Ex-Colombian president: Restoring Israeli ties applauds Gaza genocide

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 23, 2026 · 57 words

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Ex-Colombian president: Restoring Israeli ties applauds Gaza genocide NewsFeed Ex-Colombian president: Restoring Israeli ties applauds Gaza genocide Former Colombia President, Gustavo Petro, says restoring ties with Israel while Benjamin Netanyahu is in power…

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What happened

Why it matters

Colombia’s new right-wing government restored ties with Israel, two years after Petro severed diplomatic relations.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: two years after Petro severed diplomatic relations.

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Claim 1: “two years after Petro severed diplomatic relations.”

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The claim states that ties were restored 'two years after Petro severed diplomatic relations'. However, the evidence from the web search explicitly states that 'Colombia severed diplomatic relations with Israel in May 2024'. Given that the current date context (implied by the ICC warrants of November 2024) is only a few months after May 2024, it is mathematically impossible for two years to have passed since the severance of ties.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany occur frequently in the political discourse of anti-Zionism and as part of the broader criticism of Israel. Given the legacy of the Holocaust, the nature of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparisons_between_Israel_and…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician and economist who served as the 35th president of Colombia from 2022 to 2026. He founded and leads the political party His…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Petro

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gustavo Petro's tenure as the 34th president of Colombia began with his inauguration on 7 August 2022. Petro, who previously served as mayor of Bogotá, took office after his victory in the 2022 presid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Gustavo_Petro

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Claim 2: “Colombia’s new right-wing government restored ties with Israel”

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One web search result from MercoPress explicitly states that the Colombian government restored diplomatic relations with Israel. However, there is no second independent source provided to elevate this to 'corroborated'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel has had full diplomatic relations with Egypt since the signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979. In Israel, the 1978 Camp David Accords were supported by 85% of Israelis, according to a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Israel

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web search NEUTRAL — Colombia severed diplomatic relations with Israel in May 2024 after months of tensions, with Petro saying he could not maintain ties with a genocidal government. Colombia also intervened in South Afri…
https://aa.com.tr/en/americas/israel-colombia-announce-mutua…

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web search NEUTRAL — Current Edition.The Colombian government also restored diplomatic relations with Israel, severed under Petro, and recognised Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
https://en.mercopress.com/2026/09/07/de-la-espriella-complet…

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Claim 3: “Former Colombia President, Gustavo Petro, says restoring ties with Israel while Benjamin Netanyahu is in power ‘applauds the Gaza genocide’.”

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While the provided evidence confirms that Gustavo Petro severed ties with Israel and referred to the government as 'genocidal', there is no specific evidence in the provided text that contains the exact quote or sentiment that restoring ties 'applauds the Gaza genocide'. The evidence discusses ICC warrants and general war crimes but does not link them to this specific statement by Petro.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Neta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the beginning of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military and authorities committed numerous war crimes, such as the collective punishment of the Palestinian people, attacks on civil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_war_crimes_in_the_Gaza…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the start of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, the UN Human Rights Council has identified "clear evidence" of war crimes by both Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces. A UN Commission to the Israel–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Gaza_war

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