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View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, February 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 21, 2018, 4:46 am
Jerusalem municipality completes signs for new US embassy
Authorities also paving a new back entrance to the US Consulate compound, which will serve as the temporary premises for the embassy
By TOI staff
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (L) and Ivanka Trump attend a press conference at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
April 18, 2018, 12:56 pm
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump mull attending Jerusalem embassy opening
Jewish power couple has been asked to represent US administration at May 14 celebration, has yet to finalize travel plans
By Raphael Ahren
Demonstrators in Dublin protest Israeli military operations in Gaza in early 2009. (CC BY/albertw via Flickr.com)
April 12, 2018, 6:33 pm
Israel slams Ireland over Dublin mayor’s Ramallah trip
Foreign Ministry summons Irish envoy after capital's city council endorses boycott and mayor seems to endorse Palestinian mufti who met Hitler
By Raphael Ahren
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev addresses the audience at an event in Jerusalem on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (Screen capture: Facebook)
April 10, 2018, 1:53 pm
Yad Vashem head: Syria gas attack shows failure of post-Holocaust institutions
Ahead of Remembrance Day for WWII genocide, Avner Shalev says 'wild attack on civilians' proves international bodies' impotence in preventing such occurrences
By Michael Bachner
This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 10, 2018, 1:00 am
Israel: Alleged Syrian chemical attack a ‘crime against humanity’
Jerusalem accuses Assad regime of 'mass murder' in rebel-held towns, says Damascus violating international disarmament agreements
By TOI staff and Agencies
Jews visit the Temple Mount compound, site of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem Old City, during the holiday of Sukkot, October 8, 2017 (Flash90/Yaakov Lederman)
April 4, 2018, 12:59 am
Jordan: Jewish prayer at Temple Mount entrance violates status quo
Amman files complaint with Foreign Ministry after court refuses to punish teens for prostrating themselves outside the Jerusalem holy site
By TOI staff
Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along the Gaza Strip border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
April 2, 2018, 4:37 pm
Foreign Ministry says it handled Gaza well. Michael Oren begs to differ
Spokesman says ministry took a calculated decision not to fan the flames of an event that wasn't greatly resonating. Deputy minister for diplomacy leads a despairing counter-chorus
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian protestors wave their national flag during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on March 30, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
March 31, 2018, 11:02 pm
IDF feels it managed to stop Hamas, but what of the diplomatic battlefield?
The border was not breached, the terrorists were thwarted. The question is whether the international community will see Friday's Gaza fatalities in the same light
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Palestinian demonstrators attempt to damage an iron fence, setup by Israeli security forces, between the Palestinian village of Beit Jala and the Jerusalem area, on March 30, 2017 during Land Day protest in the Israeli occupied West Bank. (AFP PHOTO / Musa AL SHAER)
March 29, 2018, 8:50 pm
Israeli diplomats gird for Gaza Land Day clashes, warn Hamas responsible
Foreign Ministry and UN ambassador urge international community not to be fooled regarding March of Return's violent nature
By TOI staff
Austrian-Jewish leader Ariel Muzicant in Jerusalem, March 21, 2018 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
March 23, 2018, 6:45 am
An Austrian Jewish leader worries Israel may be embracing the far right
Netanyahu's 'realpolitik' weakens European Jewry, Ariel Muzicant argues, vowing to fight any attempt by Jerusalem to normalize ties with Freedom Party
By Raphael Ahren
British Military personnel wearing protective coveralls work to remove a vehicle connected to the March 4 nerve agent attack in Salisbury, southeast England on March 14, 2018. (Adrian DENNIS/AFP)
March 20, 2018, 4:04 pm
UK indicates displeasure with Israeli condemnation of poison attack
London says it expects 'strong statements from all allies' after Jerusalem's initial response fails to mention Russia
By TOI staff
French national Romain Franck (R), 24, a worker at the French consulate, and Palestinian Moufak al-Ajluni (L) and Mohamed Katout (C) appear in court the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on March 19, 2018, to face charges of smuggling guns from Gaza. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
March 19, 2018, 10:17 pm
France to launch probe after consulate driver charged with Gaza gun-running
Foreign Minister Le Drian, who will visit Israel next week, announces investigation into actions of Romain Franck, accused of bringing weapons from Gaza to West Bank
By TOI staff
Kiryat Bialik Mayor Eli Dukorsky delivering a speech about the Holocaust during a trip to Poland with Israeli high school students on Monday, March 19, 2018. (Screen capture: Mako)
March 19, 2018, 6:44 pm
Poland censors Israeli mayor who sought to cite Polish Holocaust crimes at event
In Holocaust law dispute, Kiryat Bialik mayor, leading group of students to Poland, refuses to remove reference to Poles who handed Jews to Nazis; authorities cancel joint ceremony
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
French consulate worker Romain Franck, a French employee of France's Consulate in Jerusalem, covers his face during a hearing at the district court in in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, March 19, 2018. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)
March 19, 2018, 4:05 pm
French consular employee charged in Gaza gun-running scheme
Prosecutors say Romain Franck knew he could take advantage of lax checks on his diplomatic vehicle to spirit dozens of pistols and two rifles from the Strip to the West Bank
By TOI staff and Agencies
A vehicle said to be driven by French consulate in Jerusalem employee Roman Frank at the Erez border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. (Shin Bet)
March 19, 2018, 10:37 am
Israel: Arms smuggling by French Jerusalem consulate worker won’t affect ties
Shin Bet says Romain Franck 'cynically exploited' his diplomatic privileges to transport over 70 weapons from Gaza into West Bank
By Alexander Fulbright
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