Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro presents Netanyahu with Brazil's highest decoration for visitors

  

  Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Friday in Rio de Janeiro and sealed an alliance between the two countries, although moving the embasy to Jerusalem was reportedly not on the table. Bolsonaro presented Netanyahu with the highest national decoration for visitors in Brazil, granted in the past to former US President Dwight Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Netanyahu will visit president elect Bolsonaro this Friday in Rio

  

  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left on a historic six-day trip to Brazil, the first ever visit the largest Latin American country made by a sitting premier of the Jewish state. Besides boosting diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries, Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a one-to-one meeting with president-elect Jair Bolsonaro this Friday in Rio de Janeiro.

• Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 05:19 UTC

  Natanyahu will not be attending Bolsonaro's inauguration, reports O'Globo

  

  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will cut a visit to Brazil short, skipping incoming President Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Arab League warns Bolsonaro on moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  The Arab League has told Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries. Such a move by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January first, would be a sharp shift in Brazilian foreign policy, which has traditionally backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Netanyahu adds Defense to his portfolio in move to fend off motion of censorship

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken up the duties of defense minister, following Avigdor Liberman’s resignation, he announced Sunday evening as he added it was not “time to play politics.”

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 23:36 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  Brazil's far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro promised to move his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the newspaper 'Israel Hayom' reported Thursday.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn’s blunder may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back

  

  It sounds like a tempest in a teapot, but it could bring down Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party — and that could end up meaning that Britain doesn’t leave the European Union after all.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentina cancels exhibition match on Saturday in Jerusalem

  

  The football exhibition match between Israel and Argentina slated for Saturday in Jerusalem has been canceled, Israel's embassy in Argentina confirmed early Wednesday, citing unspecified 'threats and provocations' against star player Lionel Messi.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Paraguay officially moves embassy to Jerusalem: Cartes-Netanyahu summit

  

  Paraguay officially moved the country's embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, with President Horacio Cartes in Israel for the ceremony, also attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Paraguay, a member of Mercosur, is now the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem, following the United States and Guatemala. The inauguration ceremony took place at noon at the embassy’s new home in the Malkha technology park, which also houses the Guatemalan embassy.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2018 - 06:21 UTC

  Palestinians anticipate another day of fury, despite 55 deaths by the Israel army

  

  Fresh protests against Israel are expected on Tuesday in the Palestinian territories, a day after Israeli troops killed 55 people in Gaza. Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba, or Catastrophe, that saw thousands flee amid the creation of Israel in 1948. Tensions will be particularly high in Gaza where funerals for those killed on Monday are due to take place.