Netanyahu Thanks Guatemala President Jimmy Morales for Supporting Israel

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EurAsian Times Desk
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales on Monday for the decision to move the embassy of the Central American Republic from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

“We thank Jimmy Morales for his decision to move the embassy of Guatemala to Jerusalem,” Netanyahu said.” This is only the beginning, there will be other countries that will take such a step (the transfer of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem) “Bless you, my friend, President Morales, God bless our two countries – Israel and Guatemala,” Netanyahu added.

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President of the United States Donald Trump said on December 6 that it was time to recognize this city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and instructed to begin preparations for the transfer of the American embassy. Guatemala became the first country to follow the steps of the United States.

On Thursday, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution with 128 votes to reject the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in response to Trump’s decision. The document was opposed by nine countries: Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, the United States and Togo, while 35 abstained. The status of Jerusalem is one of the key issues in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Israelis occupied the eastern part of the city during the 1967 war and insist that Jerusalem is the “single and indivisible” capital of Israel, while the Palestinians want to make the eastern part of the city the capital of their state.

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