Since the war, most foreign workers have returned to their home countries, while Palestinian Authority workers are not allowed to enter Israel for security reasons.
By JTA
President Raphael Correa of Ecuador canceled a planned visit to Israel later this because of the conflict in Gaza. “Obviously, after these events, we have canceled the visit,” Correa said , referring to Israel’s operation in Gaza. The cancellation came two days after Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced that Ecuador would open an embassy in […]
By JTA
Officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Center met with Ecuadorian authorities to seek their support in asking Cuba to release American prisoner Alan Gross. The meetings came on the sidelines of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's Latin American gathering of Jewish communities in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Sergio Widder, the Wiesenthal Center's Latin American […]
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