Colombia’s president calls for global army to free Palestine

TEHRAN (Iran News) Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for the formation of a global army to free Palestine, saying it is time to form such an army to confront Israel and the United States.

Speaking at a massive pro-Palestine and anti-genocide protest in New York’s Times Square on Friday, Petro called for armed struggle in the face of the Israeli regime’s crimes against Palestinians.

“We have to answer in the streets. We have to answer with the words. And we have to answer with the weapons. That’s why we need to create an army, bigger than the army of Israel or the army of the USA.”

He said his country has already proposed a resolution at the United Nations to form a world army, which, he said, should begin its mission by liberating Gaza.

“We proposed to create under the mandate of the UN a world army to liberate the world, and the first thing should be to liberate Gaza,” he told the crowd.

In his earlier address to the UN General Assembly, Petro had made a similar appeal, calling for joint global action to liberate Palestine.

“We need a powerful army of the countries that do not accept genocide,” the Colombian president said on Tuesday.

“We must liberate Palestine.… I invite the armies of Asia, the great Slavic people who defeated Hitler with great heroism, and the Latin American armies of Bolivar.… We’ve had enough words; it’s time for Bolivar’s sword of liberty or death.”

US to revoke Petro’s visa after ‘incendiary’ actions

Following Petro’s speech at the pro-Palestine rally, the US State Department said it will revoke his visa over what it called reckless and incendiary actions during the event. “Colombia’s”

“Earlier today, Colombian president stood on a NYC street and urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” the department said in a post on X on Friday.

“We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions,” it added.

Petro shared several video clips of himself speaking to the pro-Palestinian protesters in New York on his social media account.

“Free Palestine. If Gaza falls, humanity dies,” he said in one post.

Petro, a left-wing politician who came to power in 2022, has been a vocal critic of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza.