Latin America
Dina Siegel Vann of the American Jewish Committee called President Iván Duque “one of the most steadfast friends of Israel in the region.”
Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin said it was not yet known when the move would occur.
International Defense Cooperation Directorate head Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yair Kulas says security challenges are creating an increased demand for Israeli high-tech.
The Hispanic Jewish Foundation said it commissioned the piece, “El Abrazo” (“The Embrace”), for the José Sacal Foundation “as a gesture of the new relationship between the Hispanic and Jewish worlds.”
Curators of the future Knesset Museum embarked on a worldwide investigation to name the creator, Argentinian artist David Sabi.
Socialist president Xiomara Castro “has bigger fish to fry right now, and foreign policy may not be the area where she wishes to pick up her first fight against the National Party” of ex-leader Juan Orlando Hernández, said Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Iran’s interest is to strengthen its presence in Latin America, says Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, head of the research department at the Alma Center.
“Of all our projects in common with the Organization of American States, this is the most ambitious,” said Shimon Samuels, director for international relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
The gathering coincided with the 74th anniversary of Nov. 29, 1947 vote on the U.N. Partition Plan that called for the establishment of two separate states in British Mandate Palestine: one Jewish and one Arab.
“Brazilian diplomacy will seek to promote education and research on the Holocaust, as well as to improve national policies to combat anti-Semitism,” said the government.
The events, organized by the Fundación HispanoJudía (FHJ) and the Centro Deportivo Israelita de México, relate to history, art and culture.
“Having you here in Jerusalem to open the first Colombian innovation office is a sign that our relationship is growing stronger than ever,” says the Israeli prime minister.
