News of palestine

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Deif

Yesterday 14:30 Hague court issues arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes.

MIDDLE EAST

World marks first anniversary of October 7 attack on Israel

07-10-2024 07:37 Global commemorations mark first anniversary of Hamas's deadly October 7 attack, with memorials held to honour the victims and the hostages still in captivity in Gaza.

Bombing in Beirut

Israel hits Beirut as world awaits its response against Iran

03-10-2024 15:54 Nine people died and dozens injured in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after an Israeli strike on a medical site. Amidst waiting for Israel’s response against Iran, Beirut was bombed and the European Union increased humanitarian aid by 30 million euros.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina rejects UN vote on 'unlawful' Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

18-09-2024 14:43 Prior to President Javier Milei's speech to the UN General Assembly this weekend, Argentina votes against non-binding resolution

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei signs Biden’s statement calling for Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

06-06-2024 12:20 President Javier Milei’s government co-signs US-led statement urging Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal and Israel to accept compromises in a bid to stop the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

‘Wrong’: Argentina slams ICC decision to request Netanyahu’s arrest

23-05-2024 15:37 “Argentina considers the comparison made by the prosecutor of lawful authorities of a democratic State with leaders of a terrorist organisation responsible for brutal crimes wrong and rejects it,” the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina shifts historic position on Palestine as UN member state

10-05-2024 17:12 President Javier Milei's government votes against recognition of Palestinian state at United Nations, breaking with its normal diplomatic position.

GEOPOLITICS

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

27-04-2024 06:32 In the grand chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Argentina and Brazil find themselves limited more by the game's rules than by their own ambitions.

by Sam Forster

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

UN Security Council demands 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

25-03-2024 11:54 UN Security Council demands 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire for first time; Only United States abstains, 14 other members vote in favour.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

War in Middle East

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

Blinken in Brazil

Blinken heads to Brazil after Lula's Israel denunciation

20-02-2024 13:33 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20 summit; trip seen as an opportunity to build ties with two key leaders

War in Gaza

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

13-02-2024 11:33 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Tears, hugs in Tel Aviv after rescue of Israeli-Argentine hostages

12-02-2024 10:06 Israeli special forces in a dramatic overnight raid freed two Argentine-Israeli captives held by Hamas militants since the October 7 attack, in Gaza's densely crowded southern city of Rafah near Egypt.

Milei in Israel

President Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

08-02-2024 12:20 Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday likened Hamas' attacks on southern Israel to the Holocaust after touring a kibbutz targeted in the October 7 raids.

World news

US lawmakers to vote on US$17.6 billion Israel aid bill

06-02-2024 14:33 Congress is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill that would provide $17.6 billion in military aid for Israel, which is strongly supported by the vast majority of lawmakers in both parties

Gaza

UN court tells Israel to protect Gazans, avoids ceasefire call

26-01-2024 11:54 United Nations’ top court tells Israel it must act to immediately prevent the killing and harm to innocent Palestinians in an interim ruling that stopped short of demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Global Affairs

Wars to cast pall over meeting of global VIPs in Davos

12-01-2024 10:48 President Javier Milei among the names attending next week's meeting of the world's financial, business and political elite in Davos; Wars in Ukraine and Gaza look set to dominate the conversation.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

‘On October 7, the first thing I did was call the Army’ – the Argentine soldiers fighting for Israel

30-12-2023 13:50 Israel has been at war with Hamas since the terror group’s bloody attack on October 7 and its Army has soldiers from every corner of the globe fighting in its ranks. These are the stories of Argentines in the Israel Defense Forces.

by Sabrina Chemen

OPINION

War in Middle East continues to offer nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat

08-12-2023 08:25 Israel has no other alternative but to continue the war until the surrender or total and definitive destruction of Hamas and all its troops.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina welcomes release of six citizens held hostage by Hamas

28-11-2023 14:30 Six citizens with dual nationality released by Palestinian militants; Two groups of three, a mother and two daughters, selected for liberation from kidnapping nightmare.

