Israel - Paraguay DEC 12, 2024
Paraguayan President: No ‘Heart and Soul’ to Relations Without Embassy in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, 11 December, 2024 (TPS) -- Visiting Paraguayan President Santiago Pena received a standing ovation at the Knesset, telling lawmakers on Wednesday he fully supported Israel’s war against Hamas and insisted that opening an embassy in Jerusalem was vital to bilateral ties.
Pena said he wanted to make it clear “to tell the criminals, ‘you did not win.'”
Said Pena, “There are moments when you must take a stand.”
The South American leader, who will inaugurate his country’s embassy in Jerusalem on Thursday, drew another standing ovation for calling the city, “the eternal capital of Israel.”
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