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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Jerusalem, Nov. 29, 2016, on the 69th anniversary of Guatemala’s key role in the diplomatic events that laid the foundation for the state of Israel’s creation. Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90.

Arab League severs ties with Guatemala over embassy move to Jerusalem

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The Arab League lashed out at Guatemala on Wednesday, saying it will no longer engage in relations with the country because of the decision to move its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “In...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes (left) at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

White House lauds Paraguay embassy move to Jerusalem

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The White House issued a statement on Tuesday night, praising Paraguay for relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were in attendance...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

New Paraguay Embassy inaugurated in Jerusalem

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The new Embassy of Paraguay in Jerusalem was opened in the Malha Technological Park on Monday, attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes, dignitaries, officials, and guests. The new embassy is the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales Cabrera at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

On the heels of the US move, Guatemala opens its embassy in Jerusalem

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Just two days after the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem to much fanfare, Guatemala made its move to open its embassy in the Israeli capital. Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales said: “With the opening of our...
A view of Santiago, Chile with the Andes mountains in the background. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Situation in Chile getting colder for its small Jewish community

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Israel has received a significant boost from its allies in Latin America in recent months, with both Guatemala and Paraguay moving their embassies to Jerusalem and with Honduras rumored to follow suit as well....

After 40 years in Tel Aviv, Guatemalan president hails embassy move back to Jerusalem

Following the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem this coming Monday, Guatemala is planning to make a similar move on Wednesday and open its own new embassy in Jerusalem’s Malha Technological Park. “Historically, we...

Abbas thanks Venezuela, encourages Latin American nations not to move embassies

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In a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas urged Latin American countries not to move their countries’ Israeli embassies to Jerusalem. “We hope that some countries across Latin America will...

Abbas on the Holocaust, European Jews as usurers, says Hitler made a deal with...

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said that the massacres to which European Jews were subjected—from the 11th century until the Holocaust—were not because they were Jews, but because of their function in society. “The anti-Jewish...

Guatemala becomes first nation to open embassy in Jerusalem

The Guatemalan diplomatic mission in Israel and its staff entered their new embassy Tuesday afternoon for the first time, making Guatemala the first foreign country to establish its embassy in Jerusalem. The official dedication of...

President of Paraguay says he will move embassy to Jerusalem

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Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes told attendees at a special event marking Israel’s 70th anniversary that his country would relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Cartes said he hoped to perform the relocation before the...