TEKANAN AMERIKA SERIKAT SEBAGAI FAKTOR UTAMA GUATEMALA MEMINDAHKAN KEDUTAAN BESAR DARI TEL AVIV KE YERUSALEM TAHUN 2017-2018
Abstract
Guatemala as a country that had joined the United Nations
Special Committee for Palestine (UNSCOP) to create Palestine
as a country and Guatemala also recognized Palestine as a
country in 2013. In 2018 Guatemala moved its embassy to
Jerusalem as support to Israel. This paper aims to describe the
factor that caused Guatemala move the embassy from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem in 2017-2018. This paper used descriptive-qualitative
research methods to describe clearly and concretely the
displacement the embassy of Guatemala to Jerusalem and its
factor. This study finds Guatemala is following United States‟
foreign policy. This can be seen in the statement in speech of the
Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales, at the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in 2018. This reason is the
dependency relations of Guatemala with the United States.
Guatemala utilizes its close relationship with Israel which has
been around for 70 years by making Israel as a variable that
strengthens its relationship with the United States