tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post1202634611857661155..comments2024-03-28T18:40:04.500+02:00Comments on TOMER DEVORAH: Foul-Weather FriendsDevorah Chayahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625277197970920616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-32149918284961889362018-05-27T09:27:58.979+03:002018-05-27T09:27:58.979+03:00Did Costa Rica regret its mitzvah? According to JP...Did Costa Rica <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Costa-Rica-moves-embassy-to-Tel-Aviv" rel="nofollow">regret its mitzvah?</a> According to JPost, dated December 2006, "The move is expected to give a boost to Costa Rica's aspirations to be named in 2007 to a seat on the UN Security Council, a post it previously has held three times."<br /><br />Also in 2006, El Salvador was "<a href="https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Costa-Rica-moves-embassy-to-Tel-Aviv" rel="nofollow">the last country to move its embassy from Jerusalem in a bid to please Arab nations.</a> ...at least for a few days, El Salvador remained the only country in the world with an embassy in Jerusalem.<br /><br />I understand that if one does a mitzvah and comes to regret it, credit gets taken back by Shamayim. I agree with you that, at the time when both countries had their embassies in Y-m, they should have been thanked openly, if not secretly; however, it seems both removed them to enhance their standing with the Arabs or the UN (or both?), so that now, if I'm correct, they don't deserve our appreciation.<br /><br />I didn't know they were there either, but just because of that I didn't want to assume the rest of the world didn't know! However, at this point neither country seems to want the attention, given their statements when pulling out.<br /><br />I hope this helps.HDG, Yerushalayim, E"Y Shlemahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943174572566458612noreply@blogger.com