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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Paraguay embassy

(L to R) Paraguay's Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Paraguay's President Santiago Pena, Science Minister Gila Gamliel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony to reopen the Paraguayan embassy in Jerusalem, December 12, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
December 12, 2024, 6:59 pm
‘We are with you’: Visiting president reopens Paraguay’s embassy in Jerusalem
Presiding over ceremony in capital, Santiago Peña reverses decision by former administration to move embassy back to Tel Aviv, saying it was ‘driven mostly by internal revenge’
By ToI Staff
President Mario Abdo Benitez, center, talks to Israel's new ambassador to Paraguay, Yoed Magen, left, as Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas Palacios, right, listens, during official ceremony, at Lopez Palace, Asuncion, Paraguay, August 21, 2019. (Anibal Ovelar/Paraguay's Government Press Office via AP)
August 22, 2019, 6:19 am
Israel appoints ambassador to Paraguay after embassy dispute
Israel shuttered its Asuncion mission last year warning of ‘strained’ ties over Paraguayan backtrack on Jerusalem embassy move; envoy Yoed Magen to work from neighboring Argentina
By AP and ToI Staff
Paraguay's newly-elected President Mario Abdo Benitez greets the crowd during his arrival at his inauguration ceremony at 'Lopez Palace' in Asuncion, Paraguay, on August 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
August 20, 2019, 12:03 am
Paraguay recognizes Hamas, Hezbollah as terror groups, drawing Israeli praise
Asuncion blacklists military wings of Iran-backed organizations along with Islamic State, al-Qaeda
By Michael Bachner
New US ambassador to Israel David Friedman kisses the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
September 9, 2018, 4:03 am
No future president will reverse Jerusalem embassy move, US envoy says
David Friedman believes no party would take position ‘completely contrary to reality’ by moving mission back to Tel Aviv; insists Israel can do what it wants with settlements
By ToI Staff
People demonstrate outside the presidential residence in Asuncion on September 06, 2018 against the government's decision of moving its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv. (AFP/NORBERTO DUARTE)
September 7, 2018, 3:47 am
Paraguay urges Israel to reverse ‘exaggerated’ Asuncion embassy closure
President says he regrets Netanyahu’s response to decision to move mission back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv; Cartes slams ‘betrayal’ by successor; Turkey to open Asuncion embassy
By AP and ToI Staff
A picture shows the empty entrance and a sign on the door of Paraguay's closed embassy in Jerusalem on September 6, 2018. (AFP / THOMAS COEX)
September 7, 2018, 1:53 am
US lobbying Paraguay to keep embassy in Jerusalem
Mike Pence tells Paraguayan president reversing reversal would be sign of country’s close ties with Israel and US; Abdo Benitez highlights ‘lasting relationship’ with Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
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
then-US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and then-US national security adviser John Bolton, visit the US Embassy in Jerusalem, on August 21, 2018. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Jerusalem)
September 6, 2018, 1:55 pm
The snake you know best: 8 things to know for September 6
While Washington searches for the White House mole, diplomats from DC to Jerusalem to Asuncion are busy contradicting their own selves or government policies
By Joshua Davidovich
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
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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
Guatemala President Jimmy Morales speaks during the official opening ceremony of the Guatemala embassy in Jerusalem on May 16, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
May 18, 2018, 1:31 am
US thanks Guatemala, urges others to move embassies to Jerusalem
White House says it looks forward to welcoming allies to Israel’s capital, compares Trump to Truman recognizing Israel in 1948
By ToI Staff
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