Colombia to cosponsor Algeria's war crimes ICC case against 'Israel'
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The Algerian President has urged Arab nations and human rights organizations to sue the Israeli occupation for its aggression and war crimes at the International Criminal Court.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 20, 2023. (AP)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday that Bogota will support Algeria's case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes committed by "Israel", led by the Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the ongoing bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Petro posed on X: "The Republic of Colombia will cosponsor the denunciation lodged by the Republic of Algeria at the International Criminal Court over war crimes committed by Mister Benjamin Netanyahu in light of the massacre of Palestinian children and civilians he has created."
La República de Colombia va a coadyuvar la denuncia de la Republica de Argelia interpuesta ante la Corte Penal Internacional por crímenes de guerra contra el señor Benjamín Netanyahu ante la masacre de niños y civiles del pueblo palestino que ha producido.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) November 9, 2023
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To this end, Alvaro Leyva, Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, will meet with an ICC prosecutor on Friday to discuss the situation, according to Petro.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune earlier urged attorneys from Arab nations and human rights organizations to sue "Israel" at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against the Palestinian people on Monday.
Last month, Petro said he fully supports the International Criminal Court investigating Israeli war crimes in Palestine, adding that "what is happening in Gaza are crimes against humanity."
Earlier, he pointed out that half a million people had come out in London to demonstrate against the genocide, pointing out that the reserve of democracy that made Britain overcome Nazism is today again contributing to an uprising against “Israel".
The Colombian President previously denounced the genocide carried out by Israeli occupation aircraft in the Gaza Strip and demanded "the protection of health sector workers."
Formerly, Argentinian lawyer and former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, took to social media platform X to condemn "Israel" in four posts that will probably infuriate the occupation to its very core.
In his thread, the first post read: "A full blockade of Gaza could be considered a crime against humanity and a genocide. It could be investigated by the International Criminal Court."
He then continued to explain that murdering innocent civilians in Gaza could prompt an investigation to be opened against them by the ICC since they constitute "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity."
