Colombia Becomes 10th Country with Embassy in Jerusalem

While hatred of Israel in Europe intensifies, Latin America has become the most pro-Israel region in the world. Colombia is the tenth country to open their embassy in Jerusalem. And the fourth country from Latin America to do so. President Javier Milei of Argentina, what are you waiting for?

It’s official. Colombia’s embassy opened in Jerusalem.

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— Vivid. (@VividProwess) October 15, 2026

President Trump has stopped all money from U.S aid from flowing into the campaigns of anti-America and anti-Israel Marxist candidates. The result is that a slew of Conservative candidates have been elected across Latin America. Hopefully Brazil will do the same on October 25th, by electing Flavio Bolsonaro as president.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Remarks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reception Celebrating the Inauguration of the Embassy of Colombia in Jerusalem:
“Thank you to the Ambassador of Israel to Colombia, and the Ambassador of Colombia to Israel. And dear ambassadors, dear friends, in so many countries, in so many continents.

I’m going to tell you something that will absolutely shock you. I’ve been prime minister for a while, you know. And in 2017, I discovered an amazing fact. No sitting prime minister of Israel in almost 70 years of our history ever went south of Texas. That’s as far south as we got. And I said, well, that’s impossible. And I checked. It was true. No sitting prime minister of Israel went south of the Rio Grande.

So I decided we have to change that. It’s all of Latin America. It’s a huge chunk of humanity, a huge and important part of the world. And I thought, okay, I’ll go.

And the first place we went to, Sara and I, three places: Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. It was a great visit, very friendly in every one of these countries. And by the way, a year later, I think we went to a small country called Brazil, to the inauguration of President Bolsonaro. Who knows? We may do it again.

And not accidentally, a year later, 2017, I think, or 18, my wife, Sara, led a delegation of the Foreign Ministry, not to an earthquake, which we just did again in Colombia, but to a volcanic eruption in Guatemala. And she led a mission of mercy and assistance to the children of Guatemala, and the creation of a neighborhood called New Jerusalem. Douze points. Exactly.

So there are these deep connections that went awry, they were completely derailed because in Argentina, in Mexico, in Brazil, and I regret to say in Colombia, there was a new pharaoh, pharaohs, who did not know Joseph or Gideon or Benjamin, and it all went down to the global woke alliance. It just went down and down and down.

And now I have to tell you that something remarkable is happening in Latin America. It’s all coming back. It’s all coming back. The great friendship, the great sympathy, the deep sympathy between our peoples. A real friendship. It’s based on, yes, interests. I’ll talk about that in a minute. But it comes from the heart. It comes from values. And I have to say that President Abelardo de la Espriella said it exactly, and you said it, Omar, exactly. It’s a common heritage. A Judeo-Christian heritage that started in this city, this city. The city of the prophets, the king of Israel, the city of Christianity. This is where it all began. and it forms a very strong bond between our peoples. Not only the past, but seizing the future.

We want to seize the future together with security, with agriculture, with water, with AI, with everything, with everything. We want to make it grow, not only the crops, the people, the children. Give hope. This is what we’re about.

We’re about life and hope, and we face, exactly as was said here, a death cult that has gripped parts of the globe. A battle of civilization against barbarism. We stand for civilization. We stand for life. We stand for hope. And we’re willing to fight the barbarians.

And we appreciate those who stand with us. And Colombia stands with us. Great courage, great courage and foresight of your president. Please send him my warmest regards. We spoke on the phone. But yes, I’d love to visit with Sara, Colombia again, Bogota. You have a beautiful country, beautiful people, and you deserve the future that you now will get.

You have no better friend than Israel. We believe that we have no better friend than Colombia.

And some great friends who are here as well. I appreciate the support from countries in Africa, countries in Latin America, countries elsewhere. Our friend, the United States of America, President Trump did a great thing here.

So to have the 10th Embassy, the 10th Embassy, the minyan, is a great thing. That’s a great development.

And Sara and I want to visit. We hear it’s spectacular. We want to visit your embassy. If we can do so in the coming days, I’d appreciate it. We’ll let you know. We want to come.

So thank you. Thank you, Colombia, for this friendship.

And I can say that there’s no better place to celebrate it than in Jerusalem, because it has been the pulsating heart of the Jewish people for three millennia. It’s our past, it’s our future, it’s our hope, it’s our faith.

And I want you to know that in many ways, when people come to my office, I have a map of the world, not big enough because it encompasses only parts of Africa and the Middle East and Europe. I want to give now an instruction to my staff: Please change it. Put a map that includes Latin America. Please do it, all of Africa and all of Asia, because the world is coming back.

But I think that they see two other things below the map. They see a small model of the Merkava tank, an F-35. I call it power. And then they see right next to it a copy of the Bible. That’s called faith. Power and faith. That is what governs our hopes. That is what governs and protects our future. And that is what we bring to our alliance together with you, Colombia.

Thank you, Colombia, and congratulations on a wonderful, powerful move of power, courage, and faith.

Thank you to the ambassador of Israel to Colombia, and the ambassador of Colombia to Israel. And dear ambassadors, dear friends, in so many countries, in so many continents.

I’m going to tell you something that will absolutely shock you. I’ve been prime minister for a while, you know. And in 2017, I discovered an amazing fact. No sitting prime minister of Israel in almost 70 years of our history ever went south of Texas. That’s as far south as we got. And I said, well, that’s impossible. And I checked. It was true. No sitting prime minister of Israel went south of the Rio Grande.

So I decided we have to change that. It’s all of Latin America. It’s a huge chunk of humanity, a huge and important part of the world. And I thought, okay, I’ll go.

