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“This Cannot Continue”: Socialist Lawmaker Calls for Israeli Ambassador’s Removal Over Remarks on Palestinian Community

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Chilean Socialist lawmaker Nelson Venegas called for Ambassador Gabriel Zaliasnik to resign.
  • Venegas objected to Zaliasnik’s comments about Chile’s Palestinian community and his criticism of the government’s foreign policy toward the Middle East conflict.
  • The remarks have added tension to Chile-Israel relations.

Chilean Socialist lawmaker Nelson Venegas called for the removal of Chile’s ambassador to Israel, Gabriel Zaliasnik, saying, “This cannot continue.”

Venegas made the request after Zaliasnik questioned the size of Chile’s Palestinian community and criticized President Gabriel Boric’s foreign policy toward the conflict in the Middle East.

The dispute has further strained bilateral relations between Chile and Israel. No additional details about the ambassador’s response or the government’s position were provided.

This cannot continue.

— Nelson VenegasThe Chilean Socialist lawmaker used the phrase while calling for Ambassador Gabriel Zaliasnik’s departure.
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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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