Foreign Ministry

Players from Australia's national soccer team attend a training session at the Kazan Arena on June 15, 2018, in Kazan, Russia, on the eve of the team's opening match against France. (AFP Photo/Saeed Khan)

June 15, 2018, 6:41 pm

Diplomat calls on Israelis to root for Aussies at World Cup for support at UN

Foreign Ministry official in charge of Asia-Pacific region thanks Australia for opposing resolution condemning Israel's handling of Gaza clashes

By Alexander Fulbright

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks with US President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, on June 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

June 15, 2018, 12:59 am

Israeli Foreign Ministry said to send out very skeptical paper on Trump-Kim meet

Document reportedly distributed to diplomatic missions and PMO warns of 'significant' concessions made by US president, says 'many' in Japan, South Korea, US Congress are doubtful

By Michael Bachner

Indonesian priests baptize Christian pilgrims in the Jordan river at Yardenit baptismal site in Israel, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

June 8, 2018, 1:46 am

Officials urge reversal of ‘harmful’ ban on Indonesian tourists visiting Israel

Tourism industry warns of 'insufferable financial consequences' from tit-for-tat response to Jakarta's moratorium on issuing visas to Israelis in protest of Gaza killings

By Michael Bachner

In this August 15, 2016, photo, a car drives along a mountain road that leads to Spiti Valley, a remote Himalayan valley situated at 4000 meter above sea level, India. (AP Photo/Thomas Cytrynowicz)

June 5, 2018, 10:17 am

Israeli consul says tourists injured in deadly crash in India are conscious

Eli Sneh to help fly 4 Israelis back home, along with body of Adva Ben Dahan, 36, who went on trip after she was fired from Teva

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a conference with science ministers from around the world in Jerusalem on May 28, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 3, 2018, 9:28 am

Netanyahu blocks Armenian genocide debate to avoid ‘aiding Erdogan’

Foreign Ministry says it advised PM that recognizing massacre could boost support for Turkish strongman in upcoming elections

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

May 29, 2018, 11:14 pm

At US behest UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting on Gaza barrages

Nations to convene Wednesday; Haley says council should be 'outraged' over rocket, mortar fire at Israeli civilians and 'Palestinian leadership needs to be held accountable'

By TOI staff and Raphael Ahren

The site where a mortar shell from Gaza hit a kindergarten in southern Israel on May 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 29, 2018, 8:00 pm

International sympathy rains down as Israeli diplomats go on offensive

US calls rocket and mortar fire 'reprehensible,' Italy tweets solidarity, and Ireland blames Hamas, in flurry of condemnation of attacks from Gaza

By Raphael Ahren

Merzoug Touati (Screen capture: YouTube)

May 27, 2018, 8:05 pm

Algeria jails blogger for 10 years for interviewing Israeli diplomat

Merzoug Touati appeals prison term imposed for video interview with Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman; Reporters Without borders condemns sentence

By AFP

A girl raises a Palestinian flag as another Palestinian boy holds a wooden key symbolizing the return, as they stand with others before the barbed-wire marking the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 13, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

May 23, 2018, 8:25 pm

Israeli diplomats dominated media during Gaza riots, Foreign Ministry says

Rejecting criticism of public diplomacy effort, Israel says its envoys around the globe raked up a total of 161 media appearances

By Raphael Ahren

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, December 18, 2012. (AP/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool)

May 22, 2018, 8:31 pm

ICC prosecutor won’t be rushed to probe Israel’s ‘crimes’

Fatou Bensouda rejects Palestinian demands for immediate investigation, says she has conducted preliminary probe since 2015

By AP and TOI staff

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki speaks in the United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 2017, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

May 22, 2018, 1:51 pm

Palestinians ask International Criminal Court to probe Israel’s ‘crimes’

Foreign Ministry calls appeal 'absurd,' 'cynical'; says ICC has no jurisdiction because Israel isn't a member

By AP and TOI staff

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, listens during a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, following their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, February 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

May 17, 2018, 2:50 pm

Turkey says it’s helping Palestinians sue Israel in International Criminal Court

'Israel should account for its actions' at Gaza's border fence, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells Turkish media

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Ohad Hemo, Palestinian affairs correspondent for Hadashot TV news, reports from Istanbul, Turkey, on May 16, 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot TV news)

May 16, 2018, 7:44 pm

Israeli news crew attacked in Turkey amid diplomatic fallout

Hadashot TV reporter says he and his cameraman were called 'murderers' by a group of Turks, some of whom pushed and hit them

By TOI staff

Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Na'eh (L) holds his luggage at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on May 16, 2018, as he prepares to leave Turkey. (AFP Photo/DHA/Dogan News Agency)

May 16, 2018, 1:11 pm

Turkey, Israel humiliate each others’ envoys in escalating diplomatic tiff

Expelled Israeli ambassador undergoes strict security screening in Istanbul airport; in response, Israel inspects Turkish delegate's papers, dresses him down

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Protestors wave Palestinian flags in front of Israel consulate in Istanbul on May 15, 2018. (OZAN KOSE/AFP)

May 16, 2018, 8:37 am

Turkey expels Israel’s consul in Istanbul in escalating tit for tat

Yossi Levi Sfari told to leave after Turkish representative in Jerusalem sent packing amid diplomatic dispute over Gaza deaths

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff