Arab Countries Denounce Colombia's Opening of Embassy in West Jerusalem
The ministers said the move was null and void and urged Colombia to reverse it, citing 19 countries in the joint statement.
- On Wednesday, Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar opened his country's embassy in Jerusalem while announcing Colombia's withdrawal from the Hague Group, a coalition opposing Israel's Gaza war.
- President Abelardo de la Espriella took office in August after defeating the political camp of President Gustavo Petro, whose government severed diplomatic ties with Israel in 2024.
- Escobar recounted meeting former Hamas hostage Elkana Bohbot during the event, describing survivors as "an inspiration to us all." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the restoration as the beginning of a "golden age."
- Egyptian officials condemned the embassy relocation as a "flagrant violation of international law," while Cairo asserted that unilateral measures altering Jerusalem's legal status are "null and void."
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar noted Colombia became the 10th country to establish an embassy in Jerusalem, a city Israel occupied from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War.
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