Latin America
The statement came as Paraguay said it would be moving its embassy to Jerusalem later this month on the heels of a similar move by Guatemala.
On Sunday, May 13, Israel’s Foreign Ministry will host a festive event celebrating the moves of the American and Guatemalan embassies.
The central South American nation joins the United States, Honduras and Guatemala in committing to the move.
“It isn’t popular, but I think that it’s the right thing,” said Miloš Zeman, president of the Czech Republic. “In any event, allow me to finish with one sentence: ‘Next year in Jerusalem!’ ”
“Israel congratulates the National Congress of Honduras for passing with an overwhelming majority a resolution in favor of opening an Embassy in Jerusalem,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said on Twitter.
Despite being a small, largely impoverished Central American country, Guatemala has long represented an important partner for Israel.
Juan Orlando Hernández will be the first foreign head of state to participate in the torch-lighting ceremony at Israel’s annual Independence Day celebration.
When Channel 1’s Cathy Bekerman was told by her newscast director to cross herself on air, “I did not do it, and he asked me to resign at that moment, to which I did not agree,” Bekerman told Colombian media. Israel’s ambassador to Colombia, Marco Sermoneta, tweeted that the case was a “serious anti-Semitic incident.”
According to Israel’s Army Radio, the countries have conditioned their moves on an official visit to their countries by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Jimmy Morales says that his country will relocate its embassy to Jerusalem in May.
Chabad heads to Iceland as 3,000 women emissaries celebrate at ‘day of strength for all the Mushkas’
At a gala banquet Sunday marking the 30th anniversary of her passing and the closing event of the annual conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos), it was revealed that a young couple will soon be moving to Reykjavik to open Chabad of Iceland—meaning every major capital in Europe now has a Chabad center.
President Donald Trump thanked his Guatemalan counterpart, Jimmy Morales, for his announcement that he would move Guatemala’s embassy to Jerusalem.
