The U.S. State Department announced it would rescind the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro after he urged American soldiers to defy orders from President Donald Trump and compared Israel’s military actions in Gaza to the Holocaust during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York City.

The State Department said on Friday: “Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence. We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”

Petro, in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier in the day. Addressing the crowd in Spanish, Petro declared, “We must set up an army more powerful than that of the United

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