Colombian Government will guarantee the security of the United States Embassy

The Colombian government will guarantee the security of the United States embassy in Bogotá during The proportine protest that will be carried out in front of the diplomatic headquarters On Tuesday, at the second anniversary of Hamas’s attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023.

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This was reported on Monday by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who said in his X account that the government “It will protect the US embassy, ​​but will allow the free right to the expression and meeting of the Colombian people.”

“I request the protesters to conserve the rules of peace. My position is different from that of the US government and attack us for it, but we are firm before the principles of our Constitution. Peace in the Caribbean and Peace in the world. Respect the territory under diplomatic immunity”the president wrote.

Tuesday’s protest was convened by the Palestine Action Front against the War in Gaza and the meeting point is the United States Embassy in Bogotá, where protesters will make a plant and from where they will then move to the Plaza de Bolívarin the city center.

“I do not support violence and that is why I disagree with a total disagree with the US government to support crime against humanity in Palestine”Petro added in X when commenting on a news from the newspaper El Tiempo according to which the United States Embassy requested support in security from the Colombian government for protests.

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Criticism of the manifestation

Tuesday’s demonstration has been criticized by various sectors that consider that their call is “Symbolically painful” Because the day in which the second anniversary of the attacks of Hamas and Other Palestinian armed groups that killed 1,250 people, especially Israelis, and kidnapped 250.

“To convene a ‘pro-pourein’ march in Colombia on October 7 is not an innocent or neutral act. It is a deeply unfortunate decision, symbolically painful and ethically ambiguous. That day, two years ago, Hamas committed a massacre against hundreds of Israeli civilians,” The former Minister of Finance, José Manuel Restrepo, expressed in X.

The Confederation of Jewish communities of Colombia, meanwhile, said that “October 7 is a sacred date that pays tribute to the memory of those who lost their lives during the greatest killing of Jews after the Holocaust.”

“It cannot be less than an infamy to use the date of October 7 to take to the streets to celebrate what happened that day as it is being convened from several sectors. It is going out to celebrate barbarism, it is quite the opposite of the values ​​of humanity and life”the Confederation added in a statement.

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