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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 13:59 UTC

Tag: Israel

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

    Pogrom against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam

    The Israeli fans were to be evacuated through rescue flights shortly

    Israeli football fans were ambushed and some of them went missing Thursday evening in Amsterdam in the aftermath of a match between FC Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent two emergency flights to evacuate Israelis from the Dutch city as observers worldwide concurred on the use of the word “Pogrom,” which historically refers to an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, particularly that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 09:48 UTC

    UN agency banned in Israel

    “These bills increase the suffering of Palestinians and are nothing more than collective punishment,” UNRWA Chief Lazzarini said

    Israel's Knesset (Parliament) passed bills Monday preventing the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from working in the country. The agency has been active in the region for 70 years and has around 20,000 employees to provide education, healthcare, social and humanitarian assistance. The measure is expected to hamper the agency's work in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, October 26th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Israel launches mass air raids against Iran

    Over 100 Israeli aircraft were deployed to target Iran, including the F-35

    Israel finally launched an attack against Iran hitting strategic missile-building capabilities and other key points, it was reported in the early hours of Saturday. Five explosions were heard across Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj. US and Israeli sources said three waves of airstrikes were launched in what was dubbed Operation Days of Repentance. Over 100 planes were involved in the 2000 k.m. attack, including the cutting-edge F-35.

  • Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Bolivia denies having Iranian and Hezbollah bases

    Israel's Ambassador to Costa Rica Mijal Gur Aryeh had made the “unfounded” allegations

    Bolivia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday denied allegations by Israel's Ambassador to Costa Rica Mijal Gur Aryeh that the South American country had Iranian and Hezbollah military bases. “There are also other countries in the region that have Iranian and Hezbollah bases, particularly Venezuela and Bolivia,” the diplomat was quoted as saying by EFE.

  • Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    Uruguayan gov't says Israel entitled to self-defense

    “It is essential to seek diplomatic solutions,” Paganini underlined

    Uruguayan Foreign Ministry Omar Paganini Monday underlined Israel's right to self-defense on the first anniversary of the Hamas raids in which over 1,000 people were killed and over 200 taken hostage to the Gaza Strip, thus triggering Tel Aviv's full-scale military response. Montevideo's top diplomat also expressed his concern given the number of civilian casualties and forced displacements while urging all parties to de-escalate the conflict.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Brazil postpones rescue mission in Lebanon

    Of the nearly 21,000 Brazilians living in Lebanon, at least 3,000 approached the Embassy in Beirut to seek help fleeing the country

    Operation Cedar Roots has been postponed due to unsafe conditions reaching Beirut's International Airport by land for the some 220 Brazilians stranded in war-torn Lebanon, Agencia Brasil reported Friday. According to the latest update, the FAB aircraft is now scheduled to take off Saturday from Lisbon, Portugal, to the Lebanese capital.

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 12:49 UTC

    Guterres becomes persona non grata in Israel

    Israel will continue to defend itself “with or without António Guterres,” Katz stressed

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was declared persona non grata Wednesday by Israel after failing to condemn Tuesday's rocket attack by Iran, Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on X. The former Portuguese Prime Minister has thus been banned “from entering the country,” Katz explained.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 13:37 UTC

    Brazil to airlift nationals out of Lebanon as Israeli forces march on

    The date of the mission is yet to be decided after a throrough assessment of the safety conditions

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ordered a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft sent to rescue nationals of the South American country from war-torn Lebanon as Israeli forces launched Monday a land invasion following days of shelling and air strikes killing high-ranking leaders of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, Agencia Brasil reported citing an announcement from the Itamaraty Palace.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Brazil condemns Israel's onslaught against Hezbollah in Lebanon

    The Brazilian Embassy in Beirut continues to provide assistance and guidance to the local Brazilian community, Itamaraty underlined

    Brazil's Foreign Ministry condemned “in the strongest terms” Israel's deployment into parts of Lebanese territory Monday which left 492 people dead and 1,645 wounded. Itamaraty also deplored Tel Aviv's declarations in favor of the military operations urging “Lebanese civilians to evacuate their homes in those regions” as people fleeing southern Lebanon caused traffic jams.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:14 UTC

    Exploding pagers, what do we know what really happened

    To maximize the damage, Mossad reportedly sent a message alert to the pagers less than a minute before the actual “explode” command

    By Gwynne Dyer

    The exploding pagers that killed at least 12 people and injured 2 800 others in Lebanon and adjacent places on Tuesday were mostly just a new wrinkle on the exploding cell-phones that Israel has used to assassinate its opponents in the past, but there was one major innovation.

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