From Knesset speaker: With Jerusalem embassy, Paraguay ‘chose principles over popularity’
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Addressing Paraguayan President Santiago Peña during a special plenum assembly in the Knesset, Speaker Amir Ohana says that by moving its embassy to Jerusalem, his country “joins a distinguished, even if not yet broad, circle of nations that stands for truth and model courage.”
“You are taking part in the fulfillment of prophecy, bending the arc of history toward morality and justice,” Ohana states in English — adding that, by standing with Israel, “Paraguay has chosen its principles over popularity” and that “history will vindicate your valor and generations will praise your courageous stand.”
