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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

Israel-Guatemala relations

Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo and running mate Karin Herrera wave at supporters from a balcony after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election, in Guatemala City, August 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
August 22, 2023, 8:10 pm
5 Jewish facts about Guatemala’s new Hebrew-speaking president
Bernardo Arévalo studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent four years as a senior official in his country’s embassy in the Jewish state
By Jacob Kessler
Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo and running mate Karin Herrera wave at supporters from a balcony after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election, in Guatemala City, August 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
August 21, 2023, 8:55 am
Guatemala elects progressive Arévalo, who studied in Israel, as president
Son of former president wins 58% of the vote, dispatching rival Sandra Torres, but efforts afoot to keep him from taking office
By AP and ToI Staff
Ceremony after the Israeli Embassy in Guatemala completed the Guatelinda project of homes for families that lost their homes in the 2018 Fuego volcano disaster, January 31, 2020 (Courtesy)
February 1, 2021, 2:18 pm
Israel builds houses for 39 families that lost homes in Guatemala volcano blast
Ambassador hands over deeds to new residents of ‘Jerusalem Capital of Israel Street,’ built for those whose houses were destroyed in deadly 2018 Fuego eruption
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: Hezbollah operatives stand in formation at a rally to mark Jerusalem Day, or Al-Quds Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
October 23, 2020, 2:08 pm
Guatemala declares Hezbollah a terror organization
The move, announced by Israel’s Foreign Ministry, will bar members of the Lebanese Shiite group from entering Guatemalan territory
By ToI Staff
Gil Haskel, head of MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, in Nepal. (MASHAV)
February 23, 2020, 11:41 am
Trade instead of aid? As export markets shrink, Israel looks to developing world
Country’s much-lauded and decades-old overseas development arm faces uncertain future amid budget shortfall, efforts to bring private sector into game
By Sue Surkes
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
A child plays near the beach in Nauru during the Pacific Islands Forum on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Jason Oxenham/Pool Photo via AP)
August 29, 2019, 4:33 pm
Nauru, world’s ‘least-visited country,’ recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Foreign Minister Katz praises move by tiny Pacific island nation, expresses hope more countries will follow suit
By JTA and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 8:59 pm
Honduras recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Announcement from Central American nation comes ahead of Friday visit by President Hernandez to inaugurate diplomatic office in holy city
By AFP and ToI Staff
Guatemalan president-elect Alejandro Giammattei talks to supporters at his campaign headquarters after the polls closed on election day in Guatemala City, August 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
August 13, 2019, 4:37 pm
Guatemalan president-elect is a ‘friend of Israel,’ says Netanyahu
Alejandro Giammattei succeeds outgoing Jimmy Morales, who moved his country’s embassy to Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Guatemalan candidate for the Vamos (Let's Go) party Alejandro Giammattei waves to supporters after delivering a speech in Guatemala City on August 11, 2019. (Photo by ORLANDO ESTRADA / AFP)
August 12, 2019, 7:56 am
Conservative, pro-Israel Giammattei elected Guatemala president
Candidate, who has pledged to keep embassy in Jerusalem, wins runoff but faces possible confrontation with Trump over immigration
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sandra Torres, presidential candidate of the National Unity of Hope party, UNE, poses for photographers while casting her vote during general elections in Guatemala City, June 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
June 18, 2019, 1:22 pm
After 1st election round, fate of Guatemala’s Jerusalem embassy hangs in balance
Frontrunner Sandra Torres has vowed not to relocate mission back to Tel Aviv, but local Jewish leader says there is ‘no guarantee’; Israeli candidate comes in sixth
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 14, 2019, 10:57 am
Year after US embassy move, Jerusalem diplomatic influx fails to materialize
Since DC’s mission opened with great fanfare on May 14, 2018, only one other embassy has opened and stayed in the city — and it may close soon, while the EU is a major obstacle
By Raphael Ahren
A woman walks across Israel square in Guatemala City, Dec. 27, 2017. (Orlando Estrada/AFP/Getty Images)
March 8, 2019, 1:08 pm
Israeli throws hat into ring for presidency of Guatemala
Yitzhak Farhi, who moved to Jewish state 12 years ago, will return to Central American country to run in June vote, though he is not among the front-runners
By ToI Staff
Shikun & Binui headquarters near Ben Gurion Airport. (Google Street View screen capture)
January 13, 2019, 2:08 pm
Israeli executive arrested in Bulgaria on Guatemala bribery suspicions
Azaria Levy allegedly helped pay some $6.1m in bribes to a former Guatemalan minister to secure government construction contracts
By ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu is welcomed to Guatemala by Israel's Ambassador Mattanya Cohen, left, and Guatemala's Deputy Foreign Minister Jairo Estrada, right. (Twitter: AGN_noticias)
December 10, 2018, 11:06 pm
Sara Netanyahu is a private citizen, AG says, as she goes on diplomatic trip
Mandelblit signs off on PM’s wife’s six-day visit to Guatemala on Foreign Ministry’s recommendation, but rules she has no ‘special status’
By Raphael Ahren
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