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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

Democratic Republic of Congo

In this undated photo, malnourished children eat nutritious meals at the Africa 3030 compound in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2025, 8:23 am
Rebel offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo clouds future for Israeli NGO
Africa 3030’s Israeli American founder Ariel Kedem fears third Congolese civil war, warns the severely malnourished children his group is feeding could die in days if not cared for
By Sue Surkes
American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, who has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Hardy Bope/AFP via Getty Images)
September 17, 2024, 5:29 pm
American Jew faces execution in DR Congo for taking part in foiled coup
Photo of Benjamin Zalman-Polun with failed coup leader Christian Malanga at Tel Aviv ‘spy shop’ prompts conspiracy theories he was secret agent sent to destabilize government
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Screen capture from video on soldiers in Congo, May 19, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 19, 2024, 2:26 pm
Congolese army says it foiled coup during capital shootout; three dead
Gun battle erupts in Kinshasa between armed men in uniform and guards of top politician; military says several foreigners among those arrested
By CHRISTINA MALKIA and Chinedu Asadu
Two Israeli soldiers sit beneath a road sign, with a tank in the background, somewhere in the Sinai Desert, October 8, 1973. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)
September 26, 2023, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Sep 26: Yom Kippur prayer leads to furor in TA; 1973 war remembered
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman gives behind-the-scenes look at United Nations trip; religion reporter Canaan Lidor on US President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff ultra-Zionist plug
By ToI Staff
Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 21, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 22, 2023, 5:17 am
DR Congo will move its embassy to Jerusalem, leader tells Netanyahu at UN sidelines
Israel to open an embassy in Kinshasa, Israeli leader tells President Félix Tshisekedi in New York, 3 years after ties between nations were renewed
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Congolese politician leader Moise Katumbi, speaks during a press conference held at his lawyer's office in Paris, France, June 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariane Grosset)
March 31, 2023, 6:09 pm
Bill that would bar Congo’s only Jewish politician from presidency resubmitted
Overseas Jewish leaders decry proposal to require candidates have two Congolese parents, which would disqualify Moise Katumbi from running because his father was a Greek Jew
By David I. Klein
People walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu, May 24, 2022. Congolese authorities have accused Rwandan forces of supporting armed groups in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where dozens of such groups are active. Rwanda has described allegations of supporting rebels in Congo as baseless. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
September 12, 2022, 10:09 am
Court lifts protection for Congolese refugees, but slams Shaked’s ‘flawed’ decision
Community had been protected for 20 years; state pledges to check each case before deportation, won’t repatriate minors and their families to ‘volatile’ nation
By Sue Surkes and Omer Sharvit
Congelese activists demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, calling on the government to disregard the newly elected Congelese president at the time, December 18, 2011. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 26, 2022, 12:29 pm
Despite safety concerns, ministries back deporting Congolese migrants — report
Foreign and Interior ministry assessments both find those returned to Democratic Republic of Congo could face deadly dangers; Interior Minister Shaked determined to proceed
By ToI Staff
Cars travel under a bridge criticizing Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi in Jerusalem on October 26, 2021. (Courtesy of organizers via JTA)
October 28, 2021, 6:52 am
Visiting Israel, Congolese leader faces billboards accusing him of antisemitism
Placards over Jerusalem road used by Felix Tshisekedi’s motorcade call out president over bill his party is promoting aimed at preventing Jewish opponent from running against him
By Cnaan Liphshiz
President Isaac Herzog (right) meets with Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, October 27, 2021 (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 27, 2021, 12:44 pm
In Israel, Congolese president says seeking ‘closer security, agriculture ties’
During visit at President’s Residence, Herzog promises to ensure that Israel reopens embassy in Kinshasa
By Lazar Berman
In this Monday, March 12, 2018 file photo, Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi speaks to delegates at a three-day forum in a resort hotel near Johannesburg, South Africa. Katumbi returned to Congo on Monday May 20, 2019, one of a number of political exiles coming home after a new president took office this year. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe,)
July 15, 2021, 6:06 am
Ancestry of Jewish refugee’s son at heart of major political crisis in Congo
Lawmakers introduce bill restricting presidency to those with 2 Congolese parents, in bid to disqualify popular opponent Moise Katumbi, son of a Greek Jew who fled Holocaust
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Moroccan soldiers of the MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo) patrol the road in the Kibumba area in the Virunga National Park, on February 22, 2021, where Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed earlier when a UN convoy came under attack. (Alexis Hughet/AFP)
February 22, 2021, 4:27 pm
Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on UN convoy in Congo
Luca Attanasio, others shot in ambush while visiting school feeding project in area of African country home to myriad rebel groups
By Jean-Yves Kamale and Nicole Winfield
In this Monday, March 12, 2018 file photo, Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi speaks to delegates at a three-day forum in a resort hotel near Johannesburg, South Africa. Katumbi returned to Congo on Monday May 20, 2019, one of a number of political exiles coming home after a new president took office this year. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe,)
February 18, 2021, 2:42 am
Son of Greek Jewish Holocaust refugee now one of most powerful leaders in Congo
Moise Katumbi has presidential aspirations, is seen as a reformer in troubled country; while he doesn’t identify as Jewish, he has a ‘warm connection to Judaism and Israel’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Dan Gertler (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 2, 2020, 6:17 pm
Congo-linked Israeli billionaire said evading US sanctions by money-laundering
Two groups say Dan Gertler, accused of making billions via corrupt deals with help of Congolese politician, has been using money laundering network to acquire new mining assets
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A miner digs out soil which will later be filtered for traces of cassiterite, the major ore of tin, at Nyabibwe mine, in eastern Congo, August 17, 2012. (AP/Marc Hofer)
June 20, 2020, 6:43 am
UN experts say gold from Congo going to armed groups, criminals
Report says Israeli instructors among foreign nationals providing training to Congolese military in violation of arms embargo
By Edith M. Lederer
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