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President Isaac Herzog (right) with Chile’s President José Antonio Kast, May 8, 2026. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)
May 8, 2026, 9:47 pm
Chile to return ambassador to Israel after more than two years
Right-wing president José Antonio Kast tells visiting Herzog he wants to restore ties, expand cooperation after sharp deterioration of diplomacy under leftist predecessor
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate for the Republican Party, arrives to vote during the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025. (AP/Matias Delacroix)
December 15, 2025, 6:34 am
Chile’s far-right Kast wins landslide election against communist opponent
President-elect, son of a Nazi party member, is latest right-wing leader to ascend to office in Latin America; rival Jara was outspoken critic of Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party, attend a rally ahead of the presidential runoff election in Temuco, Chile, December 11, 2025. (AP/Esteban Felix)
December 12, 2025, 3:24 pm
Chileans polarized ahead of presidential election as far-right candidate poised to prevail
José Antonio Kast, son of a Nazi party member, is frontrunner in fierce campaign against communist Jeannette Jara, an outspoken critic of Trump, Maduro, and Israel’s war in Gaza
By Isabel Debre
The Bicur Joilim synagogue, located in downtown Santiago, was targeted with violent anti-Israel posters in the latest incident of vandalism in August 2025. (Google Maps/Jewish Community of Chile via JTA)
August 27, 2025, 12:47 pm
Chilean synagogue vandalized with posters of Netanyahu shot in head
Pictures bearing caption ‘Your silence is cooperation with Israel’s genocide’ appear in Santiago synagogue, which has seen repeated graffiti since Oct. 7
By Juan Melamed
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
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