Foreign Ministry

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold a briefing for UN ambassadors in Geneva, November 15, 2023. (Pierre-Michel Virot/Israeli delegation to the UN Offices in Geneva)

November 15, 2023, 4:26 pm

Foreign minister, families of hostages hold briefing for UN diplomats in Geneva

Relatives of hostages urge international community to come together and ensure immediate release of some 240 people held captive by Hamas in Gaza since October 7

By ToI Staff

Emmanuel Nahshon outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 28, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 14, 2023, 11:11 pm

Foreign Ministry denies its own official’s claim public diplomacy activities halted

Ministry says NIS 100 million transferred to maintain government efforts to justify war on Hamas, after public diplomacy official said lack of funds has caused them to cease

By Michael Horovitz

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, center, arrives at the European Parliament in Brussels, November 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

November 13, 2023, 10:17 pm

FM expects international pressure on Israel to rise significantly ‘within 2-3 weeks’

Eli Cohen says diplomatic counterparts have already asked Israel for ceasefire in private conversations; asserts Israel will not halt before achieving goals

By Jeremy Sharon

People pray the for the hostages from Israel held captive in Hamas during a vigil at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 7, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

November 7, 2023, 10:10 pm

A month after loved ones taken captive, families of hostages howl on global stage

Rallies held in Israel, New York, DC, London, elsewhere begging for release of 240 captives; foreign minister heading to Brussels as Israel tries to intensify diplomatic pressure

By Amy Spiro and Jacob Magid

People in the crowd walk shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, October 30, 2023. (AP Photo)

November 4, 2023, 1:29 am

Israelis urged to reconsider overseas travel amid rising antisemitism worldwide

National Security Council calls on citizens to ‘weigh the essentiality’ of planned trips before departing, avoid outward displays of their Jewish and Israeli identities

By ToI Staff

The Israeli flag flutters in the middle of the European (L) and the German flag in front of the Reichstag building hosting the Bundestag, the German lower house of Parliament in Berlin, while the German Chancellor gave a speech over the Israel-Hamas conflict during a Bundestag session on October 12, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

October 13, 2023, 2:03 am

Israelis abroad urged to take extra care on Friday as Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’

Foreign Ministry and National Security Council warn that global rallies in support of Gaza and its terrorist rulers may turn violent, with Israelis and Jews targeted

By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff

An Israeli soldier mans a checkpoint at the closed-off southern entrance to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on August 22, 2023, a day after a deadly terror shooting in the area. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

October 3, 2023, 5:57 pm

3 European FMs barred by Israel from visiting Palestinian towns in Area C

Foreign Ministry says decision to deny access to parts of West Bank made ‘after consulting with security officials,’ but defense bodies say they made no such recommendation

By Lazar Berman

September 16, 2023, 9:51 pm

Egypt frees Israeli held for 3 weeks over bullets found in his bag at border crossing

Daniel Haim, 24, a security guard who forgot to remove ammo from his bag when packing, reunites in Eilat with family

By ToI Staff

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

August 30, 2023, 8:25 pm

FM Cohen may have been publicly rebuked by Netanyahu, but his backers remain loyal

After Libya debacle, supporters of the foreign minister have accused the various intelligence agencies that oppose the current government of trying to sabotage his work

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Illustrative: In this photo taken June 21, 2013, tourists walk across a bridge in the national park Plitvice, central Croatia. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

August 29, 2023, 6:31 pm

Israeli woman falls to her death in Croatia during hike

73-year-old was with her family at at Plitvice Lakes National Park

By ToI Staff

People burn photos showing Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Libyan counterpart Najla Mangoush in Tripoli, Libya, on August 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

August 28, 2023, 12:12 pm

FM Cohen blasted for dangerous amateurism after hyping meet with Libyan counterpart

Opposition and coalition figures accuse top diplomat of damaging Israel’s foreign relations and endangering Najla Mangoush, who reportedly fled Libya amid domestic criticism

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

File: Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush listens to her Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic during a press conference after talks in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)

August 28, 2023, 1:22 am

Libya suspends FM, announces investigation after her meeting with Israeli counterpart

In wake of festive Israeli statement on sit-down, Tripoli declares ‘complete and absolute rejection of normalization with Zionist entity,’ insists the two met in Italy accidentally

By ToI Staff

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush speaks at the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers, in the capital Tripoli, on January 22, 2023. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)

August 27, 2023, 8:05 pm

Foreign minister met Libyan counterpart to discuss joint cooperation, Israel says

First-ever official high-level meeting between Jerusalem and Tripoli focuses on humanitarian aid and agricultural know-how for Libyans, protection of Jewish sites

By ToI Staff

Ethiopians protest in Gondar against continued intense fighting between the military and militia fighters, August 7, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

August 8, 2023, 2:13 am

Several Israelis said rescued, larger operation mulled, as Ethiopia clashes heat up

13 Israelis and 7 others whisked from town north of Gondar as National Security Council reportedly meets to discuss possibility of sending in armed convoy

By ToI Staff

In this Wednesday, June 4, 2014 photo, sailboats sit off the coast near Alofi, Niue. (AP/Nick Perry)

August 4, 2023, 11:35 pm

Israel establishes diplomatic ties with miniscule island of Niue

Ambassador to Wellington makes first official visit to country, part of realm of New Zealand, to seal deal with premier

By ToI Staff