Gustavo Petro announces humanitarian aid for Gaza

Colombian President, Gustavo Petroannounced this Sunday that Colombia “will send humanitarian aid to Gaza seeking Egypt’s support” to which he added that “the UN must convene the General Assembly in an extraordinary manner”.

Petro, who since the beginning of the war has verbally dealt with the international Jewish community and even compares the situation in Gaza to the concentration camp in Auschwitz in the Second World Warhe did not specify how much the aid would be, what it would consist of, or how it would reach Gaza.

“Finally an answer from European Union remember international law. Systematic attacks on civilians are prohibited. Genocides are forbidden. Health and hospital staff must be protected. The minimum living conditions must be protected,” Petro said in a message on his account on the X social network.

The Colombian head of state refers to the decision adopted by the Twenty-seven in which they ask Israel to respond to Hamas “in accordance with international law”.

The conflict between Israel and Palestinewhich escalated a week ago after an unprecedented attack by an Islamist militia Hamas on Israeli soil and Israel’s disproportionate response against Gaza strip which threw its almost two million inhabitants into a humanitarian crisis, referred widely to Petro on social networks.

The attacks stop by now 2670 dead and 9200 wounded by the Israeli bombing of Gaza and more than 1400 dead in Israel because of the Hamas attack.

This Sunday, the president continued his publications and messages regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, republishing an article about “how Israel supported Hamas to divide the Palestinian movement,” as well as Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag and a message from Pope Francis asking “to respect humanitarian law, especially in Gaza”.

This Sunday’s comments and those he has posted throughout this week show his clear support for the Palestinian cause and the absence of explicit condemnation of the killings and abductions of hundreds of civilians by Hamas.

His statements were not without controversy, with criticism from various political and social sectors, and even from Confederation of Jewish Communities of Colombiawho expressed regret that his comments “seemed to justify the actions of Hamas, its war crimes and crimes against humanity.”