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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 616

Indonesia

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto attend a press conference at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on May 28, 2025. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
May 28, 2025, 11:16 am
Indonesia: If Israel recognizes a Palestinian state, we will recognize Israel
Alongside visiting French leader, President Subianto also calls for rights and ‘guaranteed safety’ for Israel, ahead of French-Saudi two-state solution confab next month
By AFP and ToI Staff
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (L) speaks during an economic event titled "Strengthening Indonesia's Economic Resilience Amid the Wave of Trade Tariff Wars" in Jakarta on April 8, 2025. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
April 9, 2025, 8:42 am
Indonesia willing to temporarily house 1,000 refugees from Gaza
‘We are ready to evacuate the wounded, the traumatized, the orphans,’ president says, adds Palestinians would be able to return once they’re healed and Gaza is safe enough to return to
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Mossad chief David Barnea at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 28, 2025, 9:16 pm
Netanyahu said to task Mossad with finding countries to house Gazans
With Trump’s focus elsewhere, report says Israel has reached out to Sudan, Somalia, Indonesia and other nations about taking in Palestinians but the outreach has yet to bear fruit
By ToI Staff
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)
April 18, 2024, 5:03 pm
In Indonesia, Chinese foreign minister says US is preventing ceasefire in Gaza
Wang Yi says Washington appears to believe ‘international law a tool that can be used whenever it finds useful and discarded if it does not want to use it’
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative - Egyptian trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip queue outside the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the enclave, March 23, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
April 10, 2024, 12:29 am
Israel claims highest single-day number of aid trucks enters Gaza since war began
Indonesia participates in massive airdrop marking end of Ramadan, in an apparent first time Muslim nation has flown through Israeli airspace; UNRWA disputes Israeli numbers
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Presidential-elect and Indonesia's Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (C) dances on the stage after polls closed in the country's presidential and legislative elections in Jakarta on February 14, 2024. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
February 14, 2024, 11:15 pm
Indonesia defense chief accused of rights abuses claims victory in presidential vote
Prabowo Subianto committed alleged crimes under Suharto regime over two decades ago; vows to build embassy in West Bank or Gaza; rival championed boycott of Israeli soccer team
By Niniek Karmini and Edna Tarigan
The Unilever logo is seen above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
February 8, 2024, 5:53 pm
Unilever reports diving sales in Southeast Asia amid anti-Israel boycotts
Company sees notable decline in business in Indonesia as Muslim-majority countries punish firms seen backing Israel; says no supply issues from Red Sea attacks
By Reuters
Indonesian Rabbi Yaakov Baruch, right, speaks with a member of the Jewish community at his synagogue in Tondano, North Sulawesi, February 17, 2017. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP)
December 4, 2023, 1:19 am
Despite unrest in Indonesia, a Jewish community finds peace among other faith groups
The Israel-Hamas war brings near-daily protests in a Muslim-majority country where few distinguish between Israel and Jews, but cooperation with local Christians provides stability
By Jordyn Haime
Palestinians stand outside the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2016. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
November 7, 2023, 9:29 am
IDF says Hamas using Indonesian Hospital to hide terror base; Jakarta pushes back
Indonesian charity accuses Israel of seeking pretext to attack medical center after army presents evidence that building was constructed above tunnels and next to rocket launchpad
By AFP
Protesters burn an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest in Istanbul, Turkey, October 20, 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
October 21, 2023, 4:06 am
Anti-Israel demonstrations held across Muslim world amid Israel-Hamas war
Thousands call for ‘the fall of Israel’ at protest in Cairo, as Iranian-backed armed groups in several Arab countries also rally against Jewish state
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Surfers carry their board during the sunset at Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia on June 24, 2023. (Firdia Lisnawati/AP)
July 5, 2023, 8:46 am
Indonesia won’t host beach games, months after losing soccer event over Israel ban
Jakarta pulls budget for World Beach Games, set to include Israeli athletes; tournament to be canceled; Olympic umbrella group notes ‘great surprise and extreme disappointment’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tourists sit at a restaurant on Jimbaran Beach in Bali, Indonesia on November 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
May 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
Indonesia said to fear it could lose World Beach Games over calls to bar Israel
Report says national government and sports federation are working to convince Bali’s governor to reconsider boycott of Israelis, but he won’t budge
By ToI Staff
Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo waves to journalists after he was selected by the country's largest political party, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, as its candidate for the 2024 presidential election in Bogor on April 21, 2023. (Aditya Aji/AFP)
April 22, 2023, 11:43 am
Indonesia’s main party names anti-Israel Java governor as presidential candidate
Last month Ganjar Pranowo called for boycott of Israel’s participation in the U-20 World Cup, leading to FIFA withdrawing hosting rights
By AFP
Motorists commute past a poster for the Indonesia 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup football tournament in Jakarta on March 30, 2023 (BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
April 18, 2023, 10:33 am
Argentina to host U20 World Cup after Indonesia loses rights amid Israel protests
FIFA announces soccer tournament will be held in South American nation after pulling it from Indonesia, which saw public and political opposition to Israel’s participation
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Motorists commute past a poster for the Indonesia 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup football tournament in Jakarta on March 30, 2023 (BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
March 30, 2023, 10:22 am
Indonesia, booted as U-20 World Cup host, sees backlash against anti-Israel leaders
Muslim-majority state loses soccer tourney hosting rights after governors called to ban Israel; Indonesians inundate Instagram page of presidential candidate with negative comments
By Agencies
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