Latin America
The joint Foreign Ministry-IDF delegation will work with local authorities, even though Jerusalem and Caracas have had no formal ties since 2009.
Neutrality “is not an option,” the Argentinian president said.
“We don’t have an ambassador from Israel in Brazil, but we have an ambassador from Iran,” Senator Flávio Bolsonaro told JNS. “That shows you the priorities of this government.”
A right-wing wave has swept across the continent, reshaping alliances with the U.S. and Israel.
“When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, there is no time to hesitate,” Alice Miller, CEO of NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief, told JNS.
Another 700-plus have been reported injured as a state of emergency is declared, and international aid is rushed to the South American country.
Iran planned the suicide bombing, and Hezbollah carried it out.
“Friends of Israel keep winning,” said Fitzgerald Haney, managing director of Latin America for the Genesis Prize Foundation. “I think we’re going to see a lot more positive things come out of Latin America.”
Abelardo de la Espriella pledged to open an embassy in Jerusalem and renew a strategic alliance with the Jewish state.
Martín Menem praised Israel’s “freedom, identity and values” in the Knesset guest book.
The two nations agreed to hold “a bilateral political dialogue,” Israel’s FM said.
A U.S. diplomat told the U.N. Security Council that Iran’s regime is holding “the world’s economy hostage by unlawfully attempting to restrict freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”
