Gustavo Petro was a former leftist guerrilla who served as president of Colombia from 2022 to August 7, 2026. During that time, he was unremittingly hostile toward Israel, cutting diplomatic ties in May 2024 after repeatedly accusing the Israeli government of genocide during the conflict in Gaza. He frequently used intense language on social media […]
Colombia Will Renew Ties With Israel and Move Its Embassy to Jerusalem
Under its previous leftist regime, headed by a former Marxist guerrilla, Gustavo Petro, Colombia turned resolutely against the Jewish state. It supported South Africa’s attempt at the International Court of Justice to have Israel found guilty of “genocide.” It cut off diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. It voted against Israel at the UN. It […]
Colombia’s president doubles down against Trump after visa revocation, calls him ‘complicit in genocide’
Columbian President Gustavo Petro has become an activist loose cannon, pursuing a vision of revolution in America. After having his US visa revoked, Petro is now doubling down on his call for the U.S. military to disobey President Donald Trump as commander-in-chief, and has called for Trump to be imprisoned for allegedly aiding “genocide” in […]
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro Should Realize That He Cannot Present Himself as an Honest Broker
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has a fictional version of the recent history of Israel and the “Palestinians.” The Arabs who remained in Israel after 1948 were not “segregated”; nor were they subject to “apartheid.” They were immediately granted equal rights, civil and political, with the Jewish citizens of the state. Arabs serve on the Supreme […]
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro Imagines a History for an Imaginary People
President Gustavo Petro of Colombia has delivered himself of an idiotic outburst against Israel. As we examined earlier, he said here: “Colombian president: Zionism partially owns international financial capital,” by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, January 8, 2025: “In 1948, Palestinians opened their cities and territories to Jews who fled the Nazis with the intention of […]
Colombia’s President Petro Lets Loose With Antisemitic Volley
Colombia’s far-left, addlepated president, Gustavo Petro, has just let loose with a spittle-flecked attack on Israel, revealing an even more amazing ignorance about the history of the Jews and the Palestinians than is usual in such cases. And unsurprisingly, he engages in classic antisemitism about Jews and money. He alludes darkly to “Zionism” — it’s […]
Former Terrorist Gustavo Petro of Colombia Cuts Ties with Israel
Gustavo Petro is a former terrorist. He used to be a commander in Colombia’s left-wing guerrilla group, the famously violent M-19; now he is the President of Colombia. During his rule, he has run the economy into the ground. But at least his leftist heart is pure, as demonstrated by his decision to cut off […]
Colombia’s president calls upon the nations of the world to ‘cut ties with Israel’
Tensions between Israel and Colombia are soaring. This isn’t the first time Colombian President Petro Gustavo has threatened Israel. Just over a week after October 7, while the world was still in shock over the sickening atrocities that Hamas had committed against Israeli citizens, Gustavo threatened to “suspend diplomatic relations with Israel in response to […]
Amnesty International Posts Fake AI Generated Photos of Police Brutality
“Police officials raped and insulted women and LGBTI people,” the AI-generated image claimed. Remember when the media worried about “deepfakes”? We’re well past that, at least the use of the term, as AI image generators like Midjourney can produce fairly sophisticated images in a variety of styles. And the media’s concern trolling over “fake news” […]
Trump Administration countering Iran’s influence in Latin America and winning key support
“The Trump administration’s push to counter Iran’s influence in South America won key support from leaders in the region in recent days, with three Latin American nations officially declaring Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.” The work of Iranian jihadist proxies worldwide is underrated and under reported. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo captures the […]