Chile's Boric receives Israeli ambassador credentials after diplomatic tussle

Reuters
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Newly appointed Israeli ambassador to Chile, Gil Artzyeli, attends religious ceremony in a synagogue in Vina del Mar
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Gabriel Boric received the credentials of Israel's new ambassador on Friday afternoon, two weeks after a diplomatic dispute after the ceremony was postponed due to the death of a young Palestinian.

Israeli ambassador Gil Artzyeli had initially been scheduled to attend the ceremony on Sept. 15, but that same day it was postponed in a move Israel's foreign ministry characterized as "unprecedented."

Chile's decision was in response to the death of a Palestinian teenager during a military operation in the occupied West Bank, the Chilean government said in a statement, adding that the ceremony had been rescheduled for Sept. 30.

(Reporting by Natalia Ramos; editing by Jonathan Oatis)