Tag: Israel

Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 11:34 UTC
PM May and Netanyahu mark centenary of the contentious Balfour Declaration

PM Theresa May is to host her Israeli counterpart as part of events marking the centenary of a British pledge which paved the way for Israel's creation. Benjamin Netanyahu's visit comes on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine.
Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 06:37 UTC
Netanyahu, in Colombia: Israel a close ally in war and in the reconstruction process

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos are pledging to strengthen ties in areas like science, security and tourism as Colombia transitions into a post-conflict era. Netanyahu arrived in Bogota on Wednesday for the second-leg of his trip as the first Israeli prime minister to visit Latin America.
Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:32 UTC
Israel's Netanyahu praises Macri for his efforts to solve the AMIA bombing

Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used the first Latin America visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to praise President Mauricio Macri's effort to solve the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center, AMIA, in 1994 that killed 85 people.
Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 06:55 UTC
Israel's prime minister Netanyahu will be visiting Argentina next week

Benjamin Netanyahu will next week become the first sitting Israeli prime minister to visit Latin America on a trip to include a stop in Argentina 25 years after the bombing of his country's embassy there.
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:29 UTC
Israel follows hard line Sunni Arab states and plans to ban Al Jazeera

Israel is seeking to close Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera's offices in the country and revoke its journalists' media credentials. Communications Minister Ayoub Kara alleged that the channel supported terrorism, and said both its Arabic and English-language channels would be taken off air. Al Jazeera has condemned the decision.
Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 13:44 UTC
Whole world -even Palestinians- helps Israel fight fires gone beyond control

Palestinian firefighters and trucks and firefighting aircraft from Turkey, Greece, Croatia and Russia joined the operation to put down the flames. For four days, Israel has fought in its entire territory dozens of fires that spread thanks to a great drought and strong winds.
Friday, October 14th 2016 - 15:29 UTC
Unesco draft on Jerusalem holy sites triggers strong criticism from Israel

Unesco, the United Nations’ cultural agency on Thursday passed a draft resolution that played down Jewish ties to religious sites in Jerusalem, in a decision Israel called “absurd.” The resolution from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or Unesco, heavily criticized Israel’s actions toward holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 21:07 UTC
Falklands' war: Israel sold weapons to Argentina during the conflict, say declassified documents

The British Foreign Office has recently declassified documents that allegedly prove that Israel sold weapons to Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War between the Argentine military dictatorship and the UK.
Friday, June 17th 2016 - 07:48 UTC
Argentine Jewish community criticize UN chair hopeful Malcorra on a Unesco vote

Argentina's Jewish community sent a strong letter to foreign minister Susana Malcorra rejecting and condemning the administration of president Mauricio Macri for having supported a controversial Unesco resolution under the heading of “Occupied Palestine”.
Monday, May 16th 2016 - 06:01 UTC
Brazil's Jewish community supports Temer; hopeful of normalization of relations with Israel

The elevation of a centrist vice president, Michel Temer, as Brazil’s president amid the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff is expected to result in a less strained relationship between Brazil and Israel, as well as its Jewish community, Jewish leaders in Sao Paulo said.