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The centers will encourage cooperation between academic researchers and local industries, with similar centers expected to open in the future.
Jewish community leader Elias Farache: “We hope and pray there will be peace” • Resident Juan Carlos López says streets are quiet, but tense • Journalist Gabriel Chocron: “The Jewish community doesn’t want to get caught up in the situation.”
Jewish and Israeli leaders marked the fourth anniversary of Argentinian federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s murder by unveiling a monument in his memory at the Ben Shemen forest in central Israel.
The primary country objecting to it is Iran, and not Arab nations.
Israeli prime minister calls Brazil a “true friend” after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro awards him the National Order of the Southern Cross, the highest honor Brazil confers on foreigners • Netanyahu also meets with leaders of Honduras, Chile.
Honduras will be moving ahead with plans to open its Israel embassy in Jerusalem, and Israel is in talks to open its own Honduran embassy.
“The decision by the president on Syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside Israel,” Pompeo told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, met with Christian friends of Israel and the Jewish community in the South American country.
It was a banner year for diplomacy, though analysts say the Jewish state is now facing political pushback and some significant new challenges.
Jair Bolsonaro wrote on Twitter, “There is no reason to criticize dialogue, especially when the criticism comes from those who did nothing, only destroyed and stole from the country.”
In return, Honduras has asked the Jewish state to upgrade its consulate in Tegucigalpa to an embassy, as well as work together on issues like cyber security, water management and crime prevention.
As part of the first-ever visit by a sitting Israeli prime minister to Brazil, Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to forge stronger ties between his country and the South American nation.
