The Israeli ambassador to Chile, Gil Artzeali, was supposed to present his credentials to the far-left Chilean president who was elected in May, but President Gabriel Boric refused to accept it, using the death of a Palestinian as the excuse.

According to reports, in protest of the killing of a 17-year-old terrorist who was in a gunfight Israel Defense Force soldiers in the lawless and terrorist hotbed city of Jenin, President Boric is refusing to corporate with the Israeli diplomat. In response to the report that the President is protesting Israel with this action, the Chilean administration issued a statement saying: "This is no punishment, the date of acceptance has simply been postponed to October."

Despite their claims of this act not being a “punishment”, the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, is a known Israeli critic and has even called the Zionist state “murderous” in the past. The incident likely being referred to in the reports took place on the night between Wednesday and Thursday in which a 17-year-old terrorist was killed after opening fire on IDF forces operating in the area. The IDF combatants were raiding the home of one of the terrorists who killed IDF officer, Major Bar Falah, earlier in the week. The Israeli ambassador was summoned for a conversation with the Chilean foreign minister yesterday.

The incoming ambassador had already set a date to submit the credentials to the president, then the government informed him that he would not be allowed to submit it due to the president's anger over "the killing of children in Gaza by Israel." Gaza is run by Hamas and according to news reports, there have been no Israeli actions within the strip since last month's skirmish after Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. While Israel does not comment on military missions, since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, it no longer operates in the strip as it does the West Bank.

But of course. Terror state & murderer of women #Iran, sending Independence Day message to their BFF #Chile. Same Chile where their antisemitic President @gabrielboric refused to accept credentials of #Israel’s new Ambassador. So, is Tehran dictating foreign policy to Santiago? https://t.co/AHyrpnl9tg

— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) September 18, 2022

The government in Chile hastened to claim that it was not a punishment against Israel, and it was decided to postpone the date to October. However, this is an unprecedented step. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile summoned the incoming ambassador, who arrived in Chile already in July, for a conversation.

Israel to Reprimand Chile for Snubbing its New Ambassador to Santiago https://t.co/7vMK4Eh0S6

— Israel Kicks A** (@Israelkicksass) September 18, 2022

For President Boric, a member of the far-left party in Chile, this is not the first incident with Israel. The president previously called Israel a "murderous" country and supports a boycott of products from Israeli towns and villages in Judea and Samaria, the Israeli-controlled parts of the West Bank.

In 2019, the Jewish community in Chile sent Boric a jar of honey in honor of Rosh Hashanah. Boric wrote on Twitter: "I appreciate the gesture, but they could have asked Israel to return the Palestinian territories they illegally occupied." Chile has the largest Palestinian community outside the Middle East, numbering more than 350,000 people.

This not a repose to Israel’s supposed crimes. This is an attack on Jews and our right to sovereignty rooted in millennia of hate.

I stand with Chile’s Jewish community and send them support.

Their president is a Jew-hater. https://t.co/gk4ZHZ8ClZ

— Ben M. Freeman (@BenMFreeman) September 16, 2022

Gabriel Collodero, president of the Chilean community in Israel, said after Boric's election that "danger has been around for a long time. In June of this year, they presented a BDS bill, the only active bill of its kind in the world, which is currently in parliament. President-elect Boric signed a few months ago a promise to uphold this law if passed but the larger legislative body, and this is the first time something like this has happened in the world."