Israel Closes Embassy in Paraguay After South American Nation Reverses Jerusalem Move: Israel has closed its embassy in Paraguay following the South American country’s decision to move its embassy in the Jewish state from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv. The step by Paraguay — announced by its foreign minister on Wednesday — marked a reversal of a previous decision made in May by former President Horacio Cartes to follow the US and Guatemala in establishing embassies in Israel’s contested capital city. “Paraguay wants to contribute to an intensification of regional diplomatic efforts to achieve a broad, fair and lasting peace in the Middle East,” Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni told reporters on Wednesday. Read More: https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/09/05/israel-closes-embassy-in-paraguay-after-south-american-nation-reverses-jerusalem-move/?utm_content=news1&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal/
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