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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 18:47 UTC

Tag: Israel

  • Saturday, September 13th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Paraguay and Argentina among few opposing UN stance on Palestine

    Buenos Aires sided with Israel on the Palestine issue but condemned Navitas' presence in the Falklands

    Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Members Argentina and Paraguay were two of the few countries opposing the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) overwhelming decision Friday to support a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The so-called “New York Declaration” was adopted with a vote of 142 in favor, 10 against, and 12 abstentions.

  • Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:51 UTC

    Argentine-born woman killed in Jerusalem terrorist attack

    Sara Mariela Voloj de Mendelson had lived in Israel since childhood

    Argentine-born Sara Mariela Voloj de Mendelson was among the six people killed by Palestinian terrorists on a Jerusalem bus on her way to work on Monday. Voloj, aged 57, was also the only woman to have died in the incident, which also left 13 people wounded.

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Netanyahu's detention in Argentina requested

    Netanyahu reportedly plans a trip to Argentina between Sept. 7 and 10

    Argentina's Association of State Workers (ATE) and the organization H.I.J.O.S., grouping descendants of victims of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, have filed a formal complaint with a federal court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “genocide” and “war crimes” against the Palestinian people. They also requested his arrest next month when he visits the South American country.

  • Friday, August 1st 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Brazil quits International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)

    The Lula administration itself has not officially commented on the withdrawal

    Brazil has withdrawn as an observer member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). This decision came shortly after the South American country announced its plan to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

  • Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    Uruguayan court sentences Iranian traveling on a fake passport to 3 months in jail

    In a separate court ruling, two former military officers were convicted of crimes against humanity

    An Iranian citizen has been sentenced to three months in prison in Uruguay for entering the country with a fake Israeli passport. The man had previously been deported from El Salvador, where he also used the forged document.

  • Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 16:36 UTC

    Uruguay detains and sentences Iranian national for entering with fake Israeli passport

    The individual reportedly arrived from Brazil between June 12 and 13, and then traveled from Montevideo to El Salvador on June 14

    An Iranian citizen has been sentenced to prison in Uruguay after attempting to enter the country using a fake Israeli passport, according to reporting this Thursday by the weekly Búsqueda. The incident took place in the context of recent hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States — a period referred to by Washington as the “12-day war.”

  • Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

    Israel's Parliament okays annexation of West Bank

    The resolution is not binding, but it paves the way for a future annexation

    Israel's Knesset (parliament) approved a non-binding motion Wednesday calling for the annexation of the West Bank. The initiative, which passed with 71 votes in favor and 13 against, asserts Israel's “natural, historical, and legal right” to the territory, which it refers to as “Judea and Samaria.”

  • Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Ceasefire agreed upon between Iran and Israel

    Both countries reported post-ceasefire hostilities and remain alert

    Iran and Israel agreed Tuesday to a US-brokered ceasefire, following nearly two weeks of escalating tit-for-tat strikes.

  • Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Argentina begins evacuating nationals stranded in Israel

    Operations are getting back to normal at Ben Gurion Airport

    The Argentine government launched a repatriation operation to evacuate around 450 nationals of the South American country stranded in Israel amid the conflict with Iran, which has nevertheless been reported to have ended, at least for now.

  • Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    No ceasefire between Iran and Israel despite Trump's announcement

    In principle, Tel Aviv agreed with Trump, but Iran kept firing missiles, killing at least four people

    Even after US President Donald Trump announced Monday that Israel and Iran had fully agreed to implement the ceasefire, Tehran fired a barrage of missiles, killing at least four people, and insisted there was no arrangement whatsoever. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi added that his country would halt its response if Israel ceased aggression by 4 am Tehran time.