La Paz, Bolivia – Bolivia’s leftist president has declared Israel a “terrorist state” because of its offensive in the Gaza Strip, and his government will now require Israeli citizens to obtain a visa to visit the Andean nation.
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President Evo Morales already broke off diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in 2009, calling Israel’s treatment of Palestinians “a genocide.”
The action announced Wednesday will especially hit young Israelis, who often travel for extended periods, with South America a popular destination.
Other South American countries, including Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, have recalled their ambassadors from Israel in protest over the fighting in Gaza.
Why in the world someone would go to Bolivia without Diplomatic immunity is beyond me……and even then why someone would go there
Hey, if they don’t want Jewish money, I’m sure we can find somewhere else to go…
what jew would go there after their heinous treatment of ostreicher. oh but israel is the terrorist state
LOL after Ostreicher’s experience, I’m sure it’s a hot spot on every Jew’s list.
Let’s see a list of all coffee products that come from this Bolivia.
Coming from a country with such an honest criminal justice system, this action is slightly hypocritical. Two-bit Bolivia–where the no-showering law of the 9 days is observed the entire year.
We won’t spend a dollar in ur country anyway bec you are the terrorists and please don’t come to the best country in the world
Israel
ir a banarse, puerco
Advice to young Israelis: stay out of South America.
All these tin pot banana republic countries have suddenly found their voice.
I say, go back to your holes deep in the ground and stay there, permanently!
Another free country with an awesome human rights record.
I don’t think anyone cares about Bolivia after the Ostreicher story.
Not all South America is antisemitic, there is Uruguay and Argentina.
Bolivia has a long norm of being insular in every sense of the word. They just don’t like outsiders. (I thought I needed a visa as an American last time I was there.)
The United States does not have formal relations with Bolivia which is one of the reasons it was impossible for the US Govt to free Yankel Ostreicher. The U.S. does not maintain a formal embassy there (no ambassador); just a charge d’ affaires; the last ambassador was expelled by the Bolivian government in 2008. Last I checked, there wasn’t a long line of tourists waiting to visit Bolivia, visa or no visa!