Colombian Foreign Minister's Yad Vashem Visit Disrupted by Security Incident

An unusual incident occurred on Wednesday at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem during an official visit by Colombia's Foreign Minister, Omar Bolanos Escobar. A security guard from the Shin Bet's Unit 730, responsible for VIP protection, clashed with a tourist, pushing the individual and restraining them on the floor.

The incident unfolded as the diplomatic delegation was moving through the museum. Security personnel were clearing a path for the minister and asked visitors to move aside. When one tourist was asked to step aside, a confrontation began with a Shin Bet guard. The situation escalated with shoving, and at one point, the guard attacked the tourist, pinning them to the ground.

Police were called to the scene and detained the tourist, taking them to the police station for questioning. During interrogation, the tourist claimed they did not understand what was happening. The incident occurred while the Colombian Foreign Minister was at Yad Vashem participating in a wreath-laying ceremony for Holocaust victims.

Minister Escobar is currently in Israel for a diplomatic visit that includes the inauguration of Colombia's embassy in Jerusalem, following the resumption of relations between the two countries after a three-year period without a Colombian ambassador to Israel. Neither the Shin Bet nor Yad Vashem provided a comment on the incident.