The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempted assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe.

This is a direct threat to democracy and the result of the violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the Colombian government.

Having seen firsthand Colombia’s progress over the past few decades to consolidate security and democracy, it can’t afford to go back to dark days of political violence.

President Petro needs to dial back the inflammatory rhetoric and protect Colombian officials.

The Israeli occupation state continues to escalate its aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, employing renewed tools aimed at undermining the unity of our Palestinian society and expanding the circle of suffering in the genocidal war it is perpetrating against defenseless civilians.

Confessions issued by occupation leaders, most notably fugitive war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, confirm that the occupation establishment is arming criminal groups with criminal records, such as the gang of Yasser Abu Shabab, and transforming them into armed militias operating directly under the supervision of the occupation's security and military apparatus. The goal is to spread chaos, obstruct the arrival of humanitarian aid convoys, and target Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Reports also confirm that these client militias, which have become organizationally linked to the occupation army, are involved in armed robbery and murder against the limited relief and humanitarian convoys entering the Gaza Strip, in a clear effort to deepen the suffering of our people and undermine their steadfastness in the face of aggression.

The occupation's decision to arm these militias and transform them into an arm of its war of extermination is part of a policy to undermine Palestinian social fabric and transform chaos into a tool of open warfare waged by the occupation against our people.

The Democratic Reform Current within the Fatah movement, while strongly warning against any dealings with these criminal client gangs, views these Israeli practices as a grave danger and classifies them as crimes that fall within the core of the policy of genocide against our Palestinian people. The Democratic Reform Current within the Fatah movement holds the Israeli occupation fully responsible for these crimes and calls on the international community and United Nations bodies to assume their legal and moral responsibilities, take immediate action to halt these criminal policies, and provide international protection for our civilian population.