Latin America
“Today, I have announced the first step, which is to open a trade office in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel, and this will be an extension of our embassy in Tel Aviv,” said Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández in a statement issued by his government.
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă has been met with resistance by President Klaus Iohannis, who would make the final decision.
The male and female Iranians—27-year-old Sajjad Naserani and 30-year-old Mahsoreh Sabzali—were arrested after entering Argentina as Netanel and Rivka Toledano, carrying passports replete with mistakes, including the spelling of “Israel.”
Nestled deep in the Amazon lies one of most isolated Jewish communities in the world, which Rabbi Arieh and Devorah Lea Raichman have called home for nearly 10 years, running the Chabad House in Manaus.
Investigations into the attack have made little progress. Decades of investigation in Argentina have been roiled by political interference and allegations of corruption.
After a brutal beating during home invasion, Chief Rabbi of Argentina Gabriel Davidovich tells local paper, “I’m not angry and don’t want revenge” • He is hesitant to call attack anti-Semitic.
Gabriel Davidovich taken to hospital in serious condition • Attackers tied up his wife, told him they knew he was rabbi that leads local umbrella group AMIA • Israeli officials condemn attack • Netanyahu: “We must not let anti-Semitism rear its head.”
“The greatest challenge these men and woman face is how to transmit Judaism to people with no connection,” said Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum.
A Venezuelan native, Gamus, 36—a lawyer and human-rights activist—was a one-time representative to the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Its small Jewish community lives in a besieged state, economically and socially, like the rest of the country, but also needing to rely on kosher food, especially as Passover approaches.
“When asked by the outlet if the embassy would be in Jerusalem, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said “it is one of the subjects we are talking about. I will declare the resumption of ties and the site of the embassy at the proper time.”
Weighing just 800 kilograms, the GEN-350 is easily transportable and needs no infrastructure to operate except for electricity.
