以色列宣布哥伦比亚将在耶路撒冷开设大使馆，成为最新一个在这座被以色列人和巴勒斯坦人争夺为首都的争议城市设立外交使团的国家。大多数国家在以色列的使馆都设在特拉维夫。
Israel has announced that Colombia will open an embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the latest country to establish a diplomatic mission in the disputed city claimed as a capital by Israelis and Palestinians. Most countries have their embassies in Israel in Tel Aviv.
以色列外长吉迪恩·萨尔周四表示，这个拉美国家的大使馆将在下周开馆，他借此宣传与该地区关系的扩大。
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Thursday the Latin American country’s embassy would open next week as he touted expanding relations with the region.
“下周三，我们将为……哥伦比亚大使馆揭幕，”萨尔在耶路撒冷的一场会议上对与会者说。
“Next Wednesday, we are going to inaugurate … the Colombian embassy,” Saar told attendees at a conference in Jerusalem.
哥伦比亚外交部位于波哥大的官员告诉法新社，哥伦比亚外交部长奥马尔·布拉·埃斯科巴尔将于周日前往耶路撒冷，为开馆做准备。
An official at the Colombian Foreign Ministry in Bogota told AFP news agency the country’s Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar would travel to Jerusalem on Sunday ahead of the opening.
在八月宣誓就任总统的哥伦比亚总统阿贝拉多·德拉·埃斯普里埃拉在选举期间承诺与以色列保持密切关系。上任后，他恢复了哥伦比亚与以色列的外交关系。此前，哥伦比亚因以色列在加沙的种族灭绝战争而中断了两国关系。
Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella who was sworn in as president in August, promised close relations with Israel during his election campaign. When he came into office, he restored diplomatic ties between Colombia and Israel. Colombia had previously severed ties with the country over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
此宣布正值一小批但不断增长的国家选择通过耶路撒冷与以色列建立外交联系。
The announcement comes as a small but growing list of countries has opted to route their diplomatic ties with Israel through Jerusalem.
自2018年以来，美国、危地马拉、巴拉圭、科索沃、洪都拉斯、巴布亚新几内亚、斐济、瑙鲁以及仅被以色列承认的独立实体索马里兰，都在该城市设立了大使馆。
Since 2018, the US, Guatemala, Paraguay, Kosovo, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Nauru and Somaliland, which has been recognised as an independent entity only by Israel, have opened embassies in the city.
其他与以色列有外交关系的国家仍将大使馆设在特拉维夫，因为耶路撒冷并未被国际社会承认为以色列的首都。
Other countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel have located their embassies in Tel Aviv, as Jerusalem is not recognised by the international community as Israel’s capital.
“我们将努力工作，因为这是一场关于真相的外交斗争。事实是，耶路撒冷一直是一个国家的首都，”萨尔说，驳斥了巴勒斯坦对首都的主张。
“We will work hard because this is the diplomatic battle over the truth. And the truth is, Jerusalem was always the capital of one nation,” Saar said, dismissing Palestinian claims to the capital.
这位以色列部长还表示，刚果民主共和国将“很快”在耶路撒冷开设大使馆，并暗示还有其他国家即将开馆。
The Israeli minister said the Democratic Republic of the Congo would open its embassy in Jerusalem “very soon” and hinted at another opening.
“我认为，鉴于巴西选举可能产生的结果，他们（其他国家）也可能会采取同样的行动，”他在右翼参议员弗拉维奥·博索纳罗在该国总统选举的第一轮投票中获胜后说道。
“I think that with the possible results in Brazil, they might have the same move,” he said after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro won the first round in the country’s presidential election.
周三，哥伦比亚的抗议者走上波哥大的街头，反对新成立的极右翼政府针对以色列的政策，尤其是该政府决定在耶路撒冷开设大使馆的决策。
Protesters in Colombia took to the streets of Bogota on Wednesday to rally against the new far-right government’s policy towards Israel, including the decision to open the Jerusalem embassy.
“当与以色列的外交关系被断绝时，我们的立场是明确表示：我们不会成为那些暴行的同谋，”参与抗议活动的尼古拉斯·伊萨扎告诉半岛电视台（Al Jazeera）。
“When diplomatic relations with Israel were broken off, the message was that we would not be a nation complicit in their atrocities,” Nicolas Isaza, who took part in the protest, told Al Jazeera.
“如今，我们的政府却不再反对在巴勒斯坦发生的暴行了，”他补充道。
“Today our government is no longer drawing a line against the atrocities being committed in Palestine,” he added.