Latin America
Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) wrote to President Joe Biden with concerns that the new rule could pad the terror organization’s pockets.
Two individuals were reportedly apprehended in São Paulo.
President Gustavo Petro likened the IDF to Nazis.
Andrés Roemer refused to vote for an anti-Israel UNESCO resolution in 2016.
Israel will also reopen its embassy in Paraguay’s capital Asuncion.
“I’m very happy to say that President Santiago Peña and I had a very productive discussion about upgrading the relations of Paraguay and Israel,” stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Protesters picket an event with a StandWithUs staffer and grandson of Holocaust survivors.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is to attend the official reopening ceremony in Jerusalem, scheduled to take place by the end of the year.
The Latin American country is set to move its embassy to Jerusalem.
An official announcement is expected after the president-elect is sworn in next week.
The local Jewish community, which expressed “deepest rejection and indignation,” is threatening to sue.
