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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Panama

Anti-government protesters clash with police at the Indigenous Embera community of Arimae, Panama, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
June 7, 2025, 4:02 pm
Panama president calls on archbishop, top rabbi to mediate with striking workers
Move comes after nearly two months of protests that have seen demonstrators and law enforcement injured
By Alma Solís
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP/ Evan Vucci)
January 7, 2025, 11:01 pm
Trump refuses to rule out military force to take control of Greenland, Panama Canal
Incoming president comments as son flies into Greenland, says both vital for US interests; also says he will use ‘economic force’ to encourage Canada to unite with US
By Will Weissert and Zeke Miller
Illustrative: A plane taxis on a runway as others sit on the tarmac at Tocumen International Airport, on March 22, 2020, in Panama City, Panama. (Luis Acosta/AFP)
October 30, 2024, 4:42 am
US offers $5M reward for info on 1994 Panama plane bombing blamed on Hezbollah
Offer is welcomed by relatives of the 21 victims, most of who were members of the Central American country’s Jewish community
By AFP and ToI Staff
A delegation of elected officials from Latin America paying a solidarity visit to the southern Israeli city of Sderot, organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, March 11, 2024. (CAM, courtesy)
March 18, 2024, 11:57 pm
Latin American delegation visits Israel amid surge in antisemitism at home
Public diplomacy initiative brings local officials from Central and South America to witness aftermath of Oct. 7 first hand, in a bid to curb rise in anti-Jewish hate
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Panamanian national border police officers march during an independence day parade in La Chorrera, Panama, November 2019. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
October 2, 2021, 7:15 pm
Panama cops apologize for firing on Arab targets at Israeli-run training course
After controversy, images from session erased from Twitter accounts of Panamanian National Police, local Israeli chamber of commerce
By AFP
In this June 14, 2012 photo, the ship that would later become the Asphalt Princess sails through Quebec City, Canada. (Steve Geronazzo via AP)
August 5, 2021, 2:58 am
Crew of tanker said to have thwarted Iranian hijackers by sabotaging the engines
Five or six gunmen tried to take control of Panama-flagged Asphalt Princess off UAE coast, sail it to Iran, UK officials say; they fled after US and Omani warships arrived at scene
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative: In this photo provided Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, by the Iranian Army, a warship sails while approaching Iran's southeastern port city of Chahbahar, in the Gulf of Oman (Iranian Army via AP)
August 5, 2021, 12:44 am
US says it suspects ‘Iranian personnnel’ in ‘hijacking’ of ship in Gulf of Oman
Just days after deadly strike on Israel-linked MT Mercer Street, US says it believes hijackers who boarded Panamanian-flagged Asphalt Princess were Iranian
By AFP
Shy Dahan (Courtesy)
August 9, 2020, 8:14 am
Israeli said murdered in Ecuador jail; tied to ex-leader’s alleged COVID-19 scam
Shy Dahan had a history of multiple allegations of international fraud, had escaped a Panama prison two years ago; was arrested in June on suspicion of peddling fake virus tests
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An El Al airline plane at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 19, 2020, 8:05 am
Nearly 200 Israelis head home after being stranded in Central America by virus
Passengers gather in Panama from several countries; special El Al flight is first direct flight ever from Panama to Israel
By JTA
Gilad Ben-Shlomo, who was killed in Panama City, October 31, 2019 (Instagram)
November 1, 2019, 12:29 pm
Israeli man, said to be known to police, gunned down in Panama City mall
Reports suggest assassination may be a local mob hit; victim reportedly associate of Michael Mor, a notorious crime boss from Nahariya
By ToI Staff
Black Cube's internet homepage (screenshot)
September 5, 2019, 12:44 am
Israel’s Black Cube said to have uncovered widespread corruption in Panama
Panama’s La Prensa newspaper reveals recordings of attorney telling agents from private intelligence firm that top judges in the country could be bribed and were like a ‘mafia’
By ToI Staff
An undated picture of Israeli tourist Haim Ben Baruch, who drowned off the coast of Panama on May 2, 2019. (Haim Ben Baruch, Facebook)
May 3, 2019, 1:37 pm
Body of drowned Israeli tourist found on Panama beach
Family says 31-year-old Haim Ben Baruch was supposed to return home last month, but decided to extend his stay in South America
By ToI Staff
Israeli sailor Roy Erez. (Facebook)
August 26, 2018, 1:32 pm
Israeli sailor held in Colombia accused of smuggling 234 kilograms of cocaine
Israel’s consul speaks to Roy Erez, who claims he was forced by pirates to transport a man he didn’t know on board his ship
By Michael Bachner
Israeli sailor Roy Erez. (Facebook)
August 22, 2018, 3:58 pm
Israeli yachtsman said held by Colombian navy after encounter with pirates
Roy Erez, sailing to Jamaica, was forced at gunpoint by crew of local fishing boat to take on unknown passenger; vessel later boarded by soldiers, redirected to Colombia
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of prisoners in La Joyita jail in Panama City. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 19, 2018, 12:18 am
Israeli man on the run after escaping jail in Panama City
Local police arrest six officials who were reportedly bribed $500,000 to help accused fraudster Shai Dahan escape
By ToI Staff
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