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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

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File: Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
December 3, 2020, 12:37 am
Czech Republic says it will open diplomatic office in Jerusalem
Israel fetes country’s decision to become second EU member state to establish official mission in the city; Prague says its positions on peace process remain unchanged
By Raphael Ahren
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani speaks during a press conference with the US Secretary of State and Prime Minister Netanyahu after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem, November 18, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool/Flash90)
November 19, 2020, 11:05 am
If I forget thee? Bahrain claims its minister’s Jerusalem talks were in Tel Aviv
FM al-Zayani spent 12 hours in Israel’s capital on Wednesday without uttering its name; his ministry also omitted any mention of the city, falsely reporting on talks in Tel Aviv
By Raphael Ahren
FM Gabi Ashkenazi, right, and his Malawian counterpart, Eisenhower Mkaka, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, November 3, 2020 (Avo Ohayun/GPO)
November 3, 2020, 7:58 pm
Malawi vows to open embassy in Jerusalem by next summer
Announcement made by FM Eisenhower Mkaka during visit to Israel; mission would be third embassy in capital, and first of an African country
By Raphael Ahren
Kosovars wave national flags as they wait to watch a military parade, during celebrations to mark the 11th anniversary of independence in Pristina, February 17, 2019.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
September 10, 2020, 1:57 pm
How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia
For 12 years, Jerusalem eschewed ties with Pristina to avoid endorsing a unilateral statehood bid. Now officials cite various reasons why Kosovo and Palestine are not similar
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump listens to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speak during a signing ceremony with Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, in the Oval Office of the White House, September 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 9, 2020, 11:13 am
Serbia won’t open Jerusalem embassy if Israel recognizes Kosovo – Serbian source
A ‘diplomatic relationship’ with Pristina is acceptable, but full recognition would ‘destroy’ Israel’s ties with Belgrade, source says after speaking to Serbian leader
By Raphael Ahren
Malawi's newly elected President Lazarus Chakwera greets supporters after being sworn in in Lilongwe, Malawi, June 28, 2020. Chakwera is Malawi’s sixth president after winning the historic election held last week, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has resulted in the defeat of an incumbent leader. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
September 6, 2020, 9:42 am
Malawi’s new president vows to open diplomatic office in Jerusalem
Following Serbia and Kosovo, Lazarus Chakwera announces reforms that could include first mission by an African nation in Israel’s capital
By Raphael Ahren
A father holds his son waving Kosovo's flag as they celebrate the 12th anniversary of the country's independence, in the capital Pristina, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
September 6, 2020, 6:42 am
Kosovo’s Jerusalem embassy offer was available for years, but Israel was wary
Pristina’s move to recognize the Jewish state is being hailed as a breakthrough, but it had long been courting Jerusalem, which balked at endorsing a unilateral statehood move
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Netanyahu participated, via videoconference, at a event marking the ratification of a free-trade agreement between Israel and Colombia, August 10, 2020 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
August 10, 2020, 10:40 pm
Colombia will open trade office in Jerusalem, President Duque says
Announcement comes during event to mark ratification of bilateral free-trade agreement with Israel signed 7 years ago — the Latin American country’s first in the Middle East
By Raphael Ahren
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, right, speaking at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, in Washington, DC, March 2, 2020 (Dimitrije Goll/Presidency of Serbia)
March 4, 2020, 12:54 am
Serbia to open ‘official state office’ in Jerusalem as sign of ‘respect’ to Jews
Addressing AIPAC convention in DC, President Vučić stops short of announcing embassy move, says he’s ‘trying to find the best possible way to do something officially in Jerusalem’
By Raphael Ahren
US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Munchin, left, and daughter of US President Donald Trump, Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump, unveil a dedication plaque during the official opening ceremony of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 27, 2020, 5:13 pm
Moving the US Embassy back to Tel Aviv? Technically possible, but very unlikely
Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders would consider shutting the Jerusalem mission, but experts say there are many political — and legal — obstacles he’d have to clear first
By Raphael Ahren
Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro at the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, in Brasilia, Brazil, August 14, 2019 (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
December 17, 2019, 8:50 pm
Brazil’s other Bolsonaro sees future embassy move as start of pro-Israel shift
President’s son, a powerful politician in his own right, touts possible 180-degree policy shift, including outlawing Hezbollah and recognizing settlements as legal
By Raphael Ahren
Eduardo Bolsonaro, Brazilian federal deputy and son of Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, at an event opening the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in Jerusalem, December 15, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 15, 2019, 5:12 pm
Brazil opens trade office in Jerusalem, hailed as harbinger of embassy move
‘We’re not going to do something extraordinary. We’re doing a normal thing — to recognize your capital,’ declares Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president’s son and a senior MP
By Raphael Ahren
Guatemalan President-elect Alejandro Giammattei in Jerusalem, December 9, 2019. (Avi Hayun)
December 9, 2019, 11:29 am
Visiting Israel, Guatemala’s incoming president vows to outlaw Hezbollah
Alejandro Giammattei says he’ll ban all branches of Iranian-backed terror group, pledges to convince other countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem
By Raphael Ahren
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2019. (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP)
December 2, 2019, 10:11 pm
Brazil to open trade mission in Jerusalem later this month
President Jair Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo to attend December 15 ceremony; Honduras to move embassy to capital ‘in the next few weeks,’ Israeli official says
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 7, 2017. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 19, 2019, 8:58 pm
Israel says Armenia planing to open embassy
Foreign Ministry hails Yerevan for ‘important’ move, but Israeli news station reports process far from a done deal
By Raphael Ahren
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