Czech president in Israel, to begin moving embassy to Jerusalem

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The lines are being drawn — who chooses good and who chooses terror. Bravo, Miloš Zeman.

Czech president in Israel, to begin moving embassy to Jerusalem

The Czech House will house the Czech cultural, investment, trade and tourism offices.

By Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, November 25, 2018:

Miloš Zeman, the president of the Czech Republic – one of the friendliest countries to Israel in Europe – arrived on Sunday for a four-day state visit. During his visit, Zeman will inaugurate an office in Jerusalem he said will be the precursor to moving the country’s embassy to the city.

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Zeman will open the Czech House in the capital on Tuesday, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu was present at the opening of the US, Guatemala and Paraguay embassies in the capital in May. Paraguay has since moved its embassy back to Tel Aviv.

The Czech House will house the Czech cultural, investment, trade and tourism offices. Zeman’s office issued a statement in September saying the Czech House “is to be the first step with the intention to relocate the embassy of the Czech Republic to Jerusalem, in accordance with international law.”

Zeman, ardently pro-Israel, said at a gala celebration in April at the Prague Castle in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary that the appointment of an honorary consul that month, followed by the establishment of the Czech cultural center in the city, were the first two steps of a three-step process that he hoped would culminate in the opening of the embassy.

“There will be, I hope, three phases of removal of the Czech Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” he said at the time.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who will have the final say on whether the embassy will be moved to Jerusalem, has in the past indicated however that Prague will not break from the EU’s position on the issue. The EU strongly opposed the US decision in December to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move its embassy there.

East and Central European countries inside the EU that have hinted at an interest in moving their embassies to Jerusalem have come under pressure from other EU countries against the moves. As The Jerusalem Post’s Benjamin Weinthal reported last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in April, urging him not to move his country’s embassy. Weinthal reported that it is believed that Merkel called other European politicians as well as part of a campaign to block any EU countries from making the move.

The Czech Republic and Romania were two of only five of the 28 EU countries that abstained on a UN resolution in December slamming the US for the move. The other three countries were Hungary, Latvia and Poland. Lithuania did not show up for the vote.

In addition to inauguration the new office and meeting Netanyahu, Zeman is scheduled on Monday to become the first Czech president to address the Knesset.

His visit is set to begin with the laying of a wreath at the grave of Theodor Herzl, and also include meetings with President Reuven Rivlin – who will also host a state dinner in his honor – and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein.

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
5 years ago

Go slavs!

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
5 years ago

Whosoever blesses Israel will be blessed: beginning with Genesis 12:3.

Need to take a vacation? Prague is a very good city to visit!

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  Mark Steiner

Maybe Poland and Hungary will join in. Australia is thinking about it too.

Dano50
Dano50
5 years ago

I looked at happiness mathematically.

If you have HONESTLY tried to make someone else happy, but they never are, you’re just going to end up with TWO unhappy people.

So the solution is to do what you want and at least make one person happy.

It really looks like this is the case with Muslims. No matter what we’ve done, they’re not happy, still raping and killing infidels, so we infidels may as well do what we want to be happy.

Truth be told, I bet some of the stuff we do to be happy, will cut down on the raping and killing.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  Dano50

Muslims will only be happy when you submit to them.

Millionmileman
Millionmileman
5 years ago

It will be a real embassy not an Airbnb.

Rider
Rider
5 years ago

The Truth. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel).
islum. Abraham, Isaac and…Ishmael. As long as there is this difference, there will be no peace

MAS
MAS
5 years ago

Oh no, now the Arabs will be upset! Wait they’re already upset at just about everything anyway. Carry on Czech Republic and good on ya…

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Pray for the peace of the Eternal City. I hope one day, there will be no more death in Jerusalem.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

No sarcasm intended but there won’t be lasting peace there.
The Muslims will not allow lasting peace. That will only happen when Christ returns.
What a moment that will be when Jews see their Messiah too!

MAS
MAS
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Those that are left alive after the Beast gets done with them.

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:” Ps 122:6

AlgorithmicAnalyst
AlgorithmicAnalyst
5 years ago

Realignment of nations.

Badger
Badger
5 years ago

Well done you Czechs. You fought in the RAF too.

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