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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

Israel-Chile relations

File - Chilean air force female personnel walk by a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft during the XIX Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) in Santiago on March 29, 2016. (Martin Bernetti/AFP)
March 6, 2024, 8:39 am
Chile cancels Israeli participation in Latin America’s largest aerospace fair
No official reason given for decision; left-wing government of PM Gabriel Boric has been critical of ‘disproportionate’ response to October 7 Hamas onslaught
By AFP and ToI Staff
Daniel Jadue in 2015. (Wikimedia commons)
January 5, 2024, 7:49 pm
Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’
Daniel Jadue, a onetime presidential candidate of Palestinian descent, also says it’s a ‘contradiction’ to be both a Jew and a leftist
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Bolivian President Luis Arce speaks during a town hall meeting called by pro-government Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) militants in El Alto, Bolivia, on October 17, 2023. (Aizar Raldes/AFP)
November 1, 2023, 4:01 am
Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, accusing it of ‘crimes against humanity’ in Gaza
Leftist governments in Chile and Colombia recall envoys to Jewish state in protest of Israeli military operations in war against Hamas, which expresses ‘high esteem’ for Bolivia
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Chile's President Gabriel Boric (right) speaks with Israeli Ambassador Gil Artzyeli at the Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, October 1, 2022. (Twitter video screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2022, 5:27 pm
Chile’s president accepts Israeli envoy’s credentials, two weeks after snub
Gabriel Boric spurned ambassador over killing of 17-year-old Palestinian during clashes with IDF, sparking diplomatic incident between Jerusalem and Santiago
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog (L) arrives at Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. Chile's Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola attends a two-day Mercosur trade bloc summit at the Conmebol Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay on July 21, 2022. (Jorge Saenz, Markus Schreiber/AP)
September 19, 2022, 6:05 pm
Chilean FM apologizes to Herzog for rejection of Israeli envoy’s credentials
Antonia Urrejola pulls Israeli president aside after queen’s funeral in London and expresses regret over diplomatic incident last week, Herzog’s office says
By ToI Staff
Ambassador Gil Artzyeli (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
September 18, 2022, 5:44 am
Chile reschedules ceremony to accredit Israeli ambassador after diplomatic snub
Envoy will present credentials on September 30, Santiago says, explaining that last-minute cancellation was due to killing of Palestinian teen on ceremony’s original date
By ToI Staff
Gil Artzyeli during an interview in 2017 (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 17, 2022, 3:26 am
Israel says Chilean president’s rejection of new envoy ‘seriously harms relations’
After Gabriel Boric refuses to accept Israeli ambassador’s credentials at last minute, Jerusalem says it will summon country’s envoy for a dressing down
By ToI Staff
Ambassador Gil Artzyeli speaks to reporters outside Chile's foreign ministry in Santiago, after his credentials were refused by Chilean President Gabriel Boric, September 16, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 16, 2022, 9:07 am
Israeli envoy says Chile apologized after its president refused his credentials
Ambassador Gil Artzyeli vows to overcome ‘awkward incident,’ says Jews ‘have been through worse’ than Gabriel Boric’s refusal to see him over Israel ‘killing children in Gaza’
By ToI Staff
Chile's President Gabriel Boric speaks during a ceremony introducing new cabinet members in Santiago, Chile, September 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)
September 15, 2022, 11:42 pm
In grave breach of protocol, Chile’s president refuses credentials of Israeli envoy
Gabriel Boric reportedly spurns new ambassador over Israel ‘killing children in Gaza,’ threatening profound harm to relations between the countries
By ToI Staff
Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric waves to supporters as he arrives to La Moneda presidential palace for a meeting with President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, Chile, December 20, 2021. (AP Photo/ Matias Delacroix)
December 20, 2021, 9:51 pm
Chile’s new president is bitter Israel critic, whose win has many local Jews worried
Gabriel Boric has publicly called for Chilean Jewish community to condemn Israeli policy; Jews fear he will also promote a Palestinian supporter accused of antisemitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Chinese and Israeli officials pay their respect in front of the flag-draped coffin of Chinese Ambassador Du Wei, who died at his home in the coastal city of Herzliya, during a ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. China sent a team to Israel to repatriate the body of its ambassador. (Photo by Jack Guez/Pool via AP)
May 20, 2020, 4:01 pm
Israel honors dead Chinese envoy, as his body begins the journey home
Military police hand over remains of Ambassador Du Wei to Chinese authorities at Ben Gurion Airport
By AFP
Screen capture from video of Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hadami. (YouTube)
April 3, 2020, 12:00 pm
Israel arrests Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs for fourth time
Fadi al-Hadami detained at his home on suspicions of Palestinian Authority ‘activities’ in East Jerusalem, which Israel prohibits
By AP
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera lights a Hanukkah candle during a ceremony on December 27, 2019, at La Moneda Palace in Santiago. (Courtesy of the Chilean government)
December 29, 2019, 8:56 pm
Chilean president celebrates Hanukkah, as social riots rage
Country has been rocked by riots over inequality since October, with at least 26 people killed, but Jewish communal figures say they would not think of canceling the annual event
By Marcus M. Gilban
Picture taken in January 2019 at Chile's Antarctic base President Eduardo Frei, in Antarctica, showing a Chilean Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane as the one that disappeared in the sea between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica on December 9, 2019 with 38 people aboard. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP)
December 15, 2019, 11:20 am
Israeli military helped find remains of crashed Chilean plane near Antarctica
IDF’s visual intelligence unit formed a team of experts that interpreted aerial images of the Pacific and pinpointed area where C-130 Hercules vanished with 38 on board last week
By Michael Bachner and AP
Screen capture from video of Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hadami. (YouTube)
June 30, 2019, 7:34 pm
Israel frees PA minister for Jerusalem affairs hours after arrest
Fadi al-Hadami’s lawyer says detention was due to recent activities, including accompanying Chile’s president on a visit to the Temple Mount
By AFP and ToI Staff
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