Tag: Tel Aviv

• Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

  Iran hits Tel Aviv with ballistic missiles

  

  Following Israel's bombing in the wee hours of Friday which damaged strategic military facilities and equipment in addition to killing top rank officers and over 70 people in total, Iran retaliated early Saturday with a barrage of ballistic missiles hitting Tel Aviv, leading to at least two casualties and dozens of people injured.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Netanyahu says Bolsonaro's son anticipated Brazil would move its embassy to Jerusalem next year

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil will follow the United States and move its embassy to Jerusalem next year. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed before his intention of moving his country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but senior officials later backtracked for fear of damaging trade ties with Arab countries.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Brazil opens trade mission in Jerusalem, vows to move embassy there by 2020

  

  Brazil Sunday opened a trade office in Jerusalem, in what was perceived as a step towards finally moving the country's embassy in Israel to the iconic city. The opening ceremony was presided over by Deputy Eduardo Bosonaro, son if President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 01:31 UTC

  Football friendly between Uruguay, Argentina still on for Tel Aviv despite shelling

  

  The football match between the national teams of Argentina and Uruguay scheduled for next Monday in Tel Aviv is still on as planned, Argentine Football Association (AFA) sources consulted by the press Tuesday.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Jerusalem controversy: Arab ministerial delegation plans to visit Bolsonaro in January

  

  An Arab ministerial delegation plans to travel to Brazil in January to convince the incoming Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, not to relocate his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an official Palestinian source said on Thursday. Bolsonaro announced in November that he intends to relocate the Brazilian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Bolsonaro after Israel technology to water the parched northeast

  

  Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he wants an agreement with Israel to build desalination plants in the parched north where droughts are frequent. In a message on Twitter, Bolsonaro, who is to take office on Jan. 1, said his appointed Science and Technology Minister Marcos Pontes will travel to Tel Aviv in January to meet with his Israeli counterpart over the matter.

• Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  Australia will recognize West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but won't move from Tel Aviv until a peace deal

  

  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that his government will recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. However, he said Australia's embassy would not move from Tel Aviv, until a peace settlement was achieved. He added Australia also recognized the aspirations of the Palestinians to a state with a capital in East Jerusalem.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Arab League warns Bolsonaro on moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  The Arab League has told Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries. Such a move by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January first, would be a sharp shift in Brazilian foreign policy, which has traditionally backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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

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

  

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