Israel gives no date for response to extradition request
Israel Thursday declined to give a date for their response to a Colombian extradition request for an Israeli mercenary. Colombia requested the extradition of Yar Klein, a former colonel in…
Israel Thursday declined to give a date for their response to a Colombian extradition request for an Israeli mercenary. Colombia requested the extradition of Yar Klein, a former colonel in…
Colombia Wednesday urged Israel to answer its request to extradite a mercenary freed in November from Russian detention and convicted in absentia here for training right-wing paramilitary squads. “We’ve been…
Colombian singer Shakira performed for hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian children in Jerusalem during a UNICEF event, W Radio reports. Appointed the UNICEF goodwill ambassador in 2003, Shakira noted that…
WikiLeaks cables dating between 2006 and 2009 detail the “souring” of Colombia’s relationship with Israel over the poor return on business deals with an Israeli defense firm. Current president and…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday unequivocally stated that Colombia will not recognize Palestine as a state as a “matter of principle,” unless an agreement is reached with Israel.…
Palestine should have its own state, said Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations Thursday. “The position of Colombia is the recognition of the State of Israel but also that Palestinians…
Recognizing the state of Palestine could offer Colombia political and economic benefits. However, at the same time there are serious economic and political interests at stake. Various South American countries…
Colombia announces it will ask Israel to extradite Yair Klein, a mercenary convicted by a Colombian court for training death squads from the Medellin cartel and paramilitary organizations. According to…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein demanded €1.5 million ($1.98 million) from Colombia as compensation for the three years and four months he spent imprisoned in Russia, reports La F.M. Klein, who…