Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel

October 21, 2024 | |

Israel Announces Legal Action Against French President Macron Over Exclusion From Arms Fair

Israel plans to take legal action against French President Emmanuel Macron for his decision to ban Israeli companies from a Paris arms fair, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz...

June 25, 2024 | |

Israeli Victims of Hamas October 7 Atrocities File Lawsuit in New York Against UNRWA

A group of more than 100 Israeli plaintiffs, composed of victims of the October 7 Hamas atrocities along with family members, filed a lawsuit in New York on June 24 demanding over...

June 21, 2024 | |

Armenia Unilaterally Recognizes Palestinian State

Armenia became the latest United Nations (UN) member state to unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood on June 21. The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “has...

June 6, 2024 | |

Israel Targets Hamas and Islamic Jihad Terrorists Hiding in UNRWA School

Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a precision airstrike on Hamas terrorists hiding inside a central Gaza school operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)...

May 14, 2024 | |

Gaza Terrorists Exploit Two More UNRWA Facilities

Israel conducted a precise strike on a Hamas war room and weapons depot hidden inside of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school located in Nuseirat in Gaza, Jerusalem...

April 23, 2024 | |

Israel Calls UN Investigation into UNRWA ‘Insufficient’  

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on April 22 released the final report by investigators charged with reviewing the agency’s “neutrality” in light of Israel’s...

November 21, 2023 | |

Israel SitRep: Nov. 21, 2023

Today’s Issue: Israeli Cabinet to Meet Tonight to Approve Hostage Deal | Israel Announces It Captured Two Gazans Inside the Country a Month after the October 7 Attacks | IDF Forces Encircle Jabalya,...

October 30, 2023 | |

Israel Expands Offensive Around Gaza City

Israeli ground forces appeared to be encircling Gaza City on October 30, raising pressure on Hamas terrorists and their commanders. Israel is expanding ground operations using tanks,...

October 15, 2023 | |

Israel Warns Iran Against Opening Second Front

Israel is trying to prevent Iranian weapons deployments to its north designed to open a second war front.

February 16, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain, David May

The Houthi crisis is creating an Emirati-Israeli opportunity

Houthi attacks on the United Arab Emirates proved what many have known for a long time, that Arab solidarity is an imaginary concept. In Beirut, Hezbollah cheered on the strikes. In Gaza, Hamas politburo...

October 14, 2021 | David May |

Don’t Let Palestinian Recalcitrance Hold Israeli-African Relations Hostage

Palestinian advocacy groups and certain countries are pressuring the African Union (AU) to rescind Israel’s observer status, when the AU executive council meets this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....

July 14, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Dr. Charles Asher Small

Germany needs to confront Iranian regime’s antisemitism

Berlin should take the lead in punishing the Islamic republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with economic sanctions and a cessation of diplomatic relations until Tehran recognizes Israel's right to exist.

March 5, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel

Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.

July 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Call to release Algerian blogger imprisoned for interviewing Israeli MF

Human Rights Watch urged Algeria on Sunday to release a blogger who launched a hunger strike on July 8 to protest his seven-year prison term he received after interviewing an Israeli Foreign Mini...

March 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Stalls Iran Talks Over Labelling Hezbollah as Terrorists

Germany’s government tossed a wrench into the ongoing Iran nuclear talks with the United States, rejecting a US demand to designate the entire Hezbollah organization as terrorist and blamin...

January 4, 2017 | Orde Kittrie |

What UNSCR 2334 Could Mean Beyond the United Nations, and How the Trump Administration Can Respond

Notwithstanding the distractions of the holiday season, a considerable debate has erupted over the significance of U.N. Security Council ...

July 30, 2012 |

Some Questionable State Department Actions

Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...

September 14, 2010 | Jerusalem Post

Report: Swiss FM Under Fire for Blocking Iran Sanctions

BERLIN - ­ Swiss government officials in the Economics Department (Seco) have called for tougher sanctions against Iran and criticized Social Democratic Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for bl...

August 15, 2006 | The Middle East Quarterly |

Israel and Azerbaijan’s Furtive Embrace

Authored by Ilya Bourtman The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 changed the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. Within weeks, six predominantly Muslim countries...

May 31, 2006 | MERIA Journal |

Putin and Russia’s Middle Eastern Policy

Auhtored by Ilya Bourtman Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently pursuing a two track policy towards the Middle East, allowing Russia to develop friendly ties with Israel...