Decision comes a week before US embassy moves from Tel Aviv, but critics suggest relocation lacks clear practical explanationParaguay to follow US and move embassy in Israel to JerusalemParaguay is to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by the end of May, the Israeli foreign ministry has confirmed, making it the third country to do so after the United States and Guatemala. Cartes is due to visit Israel a week after the US embassy relocates to Jerusalem on 14 May. Show Hide Of all the issues at the heart of the enduring conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, none is as sensitive as the status of Jerusalem. Israel routinely describes the city, with its Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy places, as its “united and eternal” capital. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFPGuatemala’s president, Jimmy Morales, announced in March that his country would also transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Source: The Guardian May 07, 2018 17:27 UTC