US embassy in Bogotá issues warning ahead of planned anti-Israel protest The embassy released a similar notice ahead of a pro-Palestinian protest in the city on March 21. April 24, 2025
Colombian Jews, Christians slam appointment of anti-Israel ‘rabbi’ to top religion post Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar, appointed head of the religions department at the Columbian Interior Ministry, has inveighed on X against “Israeli Nazism” and called for “standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people.” Canaan Lidor April 10, 2025
US embassy in Colombia monitors planned anti-Israel protest activity An embassy statement advised citizens and visitors to take precautions, such as avoiding crowds, not using cell phones in public and locking car doors. March 21, 2025
Colombia cuts coal exports to Israel over Gaza war The Latin American country is the largest supplier of the fossil fuel to the Jewish state. Aug. 19, 2024
House Latino-Jewish caucus slams Colombian president for cutting ties with Israel “President Petro’s vitriolic rants comparing Israel to the Nazis, embrace of Hamas’s terrorist ideology and justification of violence targeting Israeli civilians create tangible risks for Colombia’s Jewish community,” the members of Congress stated. Andrew Bernard May 3, 2024
From Colombia to Columbia, an unceasing war on Israel The world’s authoritarians are delighting in the opportunity to wield the language of human rights in the faces of gullible Westerners. Ben Cohen May 3, 2024
Colombia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel “The president of Colombia promised to give a reward to the murderers of Hamas—and the day has come," wrote Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. May 2, 2024
After UNSC vote, Colombian prez threatens to cut ties with Israel FM Israel Katz: The Jewish state "will not give in to any pressure or threats." March 26, 2024
Colombian president who compares Israel to Nazis ends purchase of arms from Jewish state “This is called genocide and is reminiscent of the Holocaust even if the world powers do not like to recognize it,” Gustavo Petro said of dozens of deaths during aid delivery in Gaza. David Swindle March 1, 2024