POLITICS

25N: Demonstrators for women's rights call for end to global violence

27-11-2023 20:42 Protesters march to defend their “conquered rights” in Buenos Aires following election of Javier Milei as Argentina’s next president. Thousands attending fear for the country's future, but also show their support for Palestine amidst war and violence.

by Montserrat Pagan

Anti-Semitism allegations

Roger Waters says he has no hotel in Argentina and Uruguay due to ‘Israeli lobby boycott’

15-11-2023 14:47 British musician and former Pink Floyd frontman, a well-known pro-Palestinian activist, said Wednesday that he had nowhere to stay in Buenos Aires and Montevideo for his upcoming tour dates as a result of a "boycott" against him organised by the "Israeli lobby."

Anti-Semitism allegations

Jewish students at UBA concerned by rising anti-Semitism on campus

14-11-2023 18:18 Group of students at the University of Buenos Aires complain about rising anti-Semitism: “We’re scolded in corridors, we’re called damned Jews, and the authorities do nothing.”

OPINION

Requiem to an era

04-11-2023 05:15 'Learn the lesson that if you are going to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe,' said Bernard of Clairvaux.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina condemns Israeli attack on refugee camp in Gaza Strip

02-11-2023 12:14 Foreign Ministry says “nothing justifies the violation of international humanitarian law, and the obligation to protect the civilian population” in wake of attack on Jabalia refugee camp; Massa distances himself from government statement.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, Colombia and Chile recall envoys

01-11-2023 16:01 Bolivia said on Tuesday it was severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its "disproportionate" attacks in Gaza, as Chile and Colombia recall ambassadors over mounting humanitarian crisis.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Hamas holding 21 Argentines hostage, confirms Foreign Ministry

26-10-2023 00:34 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires intensifies dialogue with countries in the Middle East region to secure the release of the captives being held by terrorists in Gaza Strip.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR

Paris poster activists aim to keep Hamas's hostages in public eye

23-10-2023 16:18 In cities across the globe, activists are plastering the walls with headshots of Israelis and others who were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, in a bid to keep their fate in the public eye.

GUEST COLUMN

Conflict in Middle East is not a war between Muslims and Jews

20-10-2023 17:50 The conflict between Hamas and Israel is not a war between Muslims and Jews. Both Judaism and Islam are not a threat to each other's existence but are guarantors of universal brotherhood and peaceful coexistence.

by Marwan Gill

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Teary return from Israel for young Argentines

15-10-2023 21:34 First flight of evacuees, mostly young, returning from Israel arrives at Ezeiza International Airport.

ARGENTINES EVACUATED

Argentines evacuated from Israel begin to arrive in Rome

12-10-2023 18:01 Argentina, Latin American country with the largest Jewish population, starts evacuating more than 1,400 of its citizens from Israel; Three Air Force flights a day will take them to Rome before state-owned airline Aerolíneas Argentinas will fly them to Buenos Aires; Foreign Ministry confirms that seven nationals were killed and another 15 others are missing.

CATCH UP ON CONFLICT

What we know about Israel's war with Hamas

11-10-2023 12:23 Latest updates on the ongoing war in Gaza that has claimed the lives of over 3,700 Palestinians and Israelis

VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST

Jewish groups, supporters stage march in support of Israel

09-10-2023 21:00 According to Argentina's Foreign Ministry, at least seven Argentine citizens have been killed in Israel, with another 15 people reported missing.

MIDDLE EAST

Israel imposes total siege on Gaza after Hamas attack

09-10-2023 11:41 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to "change the Middle East" in Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, as the army pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Leaders in Argentina condemn attack on Israel, call for 'end of violence'

07-10-2023 12:51 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires deplores "armed attacks from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel" and calls for peace; Presidential candidates condemn violence and killing.

MIDDLE EAST

Israel and Gaza at war after Hamas launches surprise attack

07-10-2023 12:45 Countries around the world have condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks on Israel by land, sea and air that have left at least 70 dead and hundreds wounded on Saturday.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Where football and politics mix: Chile's 'Palestino' football club

03-05-2023 22:12 Thousands of miles away from conflict in the Middle East in Santiago, Chile, Club Deportivo Palestino continue to fly the flag for the Palestinian cause.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope expresses 'deep concern' over Israel-Palestinian violence

09-04-2023 10:05 Pope Francis notes "deep concern"over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, delivering an Easter Mass in which he denounced barriers to peace.

FOREIGN POLICY

Chile president says planning to open embassy in Palestinian territories

22-12-2022 09:26 Chilean President Gabriel Boric says that he plans to "raise the level of our official representation in Palestine" and open an embassy in the Middle East.