“Something remarkable is happening in Latin America”, grinned Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s embattled(处境艰难的；四面楚歌的) prime minister, on October 14th. “It’s all coming back! The great friendship.” He was speaking following the opening of Colombia’s new embassy in Jerusalem. Colombia has become the fourth—and so far the most populous—Latin American country to recognise the holy city as Israel’s capital.(哥伦比亚已成为第四个——也是迄今为止人口最多的——承认这座圣城为以色列首都的拉美国家。) It is unlikely to be the last.
“拉丁美洲正在发生一些了不起的事情，”以色列处境艰难的总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡10月14日咧嘴笑道。“一切都在回来！伟大的友谊。”他是在哥伦比亚驻耶路撒冷新大使馆开馆后说这番话的。哥伦比亚已成为第四个——也是迄今为止人口最多的——承认这座圣城为以色列首都的拉美国家。它不太可能是最后一个。
Israel has grown more isolated(孤立的；被孤立的) as a result of the war in Gaza. Yet conservative leaders in Latin America—many of them newly elected—are dramatically stepping up ties(加强关系). Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, is the keen(热心的；渴望的)est. Earlier this year he told The Economist he thought Mr Netanyahu was a “superstar”. He himself has claimed, oddly, to be the “most Zionist(犹太复国主义者) president in the world”. In April Mr Milei announced the “Isaac Accords(以撒协议（阿根廷提出的亲以框架）)”, a vague framework for closer engagement between Israel and the region. A new direct flight between Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv launches next month.
由于加沙战争，以色列变得更加孤立。然而，拉丁美洲的保守派领导人——其中许多是新当选的——正在大幅加强与以色列的关系。阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱是最热心的一个。今年早些时候，他告诉《经济学人》，他认为内塔尼亚胡是“超级巨星”。他自己还奇怪地声称是“世界上最犹太复国主义的总统”。今年4月，米莱宣布了“以撒协议”，这是一个旨在拉近以色列与该地区关系的模糊框架。布宜诺斯艾利斯与特拉维夫之间的新直航将于下月开通。
Flávio Bolsonaro, the frontrunner(领跑者；最有望获胜者) in Brazil’s presidential election, has vow(誓言；发誓)ed to relocate his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if he wins on October 25th. He expressed his “full support” for Israeli settlers during a recent visit to the West Bank(约旦河西岸); both he and Mr Milei have prayed before the Western Wall(西墙（哭墙）). As well as moving its embassy, Colombia in August became the only country other than the United States to say it supported Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights(戈兰高地). “We have never paid so much attention to our relationship with Israel,” says Sandra Borda of the University of the Andes in Bogotá.
巴西总统选举的领跑者弗拉维奥·博索纳罗誓言，如果他在10月25日获胜，将把巴西大使馆从特拉维夫迁至耶路撒冷。他最近访问约旦河西岸时表达了对以色列定居者的“全力支持”；他和米莱都曾在西墙前祈祷。除了迁移大使馆，哥伦比亚还在8月成为除美国之外唯一表示支持以色列对戈兰高地主张的国家。“我们从未如此重视与以色列的关系，”波哥大安第斯大学的桑德拉·博尔达说。