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Montevideo, May 8th 2024 - 22:33 UTC

Tag: Gaza

  • Wednesday, February 21st 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Brazilian FM criticizes Israeli colleague for comments about Lula

    Vieira was angered by his Israeli counterpart's remarks about Lula

    Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said the comments from his Israeli colleague Israel Katz regarding President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's remarks on the situation in Gaza were “unusual and revolting.” Vieira also said Lula's comments were being distorted, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Monday, February 19th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Israeli gov't outraged by Lula's likening war in Gaza to the Holocaust

    “The words of the president of Brazil are shameful and serious,” Netanyahu said

    The Government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned the Brazilian Ambassador after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva likened the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) response to the Oct. 7 attacks by the terrorist group Hamas to the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.

  • Friday, February 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula condemns Israel's killings in Gaza

    During Lula's stay in Cairo, the governments of Brazil and Egypt signed two bilateral agreements

    During his stop in Egypt as part of his new African tour, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the killings in Gaza were unjustifiable and denounced the United Nations' inability to solve armed conflicts as Israel's offensive against the terrorist group Hamas failed to comply with any of the global organization's decisions.

  • Thursday, February 8th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Milei: “Nazism today is disguised as Hamas”

    Milei held a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu among other engagements

    On the second day of his visit to Israel, Argentine President Javier Milei said Wednesday that “Nazism today is disguised as Hamas.” On making these remarks from the local Holocaust Museum, the South American leader insisted that the terrorist group needed to free the hostages taken during the Oct. 7 raids.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    UN agency staff in Gaza sacked for allegedly helping Hamas during Oct. 7 raid

    “Anyone who betrays the fundamental principles of the UN also betrays the people it serves in Gaza,” Lazzarini said

    The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Friday sacked 7 of its workers for their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, raids by the terrorist organization Hamas into Israeli territory killing some 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage, which triggered the ongoing crisis given Tel Aviv's stern response.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Gaza crisis has repercussions in South America

    Milei attended a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Buenos Aires

    Brazil's Foreign Ministry Friday issued a statement urging Israel to abide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling and prevent the ongoing conflict in Gaza from escalating into genocide, Agencia Brasil reported. Itamaraty also called for the immediate release of all Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    ICJ ruling on Gaza prompts mixed reactions

    South African President Ramaphosa dubbed Friday's ruling a “victory for international law, for human rights, and, above all, for justice”

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Friday ordered Israel by 15 votes to 2 to take all necessary measures to avoid genocide in Gaza. But, while failing to declare that such a calamity already existed in the war-torn Middle East region as those filing the case earlier this month presumably expected, it also stopped short of mandating a ceasefire.

  • Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:15 UTC

    Uruguay: Palestinian Embassy criticizes beef export deal with Israel

    We are still waiting for Uruguay to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Ambassador Nadya Rasheed wrote

    Palestine's Embassy in Montevideo criticized the Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou for a recent beef export agreement with Israel and suggested there was some sort of political alliance with Tel Aviv.

  • Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Brazil and Paraguay take opposite sides regarding ICJ case against Israel

    Lula recalled Brazil's immediate condemnation of Hamas' terrorist attacks but was critical of Israel's “disproportionate use of force”

    Although partners in the South American Common Market (Mercosur), Brazil and Paraguay took opposite sides in the case brought by South Africa before the The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for allegedly committing genocide against Palestinians living in Gaza. While the leftwing-leaning administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva joined the plaintiff, Asunción sided with the defendant.

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Jewish leader in Buenos Aires sparks controversy regarding Gaza

    Pikholtz is a former president of the Argentine Zionist Organization

    Contradicting reports in Buenos Aires Friday concurred that Sergio Pikholtz was no longer Vice President of the Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations (DAIA) after posting on social media that there were “no innocents in Gaza.”