The Jerusalem Post reports: “Colombian President Gustavo Petro has signed a little-known presidential directive institutionalizing support for Palestine across the entire Colombian state, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from Jewish leaders who call it obsessive, bizarre, and disconnected from the country’s realities.

‘This is unprecedented at a national level,’ said Ariel Gelblung, Latin America director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in an interview with The Media Line. ‘Even Iran, which is in a state of undeclared war with Israel, does not present this as a national policy for the sake of Palestinians. In Colombia, a country without any military confrontation with Israel, this is unprecedented.’

The three-page document, signed by Petro on August 13 and labeled Presidential Directive No. 07 of 2025, was formally published in Colombia’s Official Gazette, giving it full legal validity. Yet the government chose not to amplify it through its usual communication channels. There were no social media posts, no press release, and no public announcement…”