The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had summoned the Israeli ambassador to Bogotá, Gali Dagan, for alleged interference in the Latin American country’s internal affairs.
Colombian diplomats complained that Dagan addresses, through the social network .
The Ministry refers to an exchange of messages, on February 12, with the director of the Colombian tax and customs agency, Luis Carlos Reyes.
At the time, Reyes made a publication warning that “more than a million Palestinians displaced from Gaza are trapped on the border with Egypt” and calling for an end to the genocide once morest the Palestinian population.
The Israeli ambassador said he hoped that Reyes would not charge taxes as he obtained information “regarding a conflict thousands of kilometers away from the Colombian tax regime”.
“Dear Ambassador, given the relative silence regarding what is happening today in Rafah, the duty to speak falls on all of us who are paying attention.
In the words of Elie Wiesel (Nobel Peace Prize winner and Jewish survivor of the Nazi concentration camps), “silence encourages the persecutor, never the persecuted”, replied the Colombian official.
Following the statements, the Government of Colombia reacted by summoning the ambassador and declared that it “considers the comments inappropriate, contrary to diplomatic relations between sovereign nations”, in reference to the Vienna Convention, which regulates bilateral relations.
“Persons who enjoy privileges and immunities must respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State and are obliged not to interfere in its internal affairs,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in the same note.
