总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡周三赞扬了以色列在拉美的成就，因为哥伦比亚成为少数几个在耶路撒冷开设大使馆的国家之一。以色列认为耶路撒冷是其不可分割的首都。但美国除外，承认以色列的绝大多数国家仍将大使馆设在特拉维夫，认为这座有争议的圣城地位必须在解决巴以冲突的最终方案中确定。
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hailed Israel's gains in Latin America as Colombia became the latest of a small number of countries to open an embassy in Jerusalem. Israel considers Jerusalem its undivided capital. But with the notable exception of the United States, the vast majority of countries that recognize Israel maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv, believing the contested holy city's status must be determined in a final resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
内塔尼亚胡出席哥伦比亚大使馆揭幕仪式时表示，拉美正证明自己是以色列日益增长的资产，而以色列因加沙战争面临着来自国际社会的强烈反对，甚至来自传统西方盟友。
Netanyahu, attending a ceremony to inaugurate the Colombian embassy, said that Latin America was proving to be a growing asset for Israel, which has faced an intense international backlash over the war in Gaza, including from traditional Western allies.
“全球觉醒联盟刚刚垮台，”内塔尼亚胡说，指的是那些批评以色列的拉美左翼领导人的失败。“拉美正在发生一些非凡的事情——一切都在回归，”他说。“我们愿意与野蛮人作战。我们也感激那些站在我们这边的人——哥伦比亚站在我们这边，”他说，并补充道：“你们没有比以色列更好的朋友。”内塔尼亚胡正面临10月27日选举中争取新任期的艰难斗争，反对派指出以色列在2023年10月7日哈马斯袭击后发动的加沙战争中陷入外交孤立。
"The global woke coalition just went down," Netanyahu said, referring to the defeats of left-wing Latin American leaders who were critical of Israel. "Something remarkable is happening in Latin America – it's all coming back," he said. "We're willing to fight the barbarians. And we appreciate those who stand with us – and Colombia stands with us," he said, adding, "You have no better friend than Israel." Netanyahu is facing a tough fight for a new mandate in October 27 elections, with the opposition pointing to Israel's diplomatic isolation over the war in Gaza launched after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
内塔尼亚胡对拉美新一轮亲以色列胜利持乐观态度，因为巴西——该地区人口最多的国家——将在10月25日举行决选投票，而在第一轮投票中，硬右翼参议员弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗领先。
Netanyahu voiced optimism for a new pro-Israel win in Latin America when its most populous country, Brazil, votes in an October 25 runoff election, with hard-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro ahead in the first round.
哥伦比亚于8月迎来了一位强硬派右翼总统阿贝拉多·德拉埃斯普里耶拉，他迅速兑现了将大使馆迁往耶路撒冷的承诺。这与其左翼前任古斯塔沃·佩特罗形成了鲜明对比，后者因加沙问题于2024年与以色列断交——以色列此前曾是哥伦比亚的关键安全伙伴。德拉埃斯普里耶拉在一段录制的视频讲话中表示，以色列和哥伦比亚拥有“巨大的合作可能性”，包括在情报共享和打击有组织犯罪方面。
Colombia in August inaugurated a hard-right president, Abelardo de la Espriella, who quickly fulfilled promises to move the embassy to Jerusalem. It marked a sharp contrast to his leftist predecessor, Gustavo Petro, who in 2024 severed ties with Israel – previously a key security partner – over Gaza. De la Espriella, in a videotaped message, said that Israel and Colombia had "enormous possibilities to work together," including in intelligence-sharing and fighting organized crime.
他说：“大使馆的开设‘不仅仅关乎一个外交总部’。我们正在为哥伦比亚和以色列走得更近打开一扇新的大门，让我们的企业家发掘机遇，让我们的科学家和大学开展联合项目，并让两国间的合作转化为造福两国人民的具体成果。”
The opening of the embassy "isn't simply about a diplomatic headquarters," he said. "We are opening a new gateway for Colombia and Israel to become closer, for our entrepreneurs to discover opportunities, for our scientists and universities to develop joint projects, and for cooperation between both countries to translate into concrete results for our two peoples," he said.
阿拉伯方面的批评 巴勒斯坦人也希望将耶路撒冷作为其首都。但自1967年阿以战争中从约旦手中夺取东耶路撒冷并随后将其吞并以来，以色列一直控制着这座拥有犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教圣地的整座城市。巴勒斯坦权力机构谴责哥伦比亚的这一举动，称其“破坏了国际社会关于圣城法律地位的共识，并侵犯了巴勒斯坦人民不可剥夺的权利。”
Arab criticism Palestinians also want Jerusalem as their capital. But Israel has controlled the entirety of the city, home to holy sites of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, since seizing the eastern part from Jordan in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and later annexing it. The Palestinian Authority condemned Colombia's move, saying it "undermines the international consensus on the legal status of the holy city, and infringes upon the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people."
内塔尼亚胡一直希望与其实现关系正常化的沙特阿拉伯称此举是“公然违反国际法”。特朗普总统在其首个任期内于2018年将美国大使馆迁往耶路撒冷——该市是以色列议会、总理及大多数其他主要政府机构所在地——打破了国际社会在这一敏感问题上的近乎一致立场。
Saudi Arabia, with which Netanyahu has hoped to normalize relations, called it a "flagrant violation of international law." President Donald Trump shattered international near-unanimity on the hot-button issue in 2018 during his first term by moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, which is home to Israel's parliament, prime minister and most other major governmental institutions.
哥伦比亚是跟进的最重要国家。自特朗普采取行动以来，只有少数几个与美国结盟的小国在耶路撒冷设立了大使馆——斐济、危地马拉、洪都拉斯、巴布亚新几内亚、巴拉圭和瑙鲁。并非联合国成员国的科索沃和索马里兰也在耶路撒冷设立了它们视为大使馆的机构。
Colombia is the most significant country to follow suit. Since Trump's move, only a handful of small US-aligned countries have opened embassies in Jerusalem – Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Nauru. Kosovo and Somaliland, which are not member-states of the United Nations, have also opened what they consider their embassies in Jerusalem.
阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱是另一位直言不讳支持以色列的右翼拉美领导人，此前曾承诺将本国大使馆迁往耶路撒冷。但因以色列在福克兰群岛的经济活动引发争端，该迁馆计划被推迟。福克兰群岛是英国管辖的大西洋岛屿，阿根廷声称拥有主权，称其为马尔维纳斯群岛。
Argentine President Javier Milei, another right-wing Latin American who is an outspoken supporter of Israel, earlier promised to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem. But the move has been delayed due to a dispute over Israeli economic activity in the Falklands, the British-administered Atlantic islands claimed by Argentina, which calls them the Malvinas.
在德拉埃斯皮耶拉任内，哥伦比亚还承认了以色列对戈兰高地的主权主张，以色列于1967年从叙利亚手中夺取该地区。直到那时，美国一直是唯一承认以色列1981年吞并该领土的国家。联合国坚持认为，该高原是处于以色列军事占领下的叙利亚领土。
Under De la Espriella, Colombia also recognized Israel's claim over the Golan Heights, which it seized from Syria in 1967. The United States was until then the only country to recognize Israel's annexation of the territory in 1981. The United Nations maintains that the plateau is Syrian territory under Israeli military occupation.