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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

US-Cuba relations

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a security briefing on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights, near Merom Golan on the border with Syria, on November 19, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP)
January 16, 2021, 6:39 pm
Pompeo hits Iran, China, Cuba in last-minute sanctions push
Days before leaving office, US punishes Chinese steel company and UAE-based building materials firm for working with Iran Shipping Lines
By Shaun Tandon
Staff stand within the United States Embassy facility in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The United States issued an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America’s FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
December 6, 2020, 12:03 pm
Microwave energy likely made US diplomats sick in Cuba, China — report
State Department-commissioned study says ‘directed, pulsed radio frequency energy’ the most plausible cause of mysterious illness among American personnel in 2016-2018
By AP
Staff stand within the United States Embassy facility in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The United States issued an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America’s FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
September 11, 2018, 5:42 pm
US suspects Russia behind ‘attacks’ on diplomats in Cuba and China
Intelligence officials tell NBC News suspicions of Moscow’s involvement in causing mysterious brain illnesses backed up by communications intercepts
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Adela Dworin with Fidel Castro in Havana, in August 2010. Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is at right. (Cubadebate state media)
February 19, 2018, 6:23 pm
When our woman in Havana asked Fidel Castro to the synagogue Hanukkah party
Adela Dworin doesn’t have to live in Cuba. Her friends left for Miami long ago. So why does she stay, running and schnorring for the Jewish community? Here’s her story, and Cuba’s
By David Horovitz
A woman and her young daughter walk past Comunidad Or Jadash, a synagogue serving the few Jews of Santa Clara. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
January 30, 2018, 2:48 am
A year of renewed chilly US-Cuba relations puts squeeze on island’s Jews
After briefly rekindled ties under the Obama administration brought an increase in tourism to the country, Cuban residents once again feel the effects of economic sanctions
By Larry Luxner
Israeli tourists negotiate with a taxi driver at the cruise ship terminal in Old Havana. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2018, 4:11 am
Israeli trade delegation to Cuba may augur a diplomatic thaw
Despite the the lack of formal relations between the two countries, a high-level commercial trip highlights mutual interests and potential prospects
By Larry Luxner
Illustrative: An Israeli flag hangs on the wall of the Jewish Community Center in Havana, Cuba, where two men are speaking on August 1, 2004. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 10:30 pm
Israel, Cuba sought to reestablish diplomatic ties — report
Channel 10: Following US lifting of embargo in 2015, with Canada as broker, Jerusalem sent delegate to Havana; talks ended with election of Trump
By ToI Staff
Tourists ride on a vintage American car in front of the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
November 1, 2017, 8:25 pm
Israel, US oppose UN condemnation of embargo on Cuba
US Ambassador Nikki Haley dismisses attempt by Havana to ‘distract the world’s attention from the destruction it has inflicted on its own people’
By AFP
The Cuban interior ministry building with the image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the Cuban flag fluttering at half mast at Havana's Revolution square, during Fidel Castro's memorial, on November 28, 2016 in Havana. (AFP Photo/Adalberto Roque)
October 17, 2017, 11:49 am
Israeli business delegation heading to Cuba, with tacit Jerusalem consent
In first, Israel-Latin American Chamber of Commerce is taking companies to Havana in December, to partner directly with the regime and government-owned firms
By Raphael Ahren
Staff stand within the United States Embassy facility in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The United States issued an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America’s FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
September 30, 2017, 7:14 pm
As mystery attacks leave diplomats unwell, US withdraws embassy staff from Cuba
21 personnel report symptoms including hearing loss, dizziness, headache, fatigue, cognitive issues, and difficulty sleeping
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt (C), during a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2017, 2:01 pm
White House welcomes Israeli-Palestinian water agreement
Quartet for Mideast peace meets for first time since Trump’s election; as Bezeq probe ensnares associates, Netanyahu insists mogul Elovitz ‘isn’t my friend’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump signs policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
June 17, 2017, 8:16 am
Trump thrusts US, Cuba back toward hostile relations
President denounces communist regime in Havana, vows to overhaul Obama’s ‘one-sided deal’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Michael Weissenstein and Josh Lederman
The Cuban interior ministry building with the image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the Cuban flag fluttering at half mast at Havana's Revolution square, during Fidel Castro's memorial, on November 28, 2016 in Havana. (AFP Photo/Adalberto Roque)
November 28, 2016, 8:34 pm
Throngs pay homage to Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Thousands of Cubans pay final respects to deceased leader at Revolution Square, site of some of his most famous speeches
By Laurent THOMET
People dance together as they react to the news of the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro outside the restaurant Versailles on November 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/AFP)
November 27, 2016, 3:05 am
Miami revelers celebrate ‘Freedom!’ at Fidel Castro’s death
‘It took too long,’ say exiles in largest Cuban-American community, as people of all ages dance in the streets
By Leila Macor
Supporters of Paraguay's Communist Party gather in Asuncion to pay tribute to deceased Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. (Norberto Duarte/AFP)
November 27, 2016, 2:53 am
Grief, and joy, erupt at Fidel Castro’s death
Mourned by Russia, China, Venezuela and North Korea, the late dictator’s death elicits decidedly different reactions from Cuban exiles
By Alexandre GROSBOIS
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