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Illustrative: A unionist wrapped in a Venezuelan national flag, signs another Venezuelan national flag during a march in Caracas on July 28, 2026. (Federico PARRA/AFP)
Israel and Venezuela renew consular relations for first time since 2009
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
After 17-year diplomatic break, countries say they will reestablish ties, continue 'cooperation stemming from' Israel's humanitarian mission after deadly June double earthquake
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 6:51 pm
Likud approves reserved spots for Israel Katz and Sa’ar, freezes vote on Haim Katz
Likud MK Tally Gotliv slams ‘disgraceful move that mocks Likud voters,’ says defense minister is ‘deeply afraid of the primary results and rightly so’
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 5:32 am
Sa’ar, Katz to get newly added reserved slots on Likud list, expanding PM’s control
Central Committee chair Haim Katz will also receive guaranteed spot, party says in late-night announcement; Netanyahu already controls 8 slots on Likud slate, meaning he chooses 11 of top 29
By Shira Silkoff
View of the first snow this winter on Mount Hermon in Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights near the Syrian border, on December 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 10, 2026, 10:52 pm
New Colombian government recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights
South American country is just 2nd in world after US to endorse Israeli claim over territory captured from Syria in 1967; FM Sa’ar thanks Bogota for ‘historic decision’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, August 10, 2026. (AP Photo/ Santiago Saldarriaga)
August 10, 2026, 10:11 pm
Huge quake hits west Colombia, killing at least 73 people and collapsing buildings
Israel offers ‘to assist Colombia with whatever is needed’ in quake that comes days after new president is inaugurated, and less than 2 months after twin quakes in Venezuela
By AP and Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, right, meets with Colombia’s incoming president Abelardo de la Espriella at the latter's office in Barranquilla on August 6, 2026, a day before de la Espriella's inauguration. (Lodis Studios)
August 8, 2026, 6:52 am
New Colombian president, who has pledged to restore ties with Israel, takes office
Abelardo de la Espriella meets with Gideon Sa’ar, who thanks him for vow to move embassy to Jerusalem; inauguration held in Cali to signal harder line against illegal armed groups
Armenian Christians, accompanied by Israeli volunteers, enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
August 7, 2026, 11:11 pm
Foreign Ministry, Huckabee pan WSJ report on harassment of Christians in Israel
Jerusalem argues story on rise in attacks on clerics ‘took radical voices, extreme cases and turned them into the face of a country’; US envoy: Attacks ‘occasional but rare’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Colombia's incoming foreign minister Omar Bola Escobar (left) meets with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Washington on July 14, 2026. (Shmulik Almany/Foreign Ministry)
August 5, 2026, 3:18 pm
Sa’ar heads to Colombia, Ecuador as Israel warms ties with Latin America’s right
Foreign minister to attend inauguration of pro-Israel Colombian president, who has vowed to renew strategic alliance, open embassy in Jerusalem after predecessor cut ties over Gaza
By Lazar Berman
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as deputy foreign minister at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
‘Provocation’: Sa’ar clashes with fellow New Hope MK in probe of comptroller vote
Sharren Haskel tells police that party whip Michel Buskila demanded members film votes, show them to Netanyahu; foreign minister and New Hope leader denies it
By Noam Lehmann
Kiva's Bagel Bar is seen in Toronto, Canada in a news report posted by "Global News" on YouTube, July 27, 2026. (Screenshot)
July 27, 2026, 8:42 am
Police probing gunfire at Jewish-owned bakery in Toronto as possible hate crime
Windows smashed at other location of same business, police say they’re investigating connection; Sa’ar says Canada must act, amid record-breaking wave of antisemitic attacks
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) meets with Nauruan Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea in Fiji, June 2025. (Gideon Sa'ar on X)
July 22, 2026, 10:40 am
Tiny Nauru to open embassy in Jerusalem, will be tenth country to do so
Pacific island nation, with some 12,000 inhabitants, is firmly pro-Israel, recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2019; FM Sa’ar met his Nauruan counterpart in Fiji last year
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Colombia's incoming foreign minister Omar Bola Escobar (left) meets with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Washington on July 14, 2026. (Shmulik Almany/Foreign Ministry)
July 16, 2026, 6:21 am
Colombia’s next FM says Bogota will open embassy in Jerusalem – 9th country to do so
Jerusalem says the two countries also agreed to restore full diplomatic ties; President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on ‘renewing a strategic alliance’ with Israel
By Lazar Berman
Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 15, 2026, 1:11 am
Trump said to urge Netanyahu to pull Israeli troops from Syria, Lebanon in recent call
US leader reportedly told PM ‘they don’t want you there’; Jerusalem and Beirut hold talks on IDF withdrawals from ‘pilot zones,’ with FM Sa’ar saying Israel is ready to move ahead
By Stav Levaton, Jacob Magid and Agencies
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, July 13, 2026. (Marius Burgelman/AP)
July 14, 2026, 9:47 pm
European Union seeks to advance trade ban on Israeli settlements
Foreign ministers debated various measures, but outright ban had the most support, EU policy chief Kaja Kallas says; opinions differ on approval needed for stricter sanctions
By Shira Li Bartov
US Senator Lindsey Graham, left, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, right, on a tour of the Golan Heights, March 11, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 12, 2026, 1:39 pm
Israel’s leaders mourn passing of Lindsey Graham, ‘one of its greatest friends’
GOP senator lauded as American patriot, defender of free world and US-Israel relationship; Netanyahu said to consider attending funeral
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting alongside Likud MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 5:14 pm
Joining legion of Likud castoffs, Edelstein may not yet be clear of Netanyahu’s pull
Splitting from the party that already quit him, the former Knesset speaker becomes the latest senior Likud politician to strike out on his own, though breaking free may not be so simple
By Tal Schneider
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