Tag: Relations

Colombia’s Gustavo Petro: Country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the Israel-Hamas war. Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide.” He previously suspended purchases of weapons from Israel and compared that country’s […]

Netanyahu pressured from all sides amid mass protests, strained relations with Biden White House

Anti-government protests across Israel on Sunday put even more political pressure on embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose approval numbers among the Israeli public keep dropping and whose relationship with the Biden administration has reached an all-time low. Israeli media reported that weekend demonstrations in Tel Aviv and elsewhere across Israel were some of the […]

Time to Cancel CAIR – the Council on American-Islamic Relations

The White House in December 2023 quietly canceled the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) membership in its “National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” program due to CAIR’s Executive Director, Nihad Awad, a Palestinian-American, saying he was “happy” about the October 7 Hamas massacre and genocide of Jews. Why the White House would include CAIR in its strategy to […]