News of israel

Coronavirus Outbreak

Israel announces two-week quarantine for all overseas arrivals

09-03-2020 15:36 Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced Monday that the government will place any person arriving from overseas in quarantine for two-weeks, in order to contain the growing outbreak.

Democracy in Middle East

Israeli exit polls: Netanyahu ahead, but short of majority

03-03-2020 10:31 Final outcome remains uncertain as third round of elections fails to produce a majority for either Netanyahu's Likud party or for Gantz's Blue and White party.

TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN

A true Middle East peace plan, or terms of surrender?

01-02-2020 09:59 Too many people view the conflict in terms of ideological dreams and agendas, paying little heed to the real needs of people on the ground, Israeli and Palestinian alike.

EDITORIAL

Symbolism and pragmatism

25-01-2020 10:38 President Alberto Fernández has chosen a destination laden with profoundly ethical symbolism for his first journey abroad, and yet the pragmatic prism through which he appears to view every issue seems to have tinged most of the analysis.

75TH ANNIVERARY OF LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ

Young Jews and Muslims remember Holocaust in Buenos Aries

25-01-2020 09:34 Representatives from the two communities were keen to emphasise how dialogue builds bridges and destroys prejudice.

ALBERTO IN ISRAEL

Fernández vows to uncover truth about AMIA bombing

25-01-2020 09:22 President promises Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu that Argentina’s commitment to finding out truth about AMIA bombing is “absolute” during bilateral meeting in Jerusalem.

by Joseph Charney

First Foreign Trip

Fernández joins world leaders at Holocaust event in Jerusalem

23-01-2020 12:10 Leaders call on world to combat anti-Semitism as president attends gathering marking the Holocaust and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

First Foreign Trip

Packed agenda awaits for Alberto Fernández as he lands in Israel

22-01-2020 14:11 President arrives in Tel Aviv on commercial flight. He is scheduled to have bilateral meetings with both the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his time in Israel.

FIRST FOREIGN TRIP

Fernández flies to Israel in first foreign trip as president

21-01-2020 11:19 Argentine leader will attend commemorations marking Holocaust and 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz. He will also meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, in his first bilateral meeting as head of state on foreign soil.

NISMAN: 5 YEARS ON

Alberto Nisman march to take place in Plaza Vaticano

18-01-2020 09:54 Host of local politicians are expected to attend the event, which will have a sharp anti-Kirchnerite tone. DAIA Jewish organisation will hold a separate ceremony of remembrance, as will family.

First Foreign Trip

Symbolic and strategic: Fernández picks Israel for first foreign trip

17-01-2020 00:12 President’s decision to visit Jerusalem next week welcomed by Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

by Joseph Charney

PRIME MINISTER

Israel’s Netanyahu charged in corruption cases

21-11-2019 15:15 Israel's attorney general charged Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three different scandals. This is unprecedented, marking the first time a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime.

International football

Argentina and Uruguay draw 2-2 in Israel

18-11-2019 19:18 Game viewed by organisers as an important moment for Israel, following the cancellation of another Argentina match a year earlier after pressure from pro-Palestinian campaigners.

World

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says can't form new coalition

21-10-2019 17:46 The sitting president says he worked “tirelessly” to establish a union government, but to no avail. His opponent, Benny Gantz, will now get the chance to try.

UNITED NATIONS

UN warns it may default on salaries by November

09-10-2019 11:35 Argentina among countries that have yet to pay their 2019 dues, says UN Secretary General António Guterres, as he warns of a cash crisis.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Macri defends multilateralism before world leaders at UN

24-09-2019 22:41 President reiterates Malvinas sovereignty demand and calls on members of the international community to tackle ongoing crisis in Venezuela and help Argentina bring perpetrators of AMIA bombing to justice

AMAZON AFLAME

New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil warplanes battle flames

26-08-2019 13:38 Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit areas and G7 nations pledged to help combat the blazes.

UNITED STATES

Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal

21-08-2019 08:45 US leader's claim triggered a quick uproar from critics who said the Republican president was trading in anti-Semitic stereotypes. It came amid Trump's ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both Muslim.

People of the Book

A photo with books

22-07-2019 17:33 We saved the book from our homeland and the book saved us from extinction.

by Ariel Gelblung

1994 terrorist attack

Lower House moves to open 'in abstentia' trial into AMIA bombing

16-07-2019 16:34 Congress will now debate bill to elevate proceedings into the 1994 AMIA bombing to trial with plans to try defendants "in abstentia".

FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH

Four years on, the truth behind Alberto Nisman's death remains hidden

18-01-2019 17:28 The prosecutor was found dead just hours before he would have detailed his accusations against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner before Congress.

AS I SEE IT

Footballers in the firing line

09-06-2018 12:22 The squad received plausible threats from individuals who would like to see the Jewish state expunged from the face of the earth.

by James Neilson

KEY STORIES FROM THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

Jun 4th- Jun 10th: What We Learned This Week

09-06-2018 10:09 The IMF deal, CGT ponders strike action, friendly in Jerusalem cancelled, and more.

POLITICS AND FOOTBALL

AFA provides another unwelcome distraction

09-06-2018 09:21 Just days from the World Cup’s kick-off, the unique administrators of our national game have once again proved that they can’t be trusted to prepare the Selección properly for the challenges that lie ahead.

by Dan Edwards

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Palestinian FA chief calls on Muslims to 'burn photos and shirts of Messi'

04-06-2018 12:47 Jibril Rajoub calls on national team, AFA, Messi to boycott Saturday's friendly against Israel in Jerusalem.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Tickets to see Messi play in Jerusalem sell-out in 20 minutes

29-05-2018 12:44 'No sporting event has ever caused such hysteria in Israel' says agency selling tickets for Israel-Argentina friendly next month.

COINCIDING WITH THE 'nakba'

Israeli fire kills at least 37 at protests over US Embassy inauguration in Jerusalem

14-05-2018 09:45 Several thousand gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday to protest the inauguration of a new US Embassy in Jerusalem later that day.

70 years since country's creation

Israel marks 70 years as a nation, with challenges old and new

18-04-2018 13:21 Israel prepared to mark 70 years since the country's creation on Wednesday, celebrating its improbable economic success and military prowess but facing a range of political and security challenges.