Colombian president says to break diplomatic relations with Israel

BOGOTA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Colombia will sever diplomatic relations with Israel on Thursday, said President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday.

Speaking to a crowd in the capital Bogota, the Colombian president referred to the Israeli government as "genocidal."

"The era of genocide, of the extermination of an entire people before our eyes, before our humanity, cannot return," said Petro, adding that if Palestine