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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 19:05 UTC

Tag: Israel

  • Saturday, September 14th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    Chile joins South Africa's ICJ case against Israel

    Chile should not remain indifferent in the face of what is going on in Gaza, Boric argued

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font announced Friday that the South American country had joined South Africa's filing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for its alleged breach of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against the Palestinian community.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 07:32 UTC

    UK, Germany, France call for end of immediate fighting in Gaza and release of Israeli hostages

    “The fighting must end now, and all hostages still detained by Hamas must be released,” PM Keir Starmer, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron said.

    A joint statement from the leaders of United Kingdom, Germany and France called for an immediate end to fighting Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages and the prevention of further escalation, especially on the part of Iran and its allies.

  • Tuesday, August 6th 2024 - 21:10 UTC

    Argentina on alert over possible Iranian attack

    Francos said that one can never rule out the possibility. Argentina has already suffered two attacks in the 1990s for siding with Israel

    The Government of Argentina admitted Tuesday that it had received a security alert from Israel about a possible Iranian attack. Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos said Israel expected “a very strong attack from Iran against targets that are friends.” Argentina has already suffered two anti-Jewish attacks in the 1990s.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 22:17 UTC

    Iranian attack against Israel deemed imminent

    If materialized, it could spark an all-out war

    A full-scale Iranian attack against Israel is deemed imminent both in Tel Aviv and Washington DC alike in retaliation for last week's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh while in Tehran. US President Joseph Biden was to convene his national security team while Israeli authorities are considering the possibility of switching from a defensive to an offensive strategy.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:56 UTC

    Land shipments of diesel awaited in Bolivia amid supply crisis

    Bolivia's oil company YPFB announced Sunday that with the arrival of at least 50,000 cubic meters of diesel from Brazil and Paraguay this week, the fuel shortage would be solved for the time being to meet domestic demand. The State-run organization explained that the supply problems stemmed from bad weather at the Chilean port of Arica, which prevented the unloading of fuel from four ships.

  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Netanyahu calls for NATO-style alliance against Iran

    “Israel first, America next” was Netannyahu's motto to explain his country's war against ”the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States”

    Wednesday's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the US Congress seemed to herald the foundations around which Western civilization will revolve soon. As he described the world for when victory over the pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been achieved, supporters of the other faction in the ongoing Middle East conflict vandalized adjacent areas in Washington DC, particularly Union Station.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 09:13 UTC

    Peña confirms Paraguay would relocate Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

    “Paraguay has always been a great friend of Israel,” Peña recalled

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña confirmed Wednesday in Buenos Aires that his country would be relocating its Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. During his appearance at a World Jewish Congress event in the Argentine capital, Peña confirmed that Paraguay “will once again move its embassy to Jerusalem, capital of the State of Israel,” one of Paraguay's strategic allies. Following Peña's decision, Israel would be reopening its mission in Asunción. Paraguay has had its embassy moved to Jerusalem once but backtracked on its decision citing political inconveniences.

  • Monday, June 10th 2024 - 21:52 UTC

    Blinken starts Middle East tour to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

    “Deal or no deal, it remains absolutely essential that we get more aid to Palestinians who need it,” Blinken said

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday kicked off his new Middle East tour in Cairo. He is believed to be seeking a ceasefire in Gaza eight months into the conflict triggered by the terrorist group Hamas' invasion of Israel killing over a thousand people and taking some 250 others hostage, of whom about 50% have been either rescued or handed back over to their land. It is yet to be known how many of them are still alive. Blinken reportedly plans to broker their release.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 07:53 UTC

    Chile joins South Africa's claim against Israel before the ICJ

    “We also demand the release of the hostages” held by Hamas, Boric stressed

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font announced Saturday that it would be joining South Africa as plaintiffs in the genocide case filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands.

  • Friday, May 31st 2024 - 13:31 UTC

    Israel orders UNRWA out of East Jerusalem HQs

    “No further warning will be sent,” wrote Goldknopf

    The Government of Israel has ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to vacate its headquarters in East Jerusalem within 30 days. The measure was adopted at the request of the ultra-Orthodox Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf. The Israeli Authority of Lands (ILA) claimed that UNRWA owed over 27 million shekels (around € 7 million) for operating on land belonging to Israel “without consent” over the past seven years.