Interconnections: Middle East and Latin America

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    in Today’s New York Times:

    Bolivia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Israel Over Strikes in Gaza

    Chile and Colombia said they were recalling their ambassadors to Israel.

    Nov. 1, 2023Updated 10:12 a.m. ET


    Bolivia has severed relations with Israel over its strikes on Gaza, a diplomatic decision that Israel condemned as a “surrender to terrorism” even as its own ties with other countries in Latin America began to fray.

    The governments of Chile and Colombia said on Tuesday that they were recalling their ambassadors to Israel for “consultations” in light of the strikes on Gaza, which have been in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel that killed about 1,400 people.

    In a statement, Chile accused Israel of refusing to respect international laws and said its airstrikes were a “collective punishment of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.”

    Bolivia’s foreign ministry said in a statementthat the decision to cut diplomatic ties, announced Tuesday, had been made “in protest and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive taking place in the Gaza Strip, which threatens international peace and security.”

    The Latin American nation had only restored diplomatic ties with Israel in 2019 after a decade-long rupture that was also in protest over the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza. In severing ties, Bolivia called for an end to Israel’s current strikes on Gaza, denounced the thousands of casualties the Israeli strikes have since inflicted and urged that sufficient food, water and aid be allowed to enter the enclave.

    Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that relations with Bolivia had been “devoid of content” under the Latin American country’s current government. “By taking this step, the Bolivian government is aligning itself with the Hamas terrorist organization,” the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

    Israel also accused Bolivia of bowing to the influence of Iran, which has long supported Hamas and other groups that oppose Israel.


    Complete story:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/wor…a264ffa642c8bd4


    The current Argentine government have been trying to get very cloe to several middle east governments for years now.

    Common sense would dictate that they would seek to get a decent relationship with Israel.

    But common sense is a factor that many politicians here do not recognize as a positive characteristic in their CVs

    Quote from GlasgowJohn

    But common sense is a factor that many politicians here do not recognize as a positive characteristic in their CVs

    Of course the problem here is the eejits we've had in charge want to govern by forcing their own beliefs on everyone. Doesn't matter that those beliefs are decades out of date and totally counter productive in this modern world. They're as selfish and naive as those who vote them in. Nowt much seems to be changing from what I can see.