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Montevideo, February 14th 2026 - 23:59 UTC

Tag: Israel

  • Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:36 UTC

    Palestinians condemn Bolsonaro's decision to move Brazil's embassy to Jerusalem

    “These are provocative and illegal steps that will only destabilize security and stability in the region,” said Hanan Ashrawi, member of the PLO Executive

    A senior Palestinian official on Friday condemned Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's announcement that he would move his country's Israel embassy to Jerusalem.

  • Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 23:36 UTC

    Bolsonaro vows to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

    Brazil's will be the third embassy in Jerusalem once Bolsonaro is sworn in.

    Brazil's far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro promised to move his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the newspaper 'Israel Hayom' reported Thursday.

  • Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 11:00 UTC

    Bolsonaro pledges to help the Venezuelan people end the dictatorship but through peaceful means

    Bolsonaro will be making its first overseas trip to Chile, followed by a visit to Donald Trump at the White House, and then a call in Israel

    The president elect of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro in his first television interview as president elect said it was necessary to solve the problem of the Venezuela dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro, but underlined “there will be no intervention in Caracas, it will be through peaceful means”.

  • Monday, October 15th 2018 - 14:34 UTC

    Key Naseed-Jaber, Quneitra crossings reopened as Syria reaches out to neighbours

    Vehicles begin to again pass through the Nasseb-Jaber crossing between Syria and Jordan

    The strategic Naseeb crossing between Syria and Jordan on the Damascus-Amman international highway was reopened Monday, just one day after both countries agreed to it. The crossing had been closed since 2015 when the rebels took over that area in Syria's southern province of Daraa. Also Monday the only crossing point near the Syrian border town of Quneitra between Syria and the Golan Heights, under Israeli occupation since 1967, was reopened for United Nations observers, four years after closing due to the civil war, following a deal between Israel, Syria and the UN.

  • Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:59 UTC

    Jeremy Corbyn’s blunder may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back

    A photograph in the Daily Mail showed the Labour leader laying a wreath in a cemetery in Tunisia four years ago

    It sounds like a tempest in a teapot, but it could bring down Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party — and that could end up meaning that Britain doesn’t leave the European Union after all.

  • Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

    Argentina cancels exhibition match on Saturday in Jerusalem

    Argentine media reported that the reason for cancellation was Palestinian pressure and requests by leading players including Messi and Javier Mascherano

    The football exhibition match between Israel and Argentina slated for Saturday in Jerusalem has been canceled, Israel's embassy in Argentina confirmed early Wednesday, citing unspecified 'threats and provocations' against star player Lionel Messi.

  • Wednesday, May 30th 2018 - 09:07 UTC

    Chelsea owner Abramovich granted Israeli citizenship

    An official from Israel’s Immigration Ministry, said the Chelsea football club owner was in Israel. Israel grants automatic citizenship to anyone of Jewish descent.

    An Israeli official says Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has received Israeli citizenship after his British visa was not renewed. The official, from Israel’s Immigration Ministry, said the Chelsea football club owner arrived in Israel on Monday. Israel grants automatic citizenship to anyone of Jewish descent.

  • Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 08:24 UTC

    Paraguay officially moves embassy to Jerusalem: Cartes-Netanyahu summit

    Netanyahu gave a speech at the ceremony in which he emphasized that both countries “have great cooperation and it will be even better.”

    Paraguay officially moved the country's embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, with President Horacio Cartes in Israel for the ceremony, also attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Paraguay, a member of Mercosur, is now the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem, following the United States and Guatemala. The inauguration ceremony took place at noon at the embassy’s new home in the Malkha technology park, which also houses the Guatemalan embassy.

  • Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 12:04 UTC

    Palestinian journalist dies after protests between the Gaza Strip and Israel

    Yaser Murtaja wounded wearing a vest with the word “press”. He worked as a photographer for the Ain Media agency, based in Gaza. Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

    Wounded by a bullet yesterday by Israeli soldiers during protests near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja has died, according to a statement from the health minister of the Palestinian enclave. Murtaja worked as a photographer for the Ain Media agency, based in Gaza.

  • Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:58 UTC

    Anti Iran coalition: Saudi crown prince touring the US moves closer to Israel

    The Crown prince said Palestinians and Israelis have the right to have their own land, but a peace agreement is needed to assure the stability for everyone

    Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of their ancestral homeland, Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying: