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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Paraguay

A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 taxis on the runway after landing in the Ambrosio Taravella airport in Cordoba, Argentina, June 6, 2022. (AP/Sebastian Borsero)
June 24, 2022, 8:51 am
Argentine probe into grounded cargo plane focuses on pilot’s alleged ties to IRGC
The Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 with Iranian, Venezuelan crew has been grounded outside Buenos Aires for two weeks as authorities try to figure out ‘true objective’ of its arrival
By AP
Police officers confiscate a box of documents during a judicial raid at the Plaza Central Hotel where the crew of a Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane are staying, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
June 18, 2022, 10:55 am
Iranian aboard plane grounded in Argentina is captain in Quds Force, says Paraguay
Paraguayan intelligence chief says Captain Gholamreza Ghasemi is member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ expeditionary arm; Argentina security minister won’t comment on ‘conjecture’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
President Mario Abdo Benitez, center, talks to Israel's new ambassador to Paraguay, Yoed Magen, left, as Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas Palacios, right, listens, during official ceremony, at Lopez Palace, Asuncion, Paraguay, August 21, 2019. (Anibal Ovelar/Paraguay's Government Press Office via AP)
August 22, 2019, 6:19 am
Israel appoints ambassador to Paraguay after embassy dispute
Israel shuttered its Asuncion mission last year warning of ‘strained’ ties over Paraguayan backtrack on Jerusalem embassy move; envoy Yoed Magen to work from neighboring Argentina
By AP and ToI Staff
Paraguay's newly-elected President Mario Abdo Benitez greets the crowd during his arrival at his inauguration ceremony at 'Lopez Palace' in Asuncion, Paraguay, on August 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
August 20, 2019, 12:03 am
Paraguay recognizes Hamas, Hezbollah as terror groups, drawing Israeli praise
Asuncion blacklists military wings of Iran-backed organizations along with Islamic State, al-Qaeda
By Michael Bachner
Residents in Montevideo wake up to no electricity after a massive electricity cut leaves Argentina, Uruguay and some parts of neighboring countries in the dark, according to Uruguayan and Argentine electricity companies on June 16, 2019 (Screen grab via AFP)
June 16, 2019, 4:29 pm
All of Argentina and Uruguay without power in massive outage
48 million people left in the dark; electrical failure reportedly spreads to parts of Paraguay and Brazil
By ToI Staff
In this Nov. 17, 2003 file photo, Lebanese citizen Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was then facing tax evasion charges, is escorted by police to a courthouse in Asuncion, Paraguay. On Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, federal police in Brazil arrested Barakat, a fugitive accused of belonging to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and of being a key financier of terrorism. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
September 21, 2018, 11:02 pm
Brazil arrests top Hezbollah financier wanted for crimes in Paraguay
US Treasury describes Assad Ahmad Barakat as key figure for the Lebanese terror group, operating in an area considered a haven for smugglers, traffickers and counterfeiters
By SARAH DiLORENZO
People demonstrate outside the presidential residence in Asuncion on September 06, 2018 against the government's decision of moving its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv. (AFP/NORBERTO DUARTE)
September 7, 2018, 3:47 am
Paraguay urges Israel to reverse ‘exaggerated’ Asuncion embassy closure
President says he regrets Netanyahu’s response to decision to move mission back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv; Cartes slams ‘betrayal’ by successor; Turkey to open Asuncion embassy
By AP and ToI Staff
A picture shows the empty entrance and a sign on the door of Paraguay's closed embassy in Jerusalem on September 6, 2018. (AFP / THOMAS COEX)
September 7, 2018, 1:53 am
US lobbying Paraguay to keep embassy in Jerusalem
Mike Pence tells Paraguayan president reversing reversal would be sign of country’s close ties with Israel and US; Abdo Benitez highlights ‘lasting relationship’ with Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
A picture from November 19, 2017, shows a general view of the Arab League headquarters during a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
September 6, 2018, 10:24 pm
Arab League welcomes Paraguay’s moving embassy back out of Jerusalem
Official says Asunción’s decision has put country on the ‘right track’ and is in accordance with international resolutions
By AP and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and US national security adviser John Bolton, visit the US Embassy in Jerusalem, on August 21, 2018. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Jerusalem)
September 6, 2018, 1:55 pm
The snake you know best: 8 things to know for September 6
While Washington searches for the White House mole, diplomats from DC to Jerusalem to Asuncion are busy contradicting their own selves or government policies
By Joshua Davidovich
Demonstrators shout slogans against Israel's military strikes on the Gaza Strip during a protest in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, January 9, 2009. (AP/Rene Gonzalez)
September 5, 2018, 11:38 pm
Cheering Jerusalem reversal, Palestinians say they will open Paraguay embassy
Abbas praises Asunción’s decision to return mission to Tel Aviv; South American country says Israel should not be annoyed by about-face
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurate Paraguay's new embassy in Jerusalem, May 21, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 5, 2018, 8:46 pm
Paraguay reverses Jerusalem embassy move; fuming Israel shuts Asunción mission
Netanyahu says ties will be ‘clouded’ by decision to return embassy to Tel Aviv; Palestinians say they brokered agreement with new Paraguay president last month
By Raphael Ahren
Most of Paraguay’s 1,000 Jews live in Asuncion, where B’nai Jacob’s Torah has found a new home. (Courtesy of Erin Jones-Avni/via JTA)
July 29, 2018, 3:00 am
En route from Iowa to Paraguay, Torah scroll tells story of modern Judaism
As communities say goodbye in the American heartland, counterparts crop up in unlikely places across the world, spurring continuity and cooperation
By Victor Wishna
Lebanese citizen Assad Ahmad Barakat, (c), arrives at a courthouse in Asuncion, Paraguay, November 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
July 16, 2018, 5:02 pm
Argentina freezes assets of suspected Hezbollah fundraising network
Barakat Group targeted for funding terror group linked to 1992 attack on Israeli embassy and 1994 AMIA attack, both in Buenos Aires
By JTA
Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks at the Haaretz and New Israel Fund conference in New York City, on December 13, 2015. (Amir Levy/Flash90)
May 21, 2018, 10:11 pm
Palestinians urge Arabs to sever ties with countries that moved embassies
Erekat blasts Paraguay’s president as ‘an irresponsible political leader,’ after Asunción relocates mission to Jerusalem
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
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