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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Israel-Moldova relations

Protesters at an Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration in Dublin on November 17, 2012 (PETER MUHLY / AFP)
December 15, 2024, 7:33 pm
Israel to close its embassy in Dublin due to Ireland’s ‘extreme anti-Israel policy’
Irish PM calls move ‘deeply regrettable’; FM Sa’ar announces new embassy in Moldova, says Israel ‘giving weight’ to countries that are ‘interested in strengthening ties’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Video screenshot from X of widespread littering around Romania’s Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport, October, 2024. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 14, 2024, 3:26 pm
Jewish pilgrims returning from Uman leave piles of trash at Romanian airport
Images on social media show widespread littering, long lines, clashes with police in Bacău airport, as some passengers say local authorities ‘made it impossible’ to fly home
By ToI Staff
Jewish pilgrims arrive in Uman, Ukraine ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 14, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 23, 2024, 4:58 pm
Moldova, Ukraine warn new Israeli travel rules threaten visa-free regimes
New requirement for visitors to obtain a so-called Electronic Travel Authorization could prompt Chisinau, Kyiv to implement ‘reciprocal decisions,’ say ambassadors
By Sam Sokol
Ilan Shor meets with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 6:05 pm
Moldova outlaws pro-Russia party led by oligarch living in Israel
Chisinau’s pro-European government has accused Ilan Shor, who fled the country in 2019 and is under US sanctions for alleged corruption, of trying to overthrow it
By AFP
This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:01 pm
After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark
Ambassador responds with ‘extreme dismay’ to Yinon Azoulay’s mention of his country ‘in a negative connotation’ while feuding with Yisrael Beytenu leader
By Alexander Fulbright
Ilan Shor, then-mayor of the town of Orhei, Moldova, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 20, 2023, 2:41 am
A wanted Moldovan oligarch backs Russian interests at home from a haven in Israel
Convicted in absentia for stealing $1 billion from Moldova’s banking system, businessman-turned-opposition leader Ilan Shor is leading pro-Moscow protests in the country
By Jacob Judah
Moldova's then parliamentary candidate Ilan Shor, mayor of the town of Orhei, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 15, 2023, 5:16 pm
Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch sentenced in absentia to 15 years over $1b bank theft
Ilan Shor, who fled to Israel in 2019, is convicted of fraud and money laundering in 2014; unclear if Moldova has requested extradition, or if Israel will comply
By AP
Ilan Shor, then-mayor of the town of Orhei, Moldova, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
October 26, 2022, 9:13 pm
US sanctions Israeli citizen for promoting Kremlin agenda in Moldova
Ilar Shor, 35, a businessman-turned-lawmaker, accused of working with ‘corrupt oligarchs and Moscow-based entities to create political unrest in Moldova’
By Tobias Siegal
Firefighters work on a fire on a building that was bombed by Russia in the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv, on February 24, 2022. (Aris Messinis/AFP)
February 24, 2022, 8:59 pm
Israelis prepare aid packages, relief teams for Ukraine amid Russian onslaught
Both the government of Israel and private organizations plan to send assistance to Ukrainian Jews and to refugees fleeing to neighboring countries
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: The empty halls of the first floor of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv on July 26, 2019. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 10, 2021, 4:25 pm
Moldovan man found dead in Tel Aviv COVID quarantine hotel; murder suspected
Man in his 30s, who was not an Israeli citizen, said to have arrived on Monday evening; reportedly signs of violence to his body
By ToI Staff
Ilan Shor meets with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)
August 30, 2019, 5:54 am
Moldova Jews bear anti-Semitic brunt as corrupt lawmaker flees, maybe to Israel
Saga of Israeli-born businessman Ilan Shor, thought to be hiding in Israel to avoid jail, dredges up old hatreds, complicating life for small Jewish community he left behind
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) hosts Moldavian Prime Minister Pavel Filip in his Jerusalem office, November 9, 2017 (Amos Ben Gershom,/GPO)
June 13, 2019, 6:21 pm
Why Israel didn’t celebrate when Moldova vowed to move its embassy from Tel Aviv
Ramallah rushed to condemn the Eastern European ‘rogue state,’ but Jerusalem feels it’s being used by an increasingly isolated PM in Chisinau who won’t be able to keep his promise
By Raphael Ahren
Vladimir Plahotniuc, right, watches Moldova's then prime minister Pavel Filip speak during a press statement in Chisinau, Moldova, February 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
June 12, 2019, 5:31 am
Amid unrest, Moldova says it will move its embassy to Jerusalem
Announcement comes as political turmoil rocks the nation, which would become the only European country with embassy in capital
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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