Dore Gold

US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, May 22, 2017, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

March 21, 2019, 2:24 pm

Thanks to Trump, diplomatic taboo around Western Wall comes tumbling down

Foreign VIPs used to insist no Israeli officials escort them to site, lest they be seen as tacitly recognizing Israeli sovereignty there. Now, the US is not alone in flouting rule

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his wife Sara, second left, host Polish President Andrzej Duda, second right, and his wife Agata, at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on January 18, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

January 30, 2019, 2:24 pm

As Israel warms ties in Eastern Europe, is Holocaust memory now disposable?

A chorus of Jewish politicians and scholars warn against Israeli realpolitik clouding historically accurate depictions of World War II war crimes

By Sam Sokol

President of Chad Idriss Deby at a conference in Beijing, September. 3, 2018 (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

November 25, 2018, 12:06 pm

In unprecedented ‘breakthrough’ move, leader of Chad lands in Israel for visit

Idriss Déby heads Muslim-majority nation in Central Africa that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel; Netanyahu hails ‘historic visit’ ahead of meeting

By Raphael Ahren

A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2018, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Jim Watson/AFP)

October 23, 2018, 4:57 pm

Khashoggi disliked Israel, but his brutal murder puts Jerusalem in tough spot

The Jewish state needs a strong Saudi Arabia to help confront Iran, but does not want to be seen as a mouthpiece for a regime that kills journalists

By Raphael Ahren

US president Bill Clinton, background, applauds as soldiers from the Jordanian army, left, and the Israeli army move together in a show of goodwill at the conclusion of the Israel/Jordan peace treaty signing ceremony at the Wadi Araba border crossing near Eilat in Israel on October 26, 1994. (AP/Marcy Nighswander)

October 22, 2018, 5:46 pm

Jordan nixing of land leases could sow distrust, but some see hope for reversal

Deputy minister says kingdom’s decision to reclaim plots in Naharayim and Tzofar goes against spirit of peace deal, though Jerusalem may have leverage to block it

By Raphael Ahren

An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

July 31, 2018, 11:32 pm

Israel says it’s unfazed by specter of US-Iran summit, but anxiety brews

One minister sees ‘opportunity’ in Trump’s overture and says Washington and Tehran may already be talking, but others are uneasy after what happened with North Korea

By Raphael Ahren

An old Israeli tank with a flag overlooking the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights on February 11, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

July 18, 2018, 7:39 pm

US House panel considers recognizing Israeli annexation of Golan Heights

Florida Republican Ron DeSantis convenes subcommittee of Oversight Committee for hearing, but no legislation pending

By JTA

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely in Washington, November 2017. (Shmulik Almany/MFA)

May 17, 2018, 12:28 pm

Ministers lambaste Turkey amid diplomatic spat, but ‘no intention’ to cut ties

After Ankara and Jerusalem expel and humiliate each other’s envoys, tourism minister urges Israelis not to visit country, officials slam ‘dictator’ Erdogan

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Foreign Ministry's reception to celebrate the US Embassy’s relocation from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on May 13, 2018. (Haim Tzach/GPO)

May 13, 2018, 11:17 pm

Ahead of official embassy opening, it’s Jerusalem of red-white-and-blue

Foreign Ministry throws a lavish gala reception for top US and Israeli officials, key players over years of bilateral relations — and even some foreign diplomats

By Raphael Ahren

A screenshot from a video posted by a Turkish hacker group on the Twitter account of Dore Gold on January 20, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

January 21, 2018, 12:30 am

Turkish hackers take over ex-Netanyahu aide’s Twitter account

Group calling itself the ‘Turkish cyber army Ayyıldız Tim’ claims attack on Dore Gold, cites Trump’s Jerusalem recognition

By TOI staff

Cathryn J. Prince speaking with former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold on November 14, 2017 in New York. (Perry Bindelglass)

December 6, 2017, 2:15 am

‘More countries not only willing, but eager to embrace Israel,’ says Dore Gold

While rumors fly over his return to service, the Jewish State’s American-born former ambassador to the UN says Israel has increasing international clout

By Cathryn J. Prince

Rep. Ron DeSantis, center, speaks at the National Oversight and Government Reform Committee on moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Capitol Hill on November 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP)

November 9, 2017, 1:03 am

As deadline nears, US lawmakers hear case for moving embassy to Jerusalem

Subcommittee chair pushes for mission to be relocated from Tel Aviv; White House official says move ‘a matter of when, not if’

By Raphael Ahren

Yuval Rotem, director-general of the Foreign Ministry, October 13, 2016. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

December 29, 2016, 4:48 pm

Yuval Rotem officially appointed head of diplomatic corps

Career diplomat and ex-envoy to Australia will direct Foreign Ministry after unexpected resignation of Dore Gold earlier this year

By TOI staff

December 29, 2016, 9:59 am

Ex-US envoy: Kerry’s speech ‘something he had to get off his chest’

Dennis Ross says there’s ‘distance’ between views of US president, secretary on conflict; David Friedman’s appointment as envoy said to push Obama to diplomatic action

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and President Barack Obama embrace at a ceremony welcoming the US leader at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2013 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

December 23, 2016, 4:39 pm

The UN resolution that could redefine Obama’s legacy on Israel

Op-Ed: Is the president really ready to allow the passage of a text formulated by the Palestinians to ratchet up world pressure on the Jewish state?

By David Horovitz