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Shin Bet Guard Reportedly Restrained Tourist During Colombian Minister's Yad Vashem Visit

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A Shin Bet guard reportedly pushed a tourist and held him on the floor at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on October 14, while security staff were clearing a route for Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar's delegation. The confrontation followed a request for the tourist to move, and police took him for questioning. The tourist told police he had not understood what was happening; Shin Bet provided no response, while Yad Vashem declined to comment. Colombia's Foreign Ministry confirmed that Bula Escobar visited the memorial for a wreath-laying ceremony that day.

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Colombia Ministry of Foreign AffairsSource Language: SpanishGovernment of ColombiaSecondary sources:1
Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an empty concrete and glass rear-exit passage at Yad Vashem, based on an archival 2010 photograph; contextual architecture, not a depiction of the reported incident.

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