{"id":2636016,"date":"2026-07-27T13:20:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombias-incoming-president-to-abandon-palestinian-embassy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:25:06","slug":"colombias-incoming-president-to-abandon-palestinian-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombias-incoming-president-to-abandon-palestinian-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia&#8217;s incoming president to abandon Palestinian embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolombias-incoming-president-to-abandon-palestinian-embassy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2636016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Colombian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing ... Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> Abelardo de la Espriella plans to halt the country&#8217;s embassy in Ramallah, signaling a shift towards stronger ties with Israel and the United States. He emphasizes the need for a modern, efficient diplomacy focused on national interests by reforming diplomatic missions. De la Espriella intends to relocate Colombia\u2019s embassy from Tel Aviv to jerusalem, aligning with U.S.policy, and will close several embassies in countries like Algeria, Azerbaijan, Cuba, and others, while consolidating some existing missions. despite severing diplomatic ties with Israel in 2024 under previous President Gustavo Petro, de la Espriella aims to restore and strengthen relations with Israel. He holds both U.S.and colombian citizenship, is a member of the Republican Party, and is a known supporter of Trump, who endorsed him. The shift reflects Colombia&#8217;s broader diplomatic realignment and a rejection of previous policies related to Palestine and Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombian president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella will halt plans to open an embassy to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian-authority\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2030\">Palestinian Authority<\/a> in Ramallah, a sign of the country\u2019s warming ties to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"671\">United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cColombia needs a diplomacy that is modern, efficient, and at the service of national interests, not of politics or bureaucracy,\u201d de la Espriella said in a video announcing broad diplomatic reforms, which will go into effect after he is inaugurated on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4664278\/colombia-president-abandon-palestinian-embassy-plans\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Colombia\u2019s incoming Trump-supporting president to abandon Palestinian embassy plans<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4663868\/john-kennedy-trump-not-cut-and-run-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>John Kennedy says Trump should not \u2018cut and run\u2019 in Iran<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4663791\/ukraine-attack-iran-ship-sailor-killed\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Deadly Ukrainian attack on Iranian vessel \u2018cannot go unanswered,\u2019 Tehran says<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relationship between Colombia and the U.S. has been strained, with President Donald Trump and current Colombian President Gustavo Petro <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3886473\/colombia-gustavo-petro-barbarian-trump-drug-boat-strikes\/\">having clashed repeatedly<\/a>. Petro, who is leaving office, has also drawn Israel\u2019s ire through his vocal opposition to the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De la Espriella, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4622846\/left-wing-ivan-cepeda-concedes-colombia-election\/\">narrowly defeated<\/a> Petro-backed candidate Ivan Cepeda in a June runoff election, described the need to \u201coptimize\u201d Colombia\u2019s diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De la Espriella also said that he would move the Colombian Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The U.S. Embassy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/383094\/trump-to-open-jerusalem-embassy-in-may\/\">made the same move<\/a> in 2018, a symbolic way of siding with the Israelis over Jerusalem\u2019s territorial sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombia severed diplomatic ties with Israel in 2024 in what Petro <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/05\/01\/2024\/colombia-to-sever-ties-with-israel-over-genocide-president-says\">said at the time<\/a> was a tribute to \u201cthe girls, the boys, the babies who have died dismembered by the bombs\u201d in Gaza. De la Espriella has struck a different tone, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/24\/de-la-espriella-pledges-to-restore-colombias-relations-with-israel\">writing on social media<\/a> that Colombia \u201cwill restore and strengthen its relationship with the State of Israel like never before.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the first stage of his new plan, de la Espriella will close embassies in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Hungary, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Romania, Senegal, and South Africa. The country will also consolidate certain national embassies and diplomatic missions, such as its embassy in France and its mission to UNESCO in Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to be very clear: These decisions do not mean breaking diplomatic relations with those countries, and much less with those multilateral organizations, except with Cuba and Nicaragua,\u201d de la Espriella added, referring to two major U.S. foes in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/4661232\/donroe-doctrine-working-trump-latin-america-policy\/\"><strong>THE DONROE DOCTRINE IS WORKING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De la Espriella holds both U.S. and Colombian citizenship. The president-elect, who has never held political office, is a member of the U.S. Republican Party and a vocal Trump supporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbelardo fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People, just like I do for the United States of America,\u201d Trump wrote in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116683385134135304\">June endorsement<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De la Espriella halts Palestinian embassy plans, prioritizes U.S., Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4301,"featured_media":2636017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-collage-aokgi8nrz-1785164887011-e1785166880686.jpg?1785152545&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15918,3817,57974,32726,5894],"class_list":["post-2636016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colombia","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-affairs","tag-middle-east","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-collage-aokgi8nrz-1785164887011-e1785166880686.jpg?1785152545&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636016"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636020,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636016\/revisions\/2636020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2636017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}