And the first place we went to, Sara and I, three places: Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. It was a great visit, very friendly in every one of these countries. And by the way, a year later, I think we went to a small country called Brazil, to the inauguration of President Bolsonaro. Who knows? We may do it again.

And not accidentally, a year later, 2017, I think, or 18, my wife, Sara, led a delegation of the Foreign Ministry, not to an earthquake, which we just did again in Colombia, but to a volcanic eruption in Guatemala. And she led a mission of mercy and assistance to the children of Guatemala, and the creation of a neighborhood called New… Jerusalem. Douze points. Exactly.

So there are these deep connections that went awry, they were completely derailed because in Argentina, in Mexico, in Brazil, and I regret to say in Colombia, there was a new pharaoh, pharaohs, who did not know Joseph or Gideon or Benjamin, and it all went down to the global woke alliance. It just went down and down and down.

And now I have to tell you that something remarkable is happening in Latin America. It’s all coming back. It’s all coming back. The great friendship, the great sympathy, the deep sympathy between our peoples. A real friendship. It’s based on, yes, interests. I’ll talk about that in a minute. But it comes from the heart. It comes from values. And I have to say that President Abelardo de la Espriella said it exactly, and you said it, Omar, exactly. It’s a common heritage. A Judeo-Christian heritage that started in this city, this city. The city of the prophets, the king of Israel, the city of Christianity. This is where it all began. and it forms a very strong bond between our peoples. Not only the past, but seizing the future.

We want to seize the future together with security, with agriculture, with water, with AI, with everything, with everything. We want to make it grow, not only the crops, the people, the children. Give hope. This is what we’re about.

We’re about life and hope, and we face, exactly as was said here, a death cult that has gripped parts of the globe. A battle of civilization against barbarism. We stand for civilization. We stand for life. We stand for hope. And we’re willing to fight the barbarians.

And we appreciate those who stand with us. And Colombia stands with us. Great courage, great courage and foresight of your president. Please send him my warmest regards. We spoke on the phone. But yes, I’d love to visit with Sara, Colombia again, Bogota. You have a beautiful country, beautiful people, and you deserve the future that you now will get.

You have no better friend than Israel. We believe that we have no better friend than Colombia.

And some great friends who are here as well. I appreciate the support from countries in Africa, countries in Latin America, countries elsewhere. Our friend, the United States of America, President Trump did a great thing here.

So to have the 10th Embassy, the 10th Embassy, the minyan, is a great thing. That’s a great development.

And Sara and I want to visit. We hear it’s spectacular. We want to visit your embassy. If we can do so in the coming days, I’d appreciate it. We’ll let you know. We want to come.

So thank you. Thank you, Colombia, for this friendship.

And I can say that there’s no better place to celebrate it than in Jerusalem, because it has been the pulsating heart of the Jewish people for three millennia. It’s our past, it’s our future, it’s our hope, it’s our faith.

And I want you to know that in many ways, when people come to my office, I have a map of the world, not big enough because it encompasses only parts of Africa and the Middle East and Europe. I want to give now an instruction to my staff: Please change it. Put a map that includes Latin America. Please do it, all of Africa and all of Asia, because the world is coming back.

But I think that they see two other things below the map. They see a small model of the Merkava tank, an F-35. I call it power. And then they see right next to it a copy of the Bible. That’s called faith. Power and faith. That is what governs our hopes. That is what governs and protects our future. And that is what we bring to our alliance together with you, Colombia.

Thank you, Colombia, and congratulations on a wonderful, powerful move of power, courage, and faith.

Thank you. Thank you all.”

Video: GPO

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 14, 2026

ערב היסטורי בירושלים!

יחד עם ראש הממשלה @netanyahu וחברי, שר החוץ של קולומביה @omarbula, חגגנו את פתיחת שגרירות קולומביה בירושלים. השגרירות העשירית בבירת ישראל.

תודה לחברי הנשיא @ABDELAESPRIELLA שאמר ועשה!

הידידות בינינו הולכת ומתחזקת!
קולומביה תמיד תוכל לסמוך על ישראל! https://t.co/KPXwr4fm9S

— Gideon Sa’ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) October 14, 2026

תודה לחברי, שר החוץ של קולומביה @omarbulaescobar, על ביקורו ההיסטורי בישראל, במסגרתו נחנכה הבוקר שגרירות קולומביה בירושלים.
תודה גם על ההודעה הטובה שהבאת עימך בדבר פרישת קולומביה מ״קבוצת האג״ האנטי-ישראלית.
תודה על שותפות אמת.
ביחד נחזק את השותפות האסטרטגית בין מדינותינו! https://t.co/HOjFSK5GGA

— Gideon Sa’ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) October 14, 2026

We applaud President @ABDELAESPRIELLA’s leadership and principled decision to open Colombia’s embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital.

@omarbula @gidonsaar @CancilleriaCol @IsraelMFA

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) October 14, 2026

Colombia has just become the 10th country to open an embassy in Jerusalem.

The move comes just one day after Colombia reinstated its free trade agreement with Israel – and represents a complete reversal from the previous Petro government, which had severed diplomatic ties, recalled its ambassador, and cancelled the trade agreement. Welcome to Jerusalem Colombia – Israel’s eternal capital.

— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) October 14, 2026

Colombia becomes 10th country with embassy in Jerusalem

BY JNS, Oct 13th, 2026

(Oct. 14, 2026 / JNS)

Colombia on Wednesday morning opened its embassy in Jerusalem, the 10th foreign diplomatic mission in the Israeli capital.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, joined by Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion and Israel’s ambassador to Colombia, Vivian Aisen, said after signing the embassy’s guest book that it was a “historical day for the relations between Colombia and Israel, which is also an important day for Jerusalem, our capital.”

During the ceremony, the embassy sign was unveiled and Sa’ar affixed a mezuzah at the entrance.