Parker Molloy 
www.middleeasteye.net
Colombia expels Israeli diplomats after unlawful interception of Sumud Flotilla
<article data-history-node-id="429584" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/colombia-expels-israeli-diplomats-after-unlawful-interception-sumud" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/colombia-expels-israeli-diplomats-after-unlawful-interception-sumud" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Colombia expels Israeli diplomats after unlawful interception of Sumud Flotilla</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Colombia expelled all remaining Israeli diplomats and ended the two countries' free trade agreement on Wednesday, after Israel's <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/10/israels-unlawful-interception-of-global-sumud-flotilla-illustrates-its-determination-to-continue-deliberately-starving-palestinians-in-gaza/" target="_blank">unlawful</a> interception of the humanitarian Sumud Flotilla headed for Gaza in occupied Palestine.</p> <p>Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said two citizens of Colombia, Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto, were part of the effort to bring aid to Gaza and called for their immediate release.</p> <p>On Wednesday, Israeli troops intercepted more than a dozen vessels that were part of the civilian-led maritime flotilla aiming to break the siege of Gaza.</p> <p>The Israelis abducted several activists on board, including Greta Thunberg, the prominent climate justice activist who has been an outspoken critic of Israel's <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocide</a> in Gaza.</p> <p>In a post on social media platform X, Petro <a href="https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/1973478150370652399?" target="_blank">described</a> Netanyahu's actions regarding the flotilla as "a new international crime". </p> <h3>Read more: <a aria-label="Colombia expels Israeli diplomats after unlawful interception of Sumud Flotilla" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/colombia-expels-israeli-diplomats-after-unlawful-interception-sumud-flotilla">Colombia expels Israeli diplomats after unlawful interception of Sumud Flotilla</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/2025-09-26T185940Z_1485239593_MT1SOPADSC07452_RTRMADP_3_SOPA.jpg.jpg?itok=sYW_pLkQ"></p> </div> </div> </article>
