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File photo of former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, left, who won the Nobel Prize in 2001, with late Israeli president Shimon Peres, 1994 Nobel Prize winner, during a conference in Petra, Jordan, 15 May 2007. (AFP/Khalil MAZRAAWI)

Israel mourns late UN chief who ‘opposed attempts to delegitimize Jewish state’

PM, Foreign Ministry offer condolences following death of Kofi Annan, joining countries from around world in commemorating Nobel peace prize laureate and celebrated diplomat

August 18, 2018, 9:33 pm

Israel mourns late UN chief who ‘opposed attempts to delegitimize Jewish state’

PM, Foreign Ministry offer condolences following death of Kofi Annan, joining countries from around world in commemorating Nobel peace prize laureate and celebrated diplomat

By TOI staff and AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at a press conference in Jerusalem on June 11, 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

August 9, 2018, 7:56 pm

Israel ‘surprised’ by Colombian recognition of Palestinian state

Foreign Ministry says it is waiting for the new government in Bogota to explain move by ex-president during his last days in office

By Raphael Ahren and Agencies

Screen capture of a headline and article on the BBC homepage which prompted a complaint from Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon, August 9, 2018. (Twitter)

August 9, 2018, 10:33 am

Israel lodges formal complaint over BBC coverage of Gaza violence

Foreign Ministry spokesman accuses British broadcaster of deliberate lies after headline omits mention of Palestinian rocket fire toward Israel

By Raphael Ahren

July 31, 2018, 1:17 am

Sapiens author said boycotting Israel event in LA to protest discriminatory laws

Yuval Noah Harari reportedly refuses consulate invitation, saying he 'prefers not to represent the government so long as it persists with these policies'

By TOI staff

Participants of the Christopher Street Day gay pride parade walk through the streets of Berlin on July 28, 2018. (Tobias SCHWARZ/AFP)

July 29, 2018, 4:51 pm

Israel opens kiosk at Berlin pride, angering an LGBT group back home

Aguda association says Foreign Ministry's attempt to promote country as a haven of equality for gay rights clashes with harsh reality

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: Observers of TIPH, an international monitor group, walk in a street of Hebron on November 19, 2007.(Nati Shohat/Flash90)

July 24, 2018, 10:34 pm

Foreign Ministry raps Hebron observer group, stops short of ending mandate

After TIPH workers filmed slashing one settler's tires and slapping another, summoned international mission head vows no further misbehavior will be tolerated

By Jacob Magid

A international observer for TIPH suspected of slashing the tires of an Israeli settler in Hebron. (Hadashot news screenshot)

July 24, 2018, 1:55 pm

Head of Hebron observer group summoned by PM over slashing of settler’s tires

Foreign Ministry meeting called days after one TIPH worker expelled from Israel for slapping Jewish child and another flees country as police investigate alleged vandalism

By TOI staff

July 23, 2018, 10:40 pm

International observer suspected of slashing Hebron settler’s tires

Days after TIPH worker expelled from Israel for slapping Jewish child, another member of group flees country as police investigate his alleged actions

By TOI staff

July 19, 2018, 2:05 pm

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A screenshot from video of a Swiss member of the TIPH civilian monitoring group slapping a Jewish boy during a tour of the West Bank city of Hebron on June 11, 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot TV news)

July 13, 2018, 10:50 pm

International observer expelled from Israel for slapping Jewish boy in Hebron

Switzerland's ambassador apologizes to West Bank city's settler community over actions by Swiss member of TIPH monitoring group

By Alexander Fulbright

EU Ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret in his Ramat Gan office in December 2017. (Ariel Zandberg)

July 13, 2018, 3:19 pm

EU envoy denies using ‘derogatory language’ to describe Jewish state bill

After reprimand for having allegedly called controversial legislation racist, Emanuele Giaufret says respect for human rights is a 'key part of the EU-Israel partnership'

By Raphael Ahren

In this file photo, then-foreign minister Avigdor Liberman waits outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem for a meeting with his Irish counterpart, Eamon Gilmore, Jan 29, 2012 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

July 12, 2018, 4:05 pm

Liberman wants Dublin embassy shut over Ireland’s anti-settlement legislation

'We won't turn the other cheek,' defense minister says after Irish Senate advances bill to ban settlement goods, despite Irish FM opposing it

By Raphael Ahren

The legs of bride Lin Dror (L) and groom Alon Marcus (R) are seen as they break two glasses concluding their Reform Jewish wedding ceremony held in front of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2013, in protest of the Orthodox Rabbinate's monopoly on marriage licensing and the lack of civil marriages in Israel. (Flash 90)

July 1, 2018, 5:34 pm

Foreign Ministry says alternative marriage video was mistake

Last week's clip celebrating non-Orthodox weddings, which are not recognized in Israel, has been panned by both liberal and religious critics

By TOI staff

A group of Yazidis from Iraq (with their backs to the camera) together with Israeli trainers who gave them a course on medical clowning, June 2018. (Israel's Foreign Ministry)

July 1, 2018, 1:10 pm

Iraqi Yazidis take medical clowning course in Israel

Foreign Ministry, British charity facilitate arrival of group from persecuted community; hope it will help them put smiles on faces of traumatized kids

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative. A wedding. (Shutterstock via JTA)

June 28, 2018, 9:31 pm

Foreign Ministry video spotlights couples who wed outside rabbinate

Spokesperson says clip should not be read as endorsement of nuptials outside religious authority, which aren't recognized by State of Israel

By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff