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View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, February 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 1, 2018, 9:34 pm
Americans in Israel warned to ‘keep low profile’ after embassy move announcement
Diplomats banned from traveling in West Bank following US notice that embassy will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Belgian President Charles Michel during a press conference in Jerusalem, February 7, 2017. (GPO)
February 9, 2017, 3:57 pm
Israel scolds Belgian envoy over his PM’s meeting with left-wing groups
Belgium's premier held talks with heads of Breaking the Silence and B'Tselem, drawing Netanyahu's ire
By Tamar Pileggi
Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2016, 9:41 am
Opposition MKs demand PM explain diplomatic moves to powerful Knesset panel
Yesh Atid party wants Netanyahu questioned on his series of punitive measures against countries that supported anti-settlement resolution in Security Council
By TOI staff
Incoming French ambassador to Israel Helene Le Gal with President Reuven Rivlin during a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's residence in Jerusalem, December 12, 2016. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
December 22, 2016, 12:15 pm
French envoy indicates Paris to back anti-settlement UN motion
Draft to be voted on Thursday night 'balanced' and 'very close to what we’ve been saying publicly,' says Ambassador Hélène Le Gal
By Raphael Ahren
The Carlton hotel in Tel Aviv (Twitter via JTA)
April 15, 2016, 3:40 am
At first official diplomats’ seder, more champagne than bitter herb
Amid cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and jazz, Tel Aviv event aimed to make ceremonial meal accessible to newcomers
By Ben Sales
Public Security and Public Diplomacy Minister Gilad Erdan addressing foreign diplomats at Bar-Ilan University, March 22, 2016. (Yoni Reif)
March 23, 2016, 1:22 am
Israeli minister calls BDS a danger to the whole world
The boycott movement is a 'threat to each and every one of you,' Gilad Erdan tells foreign ambassadors, later admits Israelis talk too much about it
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian workers on November 11, 2015, at a date packaging factory in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank. This produce will be labeled if exported to the EU as 'Product of the West Bank (Israeli settlement' (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
November 29, 2015, 11:48 pm
The battle over EU settlement labeling has just begun
The union's guidelines are mandatory for all member states, but it's not all black and white, and Israel can yet try to soften the blow
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of a young man reading from a Torah scroll (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2015, 7:13 pm
In first, Israel pitches Bible study sessions to foreign envoys
Ahead of High Holidays, Foreign Ministry organizes seminar linking ancient Jewish texts to today's challenges
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely meets with Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek in Jerusalem on June 8, 2015. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 26, 2015, 2:21 pm
Israel employs diplomacy in bid to curb human rights groups
With legislative attempts often blocked, Foreign Ministry tries to go to the source in ongoing effort to prevent foreign funding of NGOs
By Judah Ari Gross
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 21, 2015, 11:49 pm
Deputy foreign minister warns Europe to stop funding left-wing groups
Hotovely says B'Tselem, other NGOs are working to 'blacken Israel's name'; threatens 'foreign agents' legislation
By Judah Ari Gross
The Babi Yar memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, is defaced with swastikas in September 2014 (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
May 12, 2015, 2:45 am
Think tank fumes at foreign diplomats for skipping anti-Semitism event
160 no-shows as JCPA launches convention declaring anti-Semitism an international crime; not even Israel has indicated it will sign
By Raphael Ahren
President Rivlin hosts Independence Day reception for members of the foreign diplomatic corps stationed in Israel, April 23, 2015 (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO)
April 23, 2015, 8:21 pm
Rivlin: Israel a regional ‘beacon of democracy’
Hosting Independence Day celebrations for first time, president calls on foreign diplomats to cooperate in war against extremism
By AFP and Daniel Bernstein
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights the Hanukia together with Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch, at the Western Wall on the second night of the Jewish holiday of Hannuka. November 28, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
November 27, 2014, 12:32 am
World criticism of ‘Jewish state’ bill exacerbated by lack of peace talks
Netanyahu will eventually agree to a softened version of his controversial legislation, a former aide says. 'But the damage is done'
By Raphael Ahren
A UN Human Rights Council Meeting in Geneva in May 2013. (photo credit: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré)
July 24, 2014, 4:54 pm
Why nobody but the US voted against the UN’s anti-Israel resolution
The EU states tried to get the Palestinians to agree to a more balanced text, but eventually decided to abstain
By Raphael Ahren
A soldier stands in a field near the Gaza border with IDF APCs (Armed Personnel Carriers) in the background, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2014, 3:04 pm
World uninterested in Gaza operation, senior official says
International leaders are tired of the conflict and busy with worse crises in the region, Israeli source says. But the mood might change
By Raphael Ahren
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