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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 422

Horacio Cartes

A picture from November 19, 2017, shows a general view of the Arab League headquarters during a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
September 6, 2018, 10:24 pm
Arab League welcomes Paraguay’s moving embassy back out of Jerusalem
Official says Asunción’s decision has put country on the ‘right track’ and is in accordance with international resolutions
By AP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators shout slogans against Israel's military strikes on the Gaza Strip during a protest in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, January 9, 2009. (AP/Rene Gonzalez)
September 5, 2018, 11:38 pm
Cheering Jerusalem reversal, Palestinians say they will open Paraguay embassy
Abbas praises Asunción’s decision to return mission to Tel Aviv; South American country says Israel should not be annoyed by about-face
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurate Paraguay's new embassy in Jerusalem, May 21, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 5, 2018, 8:46 pm
Paraguay reverses Jerusalem embassy move; fuming Israel shuts Asunción mission
Netanyahu says ties will be ‘clouded’ by decision to return embassy to Tel Aviv; Palestinians say they brokered agreement with new Paraguay president last month
By Raphael Ahren
Sivan Rahav Meir
May 28, 2018, 9:34 am
Sivan Rahav Meir
Seeing the light unto the nations
Israeli media hearkens to the world’s criticism of Israel; it should do the same for the world’s praise
Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks at the Haaretz and New Israel Fund conference in New York City, on December 13, 2015. (Amir Levy/Flash90)
May 21, 2018, 10:11 pm
Palestinians urge Arabs to sever ties with countries that moved embassies
Erekat blasts Paraguay’s president as ‘an irresponsible political leader,’ after Asunción relocates mission to Jerusalem
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurate Paraguay's new embassy in Jerusalem, May 21, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 21, 2018, 1:04 pm
Paraguay becomes third country to open embassy in Jerusalem
‘We have no better friends than you,’ Netanyahu tells President Cartes; Palestinians slam ‘provocative and irresponsible measure’
By Raphael Ahren
Paraguay' President Horacio Cartes (3rd-L) is greeted at Ben Gurion International Airport by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (3rd-R) after landing in Israel to attend the opening of the Paraguayan embassy in Jerusalem, on May 20, 2018. (Foreign Ministry)
May 20, 2018, 11:41 pm
Paraguay president lands in Israel for Jerusalem embassy opening
Horacio Cartes greeted at airport by Likud minister, who thanks him for his ‘brave leadership’; new mission to be inaugurated Monday
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) meets with Paraguay President Horacio Cartes, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 19, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
May 17, 2018, 5:23 pm
Paraguay to open Jerusalem embassy next week
South American country will be the third, after the US and Guatemala, to move its diplomatic mission to the capital
By AP and ToI Staff
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes attends the lunch of the Mercosur and Associated States Summit of Heads of State, at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 21, 2017. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
May 9, 2018, 9:32 pm
Paraguay confirms relocation of its embassy to Jerusalem, following US
No date give for moving diplomatic mission; earlier reports suggested sometime before the end of May
By AP and ToI Staff
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, during a meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on May 7, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JUAN BARRETO)
May 8, 2018, 3:29 am
Abbas urges Latin America not to follow US example on embassy
After Guatemala and Paraguay announce plans to move their missions to Jerusalem, PA leader thanks Venezuela for its support
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Paraguay President Horacio Cartes at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 19, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
May 7, 2018, 8:21 pm
Paraguay becomes third country to plan embassy move to Jerusalem
Outgoing and incoming presidents of South American state to attend inauguration later this month
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Paraguay President Horacio Cartes at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 19, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
April 27, 2018, 2:10 pm
Outgoing Paraguay leader wants to relocate embassy to Jerusalem
Horacio Cartes seeks move before the end of his term in mid-August, but Israeli officials are reportedly skeptical he can drum up support by then
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with Paraguay President Horacio Cartes at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 19, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
July 22, 2016, 12:04 pm
Paraguay’s president tells Netanyahu: We had our own Holocaust
Horacio Cartes, first Paraguayan head of state to visit Israel, recalls loss of ‘practically all our population’ in 1864-70 war
By JTA
Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes (Flickr/Agencia de Noticias ANDES/CC BY-SA 2.0)
July 8, 2016, 5:34 am
Paraguay president to visit Israel seeking expanded ties
With collaboration growing in agriculture and other fields, Asuncion looks to up exports, tech cooperation
By JTA
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes (YouTube screenshot)
February 17, 2016, 9:43 pm
WJC to honor Paraguay’s president with peace prize
Horacio Cartes recognized for ‘contributions to building coexistence’; will receive award in Argentina in March
By JTA
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