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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 15:25 UTC

Tag: Israel-Palestine conflict

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 13:43 UTC

    ICC issues arrest warrants against Israel's PM and others

    The measure was in acquiescense to Chief Prosecutor Karin Khan's request filed back in May

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday issued arrest warrants against
    Israel's Primer Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, it was announced at The Hague. The measure was in acquiescense to Chief Prosecutor Karin Khan's request filed back in May. Khan had also sought warrants for two other senior Hamas figures, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, who have since been killed by Israeli forces.

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  • Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 19:01 UTC

    Israel's actions in Gaza violate international humanitarian law, Brazil's FM says

    Vieira said he was confident that Brazil's friendship with Israel would survive the behavior of the current government in Tel Aviv

    Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told his country's Senate Thursday that Israel's “blockade of humanitarian aid in the current context of famine and lack of medical supplies in Gaza is a violation of international law,” Agencia Brasil reported. The administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “continues to systematically hinder the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid at the borders with Gaza,” Vieira denounced.

  • Friday, March 1st 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Petro: Colombia no longer buying guns from “genocidal” Israel

    “The world must block Netanyahu,” Petro demanded

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro insisted Thursday on dubbing Israel's military deployment in Gaza as “genocide” and ordered his administration to halt all purchases of weapons from that Middle East country, it was reported in Bogotá.

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Roger Waters in Buenos Aires

    A similar investigation was launched in Germany after Waters wore Nazi-style clothes “transmitting a message of hatred towards a group of people.”

    An Argentine lawyer has filed a complaint before Buenos Aires Federal Judge María Romilda Servini de Cubría against British musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame for “incitement to racial hatred and apology of crime” when speaking about the ongoing crisis between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 13:19 UTC

    UK announces £10 million humanitarian aid for civilians in Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (Pic Getty Images )

    On Monday 16 October, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a further £10 million in humanitarian aid funding for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), in response to the escalating conflict.    

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    UN Security Council to address Middle East conflict on Wednesday

    Lula is also concerned about the fate of foreign civilians trying to leave the war-torn region

    A resolution drafted by Brazil about the ongoing military crisis in the Middle East will be discussed Wednesday by the United Nations Security Council in New York, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American country currently chairs the body.

  • Monday, October 16th 2023 - 05:58 UTC

    First batch of Uruguayan evacuees lands in Madrid

    The Uruguayan nationals who reached Madrid would fly on to South America on regular airline services

    The Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 transport carrying 80 evacuees from Israel has landed in Madrid, Defense Minister Javier García confirmed in Montevideo. “Glad to have you among us. Welcome to Hercules FAU 594,” García posted on X (formerly Twitter).

  • Sunday, October 15th 2023 - 16:35 UTC

    Lula confers with Egyptian and Palestine Presidents about evacuation of Brazilian nationals

    So far 701 Brazilians have been evacuated from the war-torn area

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held talks Saturday with the presidents of Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to rescue nationals of the South American country from the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, October 14th 2023 - 09:31 UTC

    Evacuation of Brazilians from Gaza Strip through Egypt greenlighted

    Brazil would continue to promote dialog, Vieira said

    Brazilians wishing to leave the Gaza Strip will be allowed to do so Saturday through the Rafah crossing after Egypt greenlighted the move, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira confirmed Friday, according to Agencia Brasil.

  • Friday, October 13th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Lula asks Israeli president for humanitarian corridor

    “Brazil is available to try to find a path to peace,” Lula also wrote

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday thanked his Israeli colleague Isaac Herzog during a telephone conversation for the assistance provided to the South American country's mission evacuation people from the war-torn area, Agencia Brasil reported. The Workers' Party leader also condemned the “terrorist” attacks perpetrated by the Hamas group.

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