When the small Latin American country of Paraguay decided Sept. 5 to return its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, senior Palestinians officials in Ramallah were not totally surprised. They had done the hard coordinating work long before the announcement was made, and they were sure it was coming.
Along with Guatemala, Paraguay was one of the two countries that followed in the footsteps of the Donald Trump administration to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Former President Horacio Cartes, a businessman and close friend of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, came personally to Israel to inaugurate the embassy May 21 — a week after the United States made its controversial decision.
