{"id":18927,"date":"2023-11-02T08:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=18927"},"modified":"2023-11-02T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:57:50","slug":"bolivia-cuts-ties-with-israel-colombia-and-chile-recall-envoys-over-attacks-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/bolivia-cuts-ties-with-israel-colombia-and-chile-recall-envoys-over-attacks-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia cuts ties with Israel; Colombia and Chile recall envoys over attacks in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>While Western and North American countries have offered full diplomatic and political support to Israel and its&nbsp;military&nbsp;campaign in Gaza, diplomatic relations between Israel and&nbsp;South American countries have deteriorated&nbsp;immensely&nbsp;over civilian deaths caused by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolivia has become the first country to completely sever its diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv over its ongoing military campaign in Gaza that has resulted in thousands of civilian deaths.&nbsp;Bolivia \u201cdecided to break diplomatic relations with the Israeli state in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive taking place in the Gaza Strip,\u201d Deputy Foreign Minister Freddy Mamani said at a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision came after Bolivia\u2019s&nbsp;Miniter of the Presidency&nbsp;Maria&nbsp;Nela&nbsp;Prada,&nbsp;met with Palestine\u2019s ambassador to the South American countries.&nbsp;In addition to dissolving diplomatic ties with Israel, Bolivia\u2019s government&nbsp;also&nbsp;\u201cdemands the end of attacks in the Gaza Strip, which have so far led to thousands of civilian deaths, and the forced displacement of Palestinian people,\u201d Mamani said in her statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Bolivia ends relations with Israel<br><br>Minister of the Presidency: &#8220;We are sending this official communication to the State of Israel, in which, as stated, we make known our decision as the Plurinational State of Bolivia to break diplomatic relations with Israel.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bva4ohl5yl\">pic.twitter.com\/bva4ohl5yl<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KawsachunNews\/status\/1719455070083797462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Latin American countries, including Argentina and Brazil, have also increased their criticism of the impact of Israel\u2019s military operations and airstrikes on Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Israel criticizes South American countries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia after the South American countries took diplomatic actions to protest Israel\u2019s military operations against Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel\u2019s foreign minister released a statement saying that&nbsp;\u201cThe government of Bolivia\u2019s decision to cut diplomatic ties with Israel is a surrender to terrorism and to the Ayatollah\u2019s regime in Iran.\u201d&nbsp;The statement added that&nbsp;\u201cBy taking this step, the Bolivian government is aligning itself with the Hamas terrorist organization.\u201d Israel called on Colombia and Chile to \u201cexplicitly condemn the Hamas terrorist organization, which slaughtered and abducted babies, children, women and the elderly,\u201d according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel&#8217;s foreign ministry also referred to Bolivia\u2019s historic opposition to Tel Aviv,&nbsp;\u201cIn any case, since the change of government in Bolivia, relations between the countries have been devoid of content.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolivia broke its diplomatic ties with Israel in 2009 over the same issue.&nbsp;The&nbsp;2009&nbsp;diplomatic cutoff came&nbsp;under the government of President Evo Morales,&nbsp;which was&nbsp;also in protest against Israel&#8217;s&nbsp;attacks&nbsp;in Gaza.&nbsp;In 2020, the&nbsp;government of&nbsp;interim President Jeanine Anez reestablished ties&nbsp;with Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Israeli-airstrike-Gaza-2023.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Israeli-airstrike-Gaza-2023.jpeg?resize=827%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Airstrike in Jabalya Refugee Camp in Gaza\" class=\"wp-image-18855\" width=\"827\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Israeli-airstrike-Gaza-2023.jpeg?w=690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Israeli-airstrike-Gaza-2023.jpeg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Palestinians search for casualties at the site of a strike in Jabalya Refugee Camp in Gaza on October 31. (Image Credit: Reuters\/Anas al-Shareef\/X)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 31, at least 195 Palestinians were reported killed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/dozens-of-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-airstrikes-on-gazas-largest-refugee-camp\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18849\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Israel\u2019s bombing of Jabalia refugee camp<\/span><\/a>, which the UN says may be \u201cdisproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes\u201d. As the number of casualties continue to soar, many hospitals in Gaza have been forced to shut down after running out of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Colombia and Chille recall&nbsp;envoys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolivian President&nbsp;Luis&nbsp;Arce&nbsp;has been vocal about Israel\u2019s war crimes in Gaza.&nbsp;&#8220;We reject the war crimes being committed in Gaza. We support international initiatives to guarantee humanitarian aid, in compliance with international law,&#8221;&nbsp;Arce said on social media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia and Chile have recalled their diplomatic missions&nbsp;from Israel while registering their protest against the civilian deaths in Gaza.&nbsp;Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font announced&nbsp;the&nbsp;recalling&nbsp;of&nbsp;their countries\u2019 ambassadors to Israel.&nbsp;\u201cColombia does not support genocides\u201d Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Colombia no apoya genocidios. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V10UVhITTV\">https:\/\/t.co\/V10UVhITTV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/1719868381329858848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Chile accused Israel of refusing to respect international laws and said its airstrikes were a \u201ccollective punishment of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with Africa, Asia, and particularly the Middle East, Israel\u2019s reputation in the South American region has also been deteriorating in recent times. Israel enjoyed good relations with Colombia for several years, however, the relations between the two countries have been strained severely following Israel&#8217;s attack on Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Israel\u2019s defense minister described Hamas as&nbsp;\u201chuman animals\u201d in his&nbsp;statement, Colombia\u2019s&nbsp;President Gustavo Petro&nbsp;countered it by saying that&nbsp;\u201cThis is what the Nazis said about the Jews.\u201d&nbsp;Israel protested Petro\u2019s comments and said that it was cutting off security exports to Colombia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Latin American countries, such as Mexico and Brazil, have also called for a ceasefire. \u201cWhat we have now is the insanity of Israel&#8217;s prime minister, who wants to wipe out the Gaza Strip,\u201d said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Jordan recalls ambassador<\/strong> <strong>from Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Israel\u2019s neighbor Jordan has also announced on November 2 that it is \u201cimmediately\u201d recalling its ambassador from Israel over \u201cunprecedented humanitarian catastrophe\u201d. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the country decided to immediately recall Jordan\u2019s ambassador to Israel to protest \u201cagainst <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AymanHsafadi\/status\/1719842216078692572\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">inhumane war on Gaza<\/span><\/a> that killed thousands of Palestinian civilians\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Casualties in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Gaza\u2019s health ministry, at least 8,796 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. The victims include more than 3,600 children and 2,290 women. As many as 22,219 people are injured in Gaza Strip due to constant attacks by Israel, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Western and North American countries continue to offer full diplomatic and political support to Israel and its military campaign in Gaza, diplomatic relations between Israel and South American countries have deteriorated immensely over civilian deaths caused by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[115,44,1],"tags":[18,214,116,129,92,26,27,747],"class_list":["post-18927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-middle-east","category-news","tag-bolivia","tag-bombing","tag-chile","tag-colombia","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-palestine","tag-south-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bolivia-Chile-Colombia-IRIA.jpg?fit=690%2C370&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-4Vh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18927"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18958,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18927\/revisions\/18958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}