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Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, says he is breaking off ties with Israel in protest against its war in Gaza, which has left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead.
Morales said on Wednesday that he would seek to get top Israeli officials, including Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, charged with genocide in the International Criminal Court.
The Bolivian president also dismissed the United Nations and its Insecurity Council for its lukewarm response to the crisis and said the general assembly should hold an emergency session to condemn the invasion.
Considering these grave attacks against humanity, Bolivia will stop having diplomatic relations with Israel, Morales told diplomats in the Bolivian capital, La Paz.
He also said that Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, should be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize for failing to stop the invasion.
PALESTINIAN HOLOCAUST
Moraless move follows the decision by his ally Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, to expel Israels ambassador in the country because of the offensive, calling it a holocaust.
A Memorable Picture of The Three Honorable Men
(Left-to-Right) Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales
Morales expelled the US ambassador from Bolivia in September after accusing him of encouraging violent protests against his government.
Chavez did the same not long afterwards in solidarity with Morales.
More than 1,000 Palestinians have now died in Israels offensive in Gaza, around 40 per cent of whom were civilians, aid agencies and Palestinian medics say.
Thirteen Israelis have also died, four from rocket fire from Gaza.