Honduras and Paraguay reportedly may join Guatemala in relocating their embassies soon to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
The two Latin American nations said they are both ready \u201cin principle\u201d to proceed with the move on the condition that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes an official visit to each of their countries, Israel\u2019s Army Radio reported, citing a \u201csenior Israeli diplomatic source.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales\u00a0announced\u00a0during the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., that his country\u2019s embassy would move to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv on\u00a0May 16<\/span>, two days after the United States moves its own.<\/p>\n In December, about two weeks after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and said he instructed the State Department to begin planning the embassy move, Morales\u00a0said\u00a0he would follow suit.<\/p>\n The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly\u00a0voted\u00a0to condemn the U.S. recognition, but Honduras and Guatemala were among the eight countries to side with the United States. Although Paraguay has expressed pro-Israeli sentiment on a number of occasions, it abstained from the U.N. vote.<\/p>\n In September, Netanyahu\u00a0made\u00a0the first visit to Latin America by a sitting Israeli prime minister, but\u00a0he did not stop in Paraguay or Honduras. In Argentina, he met Paraguay\u2019s former president, Horacio Cartes, who in 2016 had been\u00a0the first Paraguayan head of state to\u00a0visit Israel.<\/p>\n Paraguay has distinguished itself among South American countries by supporting Israel in the United Nations and other international forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Honduras and Paraguay reportedly may join Guatemala in relocating their embassies soon to Jerusalem. The two Latin American nations said they are both ready \u201cin principle\u201d to proceed with the move on the condition that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes an official visit to each of their countries, Israel\u2019s Army Radio reported, citing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3132],"tags":[301,2619,104,129,126,2620],"yoast_head":"\n