Latin America and the war in Gaza / the region that cut ties with the Zionist regime.
With the passage of more than a year since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa storm operation and the Zionist regime’s attacks on Gaza, many countries have reduced the level of their relations with this regime at various levels. Meanwhile, the approach of Latin American countries towards the Zionist regime is of considerable importance. Most of the countries in this region have criticized Tel Aviv’s approaches towards the Palestinians, and four countries in this region, namely Bolivia, Belize, Colombia, and Nicaragua, are the only countries that have severed official relations with this regime.
Latin America and the Palestinian conflict – the Zionist regime
The Latin American region has long been decisive for the Zionist regime. Latin American countries played a prominent role in United Nations Resolution 1801, also known as the Palestine Partition Plan. This resolution ended the British protectorate over Palestine and allowed the establishment of a Jewish state. The support of Latin American countries for the resolution of the partition of Palestine was decisive for the acceptance of the Zionist regime’s membership in the United Nations. Especially since these countries make up more than a third of the members of the United Nations. Edward Glick, a political science scientist, considered the influence of the Zionist elite and the Arab diaspora to be important in this matter. In the 1950s-1980s, the Zionist regime pursued foreign policy initiatives to establish and strengthen relations with the countries of this region. Amir Shimeon, this regime’s former director of cooperation and international affairs, argued in early 1974 that Tel Aviv “dedicates its experience and expertise to cooperation projects with these countries.”
In the 1990s, the attacks on the Zionist embassy and AMIA headquarters in Buenos Aires led to the security of the interests of the Zionist regime in Latin America and led to an increase in the regime’s pressure on Latin American countries to declare Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Since 2009, the emergence of some pro-American rightists in the region, such as Bolsonaro in Brazil, Macri in Argentina, Boquele and Javier Miley in El Salvador, and Argentina, allowed the Zionist regime to deepen its influence. Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Latin America in 2018 aimed to compensate for the lost influence. During this trip, Netanyahu visited Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. He said before this trip: “We are currently developing our relations with Latin America, where very important countries are present in this continent. We are entering a new field.”