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Janez Jansa addressing the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (Igor Kupljenik/AP)
June 5, 2026, 6:46 am
After pro-Israel PM forms government in Slovenia, Israel to open first embassy there
FM Sa’ar hails Janez Jansa as ‘a clear and steadfast friend of Israel,’ following years of strained ties between Jerusalem and Ljubljana under previous pro-Palestinian premier
By Nava Freiberg
Scenes from a video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing the minister taunting bound and detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Ben Gvir via X)
May 20, 2026, 5:24 pm
Ben Gvir posts video of himself taunting bound and detained Gaza flotilla activists, sparks global outcry
Clip shows minister waving Israeli flag as activists forced to kneel on ground and national anthem blasts over loudspeaker; Italy, France summon Israeli envoys over treatment of their citizens
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Nava Freiberg
President Isaac Herzog (center right) with Somaliland’s first ambassador to Israel, Dr. Mohamed Hagi (center left), during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 19, 2026, 8:41 pm
Somaliland’s first-ever embassy anywhere will open in Jerusalem, envoy says
Diplomat from East African breakaway state says Israel will also open embassy in capital city of Hargeisa
By Nava Freiberg
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic arrives at the Brdo-Brijuni, Process Leaders' Meeting in Golem, Albania, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the capital, Tirana, Albania on October 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
May 18, 2026, 9:49 am
Anti-Israel Croatian president refusing to sign off on new Israeli envoy — report
Zoran Milanović, who has accused Israel of ‘terrorism’ and said he didn’t want Israeli or Iranian ‘infections and germs’ in country, is currently feuding with his right-wing government
By Michael Horovitz
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit on September 25, 2024 in New York City. (Riccardo Savi / Getty Images via AFP)
May 14, 2026, 6:31 pm
Israel to sue NY Times over op-ed alleging widespread rape of Palestinian prisoners
Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Sa’ar, say piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof is ‘one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press’
By Lazar Berman
An ultra-Orthodox Jew walks past Belgian soldiers as they patrol during religious services in Antwerp, Belgium January 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
May 6, 2026, 9:45 pm
Belgium indicts 3 Jewish mohels, sparking diplomatic spat with Israel and US
After Sa’ar accuses Antwerp of antisemitism, his Belgian counterpart claims probe was initiated by representatives of Jewish community in country where only doctors allowed to perform medical procedures
By Zev Stub, Lazar Berman and Rossella Tercatin
People stage a protest after Israel detained activists from a Gaza-bound anti-Israel flotilla, in Rome, Italy, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 30, 2026, 10:28 pm
Detained Gaza-bound flotilla members will be transferred to Greece, Sa’ar says
Foreign Ministry says IDF acted early against Global Sumud Flotilla because it tried to block an Israeli merchant ship; European nations slam pre-dawn seizure near Crete
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of the Haifa port, March 15, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 30, 2026, 3:11 pm
Ship Ukraine says carries stolen grain will not offload in Israel after diplomatic row
Israeli official says decision made by importer, not government; Kyiv praises ‘welcome development,’ but Foreign Ministry keeps fight going online
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Protesters with the anti-Israel organization Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of US Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran and opposing US weapons support on Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
April 30, 2026, 3:11 pm
Israel just quintupled its PR budget to $730 million; experts say it won’t work
Skeptic say that country’s image after Oct. 7 has become so tarnished by government policy and dereliction that even with vast public relations funds, it’s too late for a face lift
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov speaks to the media at the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
April 30, 2026, 2:24 am
Senior diplomat meets Russian envoy, spurns EU rep amid stolen Ukraine grain fight
Jerusalem says ‘tweets’ from Kyiv not sufficient to prove grain seized by Russia is reaching Israel; Ukraine working with EU to sanction those involved in ‘this theft and illegal trade’
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, January 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 9:42 pm
Sa’ar scolds Ukraine for doing Twitter diplomacy — but he does just the same, as does everyone else
Foreign minister regularly praises and lashes out against his counterparts on X, like other politicians. After a decade-plus of Trump tweets, it’s the new diplomatic normal
By Ben Sales
Left: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reacts during a press conference at the German-Ukrainian government consultations in Berlin Germany, on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi); Right: Gideon Sa’ar speaks during a meeting of the Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, March 23, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 7:05 pm
Israel says no proof Russian grain shipment ‘stolen,’ as Ukraine threatens sanctions
FM Sa’ar again accuses Zelensky of ‘Twitter diplomacy,’ after Ukrainian president says Israel ‘cannot be unaware’ cargo at Haifa port came from Russian-occupied territory
By Stav Levaton, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)
April 28, 2026, 4:46 am
Kyiv summons Israeli envoy, EU warns of sanctions after 2nd ‘stolen’ grain ship incident
Ukraine says it ‘reserves right to deploy full suite of diplomatic and international legal responses’ if if Israel does not reject latest cargo from Russian-occupied lands
By Reuters and Nava Freiberg
Smoke rises following an Israeli explosion in southern Lebanon near the border as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on April 27, 2026. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
April 27, 2026, 5:41 pm
IDF strikes Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley for first time in 3 weeks as some towns in north cancel school
Strikes follow continued Hezbollah fire; Netanyahu asserts Israel’s right to attack, asserts it will advance ceasefire talks; Lebanese president pans terror group for waging war serving ‘foreign interests’
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton and Agencies
A photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency on April 17, 2026, shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun delivering a televised address to the Lebanese people from the Baabda Presidential Palace, east of the capital Beirut. (Lebanese Presidency)
April 22, 2026, 6:40 pm
Lebanon said to seek one-month truce extension; Hezbollah again targets troops with drone
Israel projects optimism ahead of planned talks on Thursday, as some exchanges of fire continue in south Lebanon; IDF says it killed 2 Hezbollah men who crossed ceasefire line
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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