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A view of the the British Consulate in east Jerusalem after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced that Israel would close the facility in response to UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, September 8, 2026. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
October 5, 2026, 9:47 pm
UK threatens to expel 27 Israeli diplomats if Jerusalem consulate is shuttered – report
After FM Sa’ar orders diplomatic mission closed, London said to warn it will boot one envoy for each member of staff who loses job; resolution talks reportedly ongoing
By Nava Freiberg and Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin greets UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah while hosting the foreign diplomatic corps at his residence in Jerusalem for Independence Day, April 15, 2021 (GPO)
April 15, 2021, 9:06 pm
With UAE, Morocco at annual diplomat gala, Rivlin hails ‘new spirit of peace’
Jordanian, Egyptian envoys also attend traditional Independence Day event at president’s residence, after avoiding it in past years
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 25, 2020, 8:33 am
Is Pompeo’s Middle East trip diplomacy or a show for US voters?
Critics call US secretary of state’s sojourn a violation of the Hatch Act, which bans officials from engaging in electoral politics while undertaking official duties
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
French Ambassador to Israel Eric Danon (courtesy French Embassy Tel Aviv)
June 1, 2020, 12:14 pm
French envoy: We’re not making threats, but annexation will have consequences
Eric Danon also explains why Paris won’t outlaw Hezbollah, what’s next for French aliyah and how he defied diplomatic tradition to become France’s first Jewish ambassador to Israel
By Raphael Ahren
View of the site of the US Embassy in Jerusalem ahead of its inauguration, May 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2020, 12:16 am
US Embassy in Jerusalem sends some diplomats home over virus fears
New State Department policy allows embassy employees and family members to immediately leave their posts if considered a higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian rockets are being fired from Gaza city on November 12, 2019. (BASHAR TALEB/ AFP)
November 12, 2019, 11:08 am
EU condemns ‘utterly unacceptable’ Gaza rocket fire on Israeli civilians
‘Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks,’ UK Foreign Office says in updated travel advisory; Dutch embassy in Tel Aviv remains closed
By Raphael Ahren
President Reuven Rivlin holds a reception for diplomatic corps in Jerusalem on September 25, 2019 (Mark Neiman/GPO)
September 25, 2019, 2:15 pm
Rivlin hails Arab Israelis’ increased participation in elections
Addressing foreign diplomats, president says he’s doing his best to facilitate the creation of ‘as broad a governing coalition as possible’
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) hosts Moldavian Prime Minister Pavel Filip in his Jerusalem office, November 9, 2017 (Amos Ben Gershom,/GPO)
June 13, 2019, 6:21 pm
Why Israel didn’t celebrate when Moldova vowed to move its embassy from Tel Aviv
Ramallah rushed to condemn the Eastern European ‘rogue state,’ but Jerusalem feels it’s being used by an increasingly isolated PM in Chisinau who won’t be able to keep his promise
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife (3R) Nechama Rivlin during a welcome ceremony at the President's residence in Jerusalem for Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and his wife Doris Schmidauer (2L) on February 4, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 4, 2019, 12:11 pm
Foreign diplomats in Israel mourn ‘extraordinary and gentle’ Nechama Rivlin
‘Her kindness, generosity, and wisdom will always be remembered,’ says German envoy; she ‘exuded charm wherever she went,’ UK embassy writes
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: June 10, 2014, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a man wears a kippa with the flags of Germany and Israel. (Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa / AFP)
May 28, 2019, 7:07 pm
German envoy to Israel: Rise in anti-Semitism threatens cohesion of our society
‘We all regret that these fantastic Jewish institutions and schools have to be protected,’ Ambassador Susanne Wasum-Rainer tells Times of Israel. ‘But that’s our responsibility’
By Raphael Ahren
A picture taken from the Gaza Strip on May 4, 2019 shows rockets being launched toward Israel (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
May 4, 2019, 9:53 pm
European leaders strongly condemn Gaza rocket fire on Israel
Attacks ‘must stop immediately,’ EU says; Israel’s security is ‘a raison d’état,’ Austria declares; Berlin and Madrid urge restraint
By Raphael Ahren
An Australian diplomat speaks with an Israeli colleague at Australia's new Defence and Trade Office in Jerusalem (Twitter)
April 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
Without fanfare, Australia opens trade and defense office in Jerusalem
Spokesperson insists facility in western part of the city not an extension of country’s Tel Aviv embassy, won’t have diplomatic status
By Raphael Ahren
PM Netanyahu speaking to visiting UN ambassadors outside his Jerusalem office, February 3, 2019 (Haim Tzach/GPO)
February 3, 2019, 2:50 pm
Iran controls new Lebanese government, Netanyahu tells visiting UN envoys
Before group of 40 ambassadors head to northern border to inspect Hezbollah attack tunnel, PM urges them to ‘vote the truth’
By Raphael Ahren
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, center, visits soldiers searching for Hezbollah attack tunnels on Israeli-Lebanese border on December 4, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 7, 2018, 7:51 pm
Israeli minister says IDF may go into Lebanon to deal with tunnel threat
Israel Katz’s statement comes on the heels of PM’s warning that Hezbollah seeks to send ‘entire battalions’ into Jewish state
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
Israeli soldiers show UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col a Hezbollah tunnel that penetrated Israeli territory from southern Lebanon, on December 6, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 7, 2018, 1:15 am
UN peacekeepers confirm existence of tunnel from Lebanon into Israel
Calling it a ‘serious occurrence,’ UNIFIL says it will speak to Lebanese authorities about alleged Hezbollah attack passage
By Judah Ari Gross
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