[SIZE=6]Guatemala opens Israel embassy in Jerusalem after US move[/SIZE]
https://mobile.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/4564502/medRes/1974726/-/pud291z/-/1.jpgIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the inauguration ceremony of Guatemala’s embassy in Jerusalem on May 16, 2018. Guatemala inaugurated its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on May 15, becoming the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States’ deeply controversial move, breaking with decades of international consensus. PHOTO | POOL | RONEN ZVULUN | AFP By AFP More by this AuthorIN SUMMARY
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[li]The US and Guatemalan moves break with decades of international consensus.[/li][li]Netanyahu profusely praised the Central American nation for making the move and noted it came only two days after the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem.[/li][li]The Israeli premier said he would visit Guatemala on his next visit to Latin America.[/li][/ul]
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JERUSALEM,
Guatemala inaugurated its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States’ deeply controversial move.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales were among officials attending an inauguration ceremony at the new embassy at an office park in the disputed city at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The US and Guatemalan moves break with decades of international consensus.
Netanyahu profusely praised the Central American nation for making the move and noted it came only two days after the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem. RELATED CONTENT
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The Israeli premier said he would visit Guatemala on his next visit to Latin America.
The US embassy move on Monday was accompanied by mass protests and clashes along the Gaza bForder that saw Israeli forces kill 60 Palestinians.
Israel has faced international criticism over its use of live fire, but says its actions are necessary to defend the border and stop mass infiltrations from the Palestinian enclave, which is run by Islamist movement Hamas.
This came as Turkey told the Israeli consul general in Istanbul to leave the country temporarily, the latest of a series of tit-for-tat expulsions in a growing crisis over Israel’s deadly firing on Palestinians on the Gaza border.
The Turkish foreign ministry has told the consul to leave Turkey “for a period of time”, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
If Arabs want support of Africans then they must support Africans when we need them. Did any of them show solidarity and condemn the crippling sanctions against our great son Robert Mugabe? NO
Will they support Julius Malema when the West decides to finish him? NO
The great Tariq Nasheed advices us black people to let other races hold their own nuts. Nobody comes to our rescue so we shouldn’t go out of our way to support them either.
Honduras: about to join U.S. in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Honduras was one of the few countries at the United Nations that supported the United States’ decision to relocate the embassy to Jerusalem, while most Arab and European countries voted against it.
Recently, Honduran lawmakers passed a measure that calls on the government to move the nation’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
While the resolution is legally non-binding, it is the latest sign the Central American nation may be on the verge of joining the United States in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocating its embassy, according to Israel’s national news website.
“Israel congratulates the National Congress of Honduras for passing with an overwhelming majority a resolution in favor of opening an embassy in Jerusalem,” the statement read.
Romania’s government announced on Thursday its willingness to relocate the Romanian embassy to Jerusalem. Romania is the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem and the first European country to make such a move.
“Romania is moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move has already begun; a memorandum has been approved,” said Liviu Dragnea, leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party.
Dragnea told Romanian TV channel ANTENA 3 that the Romanian prime minister had ratified on Wednesday the memorandum to start the necessary procedures to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
those stupid europeans wameogopa nini na hao ndio waarabu wame walipua vizuri of late , ama ni vile wali blunder wakaacha waarabu waingie in droves kwao
si ndio hio. wanaogopa akina kyuk wataingia burkingham palace wafanye remodeling via explosives. That might jeopardize their afternoon teas and polo rounds. But they don’t mind the cheap migrant labour though.