Tag: Palestine

• Friday, October 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  UN General Assembly evaluating ceasefire in Middle East war

  

  A United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting where a possible resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Middle East was adjourned Thursday, Agencia Brasil reported. The body is to resume Friday the discussion of the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip region.

• Friday, October 27th 2023 - 09:45 UTC

  7-year-old Chilean boy living in Gaza Strip is found

  

  Chilean media reported early Friday the finding of 7-year-old Ghassan Sahurie, a 7-year-old boy of Chilean-Palestinian descent who was missing in the Gaza Strip.

• Saturday, October 21st 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Hamas releases first two hostages

  

  The pro-Palestine terrorist group Hamas Friday released Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Shoshana Raananan taken hostage since the beginning of hostilities on Oct. 7, it was reported. “From our side, it is a clear humanitarian step to show that our conflict is only with Israel,” a spokesman for the Al Qasam Brigades (Hamas' armed wing) said.

• Friday, October 20th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  José 'Pepe' Mujica begs Hamas for Latin American hostages

  

  Former Uruguayan leftwing President José 'Pepe' Mujica Thursday called on the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas to release the Latin American hostages captured since the beginning of the conflict with Israel on Oct. 7, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 09:21 UTC

  The impact of Israel/Hamas conflict on global grain and fertilizer prices

  

  The war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas may have repercussions on global grain prices and could also increase fertilizer prices, as indicated by analyses from Hedgepoint Global Markets and Itaú BBA, reports Globo Rural.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  WHO warns patients in Gaza have been given a death sentence

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concern this past weekend regarding the evacuation of patients from northern Gaza and insisted Israel's ultimatum for 1.1 million people to move to the south was tantamount to “a death sentence,” in addition to the risk that the most critically ill might need to be left behind.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 08:47 UTC

  Paraguayan President expresses support to Israel

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Sunday conveyed his country's support to his Israeli colleague Isaac Herzog during a telephone conversation, it was reported in Asuncion.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Palestine diplomats in South America launch appeal to international community

  

  Palestine's Ambassadors to Uruguay and Chile agreed Monday that the ongoing war unleashed by Hamas' attacks against Israel was something “horrible” to witness and therefore something needed to be done “to stop” it.

• Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  Palestinian Embassy in Montevideo critical of Uruguayan FM

  

  While Uruguay's Foreign Ministry issued a communiqué condemning the recent terrorist attacks in the Middle East, the Palestinian Embassy in Montevideo accused the administration of President Luis Lacalle Pou of being one-sided.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:35 UTC

  Chilean President announces opening of Embassy in Palestine

  

  Palestine authorities Friday welcomed Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's announcement Thursday that the South American country would up the status of its diplomatic mission to the Embassy level.