Tag: Israel

• Tuesday, December 29th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Israel pressing Brazil to accept pro-settler activist as its ambassador

  

  Brazil’s reluctance to accept an Argentine born pro-settler politician as Israeli ambassador has triggered a diplomatic clash and concerns it could seriously damage future relations between the two countries.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 14:57 UTC

  Israel invites Macri and calls on Argentine judiciary to speed up AMIA investigation

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made an official invitation to Argentine President Mauricio Macri to visit his country, Israel’s ambassador to Buenos Aires Dorit Shavit confirmed.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 07:40 UTC

  Brazil/Israel spat over ambassador candidate, spearhead of settlements in the West Bank

  

  Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely defended the appointment of former settlements' department director, Dani Dayan, as the Jewish state's ambassador in Brazil, after it was rejected by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2015 - 09:55 UTC

  Two Palestinian nuns gain sainthood in mass attended by president Abbas

  

  Two 19th-century nuns on Sunday became the first Palestinians to gain sainthood during an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St Peter's Square attended by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.

• Friday, March 20th 2015 - 08:18 UTC

  Israel honors Nisman on bombing anniversary; crowd calls Argentine officials 'scoundrels'

  

  Israel honored the figure of Argentine former special prosecutor Alberto Nisman during the Thursday ceremony in Buenos Aires to mark the 23rd anniversary of the 1992 attack on the Israel Embassy that claimed the life of 22 people and injured dozens.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 01:58 UTC

  Angry 23rd anniversary of 1992 bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  Victims' families and survivors of the 1992 terrorist attack against the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires City have reiterated their demands for justice on the 23rd anniversary of the bombing, pointing out that those responsible have still not been identified two decades later.

• Monday, March 16th 2015 - 10:39 UTC

  Israel newspaper questions Nisman’s accusations against Cristina Fernandez and Timerman

  

  Israeli newspaper Haaretz has published an article questioning the criminal accusation filed by late AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman against Argentine President Cristina Fernández and Foreign minister Hector Timerman, while asserting that the official's handling of the case was far from exemplary.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  Journalist who first reported Nisman's death sues Aerolineas and Telam

  

  Following the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, an Argentine-Israeli journalist who first reported the death has sued two state-owned companies that publicized his private data.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 05:27 UTC

  Israel demands Argentina continues with investigation into terrorist attacks

  

  The Israeli government has said that the investigation into the Israel Embassy bombing of 1992 is responsibility of the Argentine State, following President Cristina Fernandez comments on the matter during her address to Congress.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 04:40 UTC

  Argentina addresses letters to the US and Israel regarding Iran and AMIA

  

  Foreign Minister Hector Timerman held a press conference to inform Argentina was addressing a letter to both US Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Lieberman reaffirming Argentina’s “peaceful” stance in the resolution of conflicts, reiterating also its calls to have the AMIA case negotiations “included” in current talks between Washington and Tehran.