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Eli Cohen (politician)

(R) Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90) and (L) US Vice President Kamala Harris on May 27, 2023, in West Point, New York (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
FM on Kamala Harris: ‘Wouldn’t be able to name one overhaul clause that bothers her’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
After US veep speaks up for independent judiciary at Israeli Embassy 75th bash, Eli Cohen says he believes she hasn’t read proposal, later stresses ‘deep respect’ for her and DC
(R) Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90) and (L) US Vice President Kamala Harris on May 27, 2023, in West Point, New York (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
June 7, 2023, 11:29 am
FM on Kamala Harris: ‘Wouldn’t be able to name one overhaul clause that bothers her’
After US veep speaks up for independent judiciary at Israeli Embassy 75th bash, Eli Cohen says he believes she hasn’t read proposal, later stresses ‘deep respect’ for her and DC
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
President Isaac Herzog (L) reviews an honor guard in Baku alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, May 30, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 30, 2023, 6:38 pm
In Baku, Azerbaijan’s president thanks Herzog for Israeli arms supply
Israel’s head of state received by honor guard before meeting with Ilham Aliyev, as ties grow between Jerusalem and Iran’s neighbor
By Lazar Berman
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog board their flight to Baku, Azerbaijan, May 30, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 30, 2023, 12:00 pm
Before flying to Baku, Herzog strikes optimistic note on judicial reform talks
President to meet Azerbaijani leader, as Israel continues to build partnership with Iran’s northern neighbor
By Lazar Berman
President Isaac Herzog departs Israel for the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 7, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 28, 2023, 3:13 pm
Herzog to meet Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev in Baku as ties expand
President and health and interior minister set to visit Baku on Tuesday, as Israel continues to build partnership with Iran’s northern neighbor
By Lazar Berman
US President Joe Biden meets then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. At left is Secretary of State Antony Blinken; 2nd-left is US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides. (GPO)
May 23, 2023, 10:18 pm
US wants Israel to shelve judicial overhaul in return for Saudi normalization — TV
Report also claims both Washington and Riyadh are conditioning potential establishment of diplomatic ties on Israel restarting peace talks with Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Right: Benjamin Netanyahu during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 13, 2021; Left: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
May 22, 2023, 11:03 pm
Netanyahu said to speak with Saudi Arabia’s MBS about flights for Israeli pilgrims
Riyadh reportedly demanding major concessions granting PA security presence on Temple Mount, further powers in West Bank; PM’s office, Foreign Minister deny report
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 10:50 pm
FM Cohen headed to Hungary next week, with Orban meeting in the works
Top diplomat to also visit Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia on Europe tour; Budapest has been called model for proposed judicial overhaul
By Lazar Berman
In this photo taken with low shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. (Amr Nabil/AP)
May 21, 2023, 11:54 pm
Israel reportedly in ‘advanced’ talks for direct flights to Hajj in Saudi Arabia
Several outlets claim breakthrough in talks for pilgrimage flights next month, which would ease burden for Muslims making trip; FM Cohen says normalization possible in 6 months
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström in Stockholm, May 15, 2023. (MAG/ Israel Embassy in Sweden)
May 15, 2023, 11:19 pm
FM Cohen visits Stockholm, hails ‘new page’ in Israel-Sweden ties
Sweden’s top diplomat calls Eli Cohen’s trip, the first by an Israeli foreign minister since 2001, ‘so long overdue’
By AP
Smoke and fire rise from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Gaza, May 13, 2023. The building was owned by an Islamic Jihad official. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)
May 14, 2023, 12:57 pm
‘We made no promises’: FM Cohen says Israel offered PIJ nothing beyond ceasefire
Foreign minister insists Jerusalem didn’t agree to concessions as part of deal to end Gaza fighting, says that controversial Flag March will go through Muslim Quarter as planned
By Jacob Magid
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
May 11, 2023, 3:07 pm
EU Parliament slams ‘hateful’ Palestinian textbooks, threatens funding freeze
Resolution ‘deplores’ that problematic and inciting content has not been removed, conditions financial support for education on its removal
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
US National Security Council Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk and State Department energy envoy Amos Hochstein. (AP/collage)
May 8, 2023, 3:30 pm
After talks in Saudi Arabia, senior White House officials to meet PM in Jerusalem
US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk and energy czar Amos Hochstein fly in from Jeddah; Cohen to talk by phone with Secretary of State Antony Blinken
By Lazar Berman
This combination picture shows Jordanian MP Imad al-Adwan, arrested at the Allenby Bridge border crossing, and handguns allegedly seized from him on April 23, 2023 (Jordanian media; courtesy)
May 7, 2023, 10:31 am
Israel hands over Jordanian MP who allegedly smuggled 200 guns into West Bank
Shin Bet says Imad al-Adwan smuggled contraband, including firearms, 12 times since February 2022 using his diplomatic passport in exchange for ‘large sums of money’
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis block the Ayalon highway and clash with police in Tel Aviv during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
May 4, 2023, 7:21 pm
FM rejects his ministry’s report warning of judicial overhaul’s diplomatic cost
Eli Cohen says findings reflect opinion of author alone, not his own assessment; anonymous diplomat blasts minister for ‘throwing foreign service officials under the bus’
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir walks past Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (seated, left), Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Infrastructure and Energy Minister Israel Katz in the Knesset plenum on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 4, 2023, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing May 4: Ministers ‘threaten’ coalition breakup; UK coronation preview
Editor David Horovitz analyzes the latest Knesset theatrics; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on abducted Ukrainian children and strengthened ties with EU
By ToI Staff
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