Alejandro Giammattei

New Guatemalan president to keep embassy in Jerusalem

Giammatei said he would designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, recognizing that it is an Iranian proxy that seeks to destroy Israel

|ByLAHAV HARKOV
Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis and new Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammetei
Guatemala's president-elect, Alejandro Giammattei, speaks at an Israel Allies Foundation conference, December 9 2019

Pres.-elect to 'Post': Guatemala will designate Hezbollah a terror org.

Giammattei also said that he would reconsider his country's policy on Israeli settlements, potentially aligning it with the new US policy: settlements are not illegal.

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN