo Petro in New York
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Three days later, in a proper manifestation in New York that requested the high fire in Gaza and reproached The trip of Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahuto intervene before the UN, Petro spoke again of the issue but went further when he urge the United States soldiers not to support “A genocide” In Gaza.
For that speech, the US Department of State announced on Friday the withdrawal from the visa to Petro, a measure that caused strong criticism to the president in Colombia, where he is accused of putting his ideology to national interests.
“This morning (Friday), the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, addressed the American soldiers in a New York street urging them to disobey orders and incite violence. For these reckless and provocative actions, we will revoke the Petro’s visa,”said the State Department in X.
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