2023-11-01 03:10:00
Chile recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations in protest of the military offensive in the Gaza Strip. (@minrel_Chile)
Chile reported this Tuesday that it recalled its ambassador in Tel Aviv for consultations in protest of the military offensive carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip following the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7.
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Ambassador Jorge Carvajal was summoned by the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which in a statement “strongly” condemned the Israeli military operations that have caused “collective punishment” to the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.
Furthermore, from the Foreign Ministry they reiterated the South American country’s call for an “immediate end to hostilities.”
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The Chilean Government also called for “redoubling efforts to achieve a truce in hostilities, the protection and protection of innocent civilians and the urgent entry of humanitarian aid” into Gaza, while demanding the “immediate” release of those kidnapped by Hamas.
In response to the terrorist attacks once morest Israel, which left some 1,400 dead and more than 230 hostages, the Israeli Army launched an offensive in Gaza with the intention of ending the armed group Hamas.
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Among the Israeli dead is a woman who had Chilean citizenship and one of those kidnapped was also born in the South American country.
The government of Gabriel Boric also asked to “redouble efforts to achieve a truce in hostilities, the protection and protection of innocent civilians and the urgent entry of humanitarian aid.” (@minrel_Chile)
“Chile strongly condemns and observes with great concern that these military operations – which at this point in their development entail collective punishment of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza – do not respect fundamental norms of International Law,” the Chilean government said in a statement. release.
With nearly 500,000 people, Chile is a great refuge for the Palestinian community outside the Arab world, a migration that began at the end of the 19th century, when hundreds of Palestinians first escaped Ottoman domination, and which increased in the 20th century. with the Israeli occupation.
Chile recognized Palestine as a “free, independent and sovereign” State in 2011, during the first government of conservative Sebastián Piñera, and the current president, Gabriel Boric, is a recognized defender of the Palestinian cause and visited this territory in 2018 when he was deputy.
“Chile recognizes the right of the State of Israel and the State of Palestine to coexist in peace, within mutually agreed upon and internationally recognized secure borders, in accordance with the provisions of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations,” the statement concluded.
“From Chile we have sent humanitarian support to Palestine, supported the actions that the UN is promoting for a ceasefire and we will continue to look for ways of collaboration to stop this massacre. And in case anyone doubts it, we do all this without hesitation in condemning the attacks and kidnappings perpetrated by Hamas,” Boric expressed on his social networks.
Chile recognized Palestine as a “free, independent and sovereign” State in 2011. (Europa Press)
For its part, Bolivia announced this Tuesday that it broke diplomatic relations with Israel following the military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the vice chancellor, Freddy Mamani Machaca, indicated that the Government “has made the determination to break diplomatic relations with the State of Israel in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive being carried out in the Gaza Strip.” .
The announcement was issued by Mamani Machaca, from the Government House in La Paz, together with the Minister of the Presidency and interim Chancellor, María Nela Prada.
Bolivia demands “the cessation of attacks once morest the Palestinian people” and rejects “the hostile” treatment by Israel towards those responsible for the international organizations in charge of providing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, said the vice chancellor.
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