The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has commended Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s refusal to accept the credentials of the Israeli regime’s new ambassador to the Latin American country.
Boric, a vociferous critic of Israel, refused to receive on Thursday the credentials of new Israeli Ambassador Gil Artzyeli because of “Israel’s killing of children in Gaza” and the occupying regime’s atrocities across the Palestinian territories.
Israeli media reported that “Artzyeli was to present his credentials to President Boric as a formality, but the Chilean government told him to cancel the meeting because of Israel’s killing of children in Gaza.”
Reports said the new ambassador had already arrived at the residence of the Chilean president to attend the credential presentation ceremony before he was informed of the cancelation of the meeting and returned to its place.
In a press statement on Friday, Hamas spokesperson Jihad Taha expressed appreciation for the Chilean president’s move.
Taha called on Chile and all countries around the world to sever their ties with the Israeli regime in support of Palestine’s liberation as well as humanitarian justice issues, foremost among them the Palestinian cause.
Boric’s move came against the backdrop of the killing of a 17-year-old Palestinian at the hands of the regime forces during overnight clashes in the occupied West Bank.
Source: Press TV