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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Chad’s President Idriss Déby speak at a press conference at the presidential palace in N'Djamena, Chad on January 20, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 20, 2019, 2:55 pm
‘New inroads’ into Muslim world: Netanyahu and Chad’s Déby announce resumed ties
Number of countries with which Israel has diplomatic relations reaches all-time high as PM, in N’Djamena presidential palace, reestablishes ties with African nation
By Raphael Ahren
Joel Haber
December 7, 2017, 2:53 pm
Joel Haber
The US embassy never belonged in Tel Aviv
Politics have kept the embassies out of Jerusalem; the US move finally rights the historical wrong
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Israeli parliament during a vote on a law changing the structure of the new Israel Broadcast Corporation news division, at Knesset on April 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2017, 10:21 pm
Netanyahu takes credit for ‘unprecedented growth’ in Israel’s foreign relations
PM defends decision to nix meeting with German foreign minister over visitor’s refusal to cancel sit-down with leftist NGO
By Jacob Magid
Bahtya Minkin
March 25, 2017, 2:22 pm
Bahtya Minkin
An 8-year-old gets diplomacy right
Sometimes all it takes is the innocence of a child to remind us that allies are on the same team
Yuval Shany
January 30, 2017, 1:50 pm
Yuval Shany
Israel’s collision course
The recent UN Security Council vote helps enable worldwide punishment of Israel for its settlement policies
Eran Lerman
January 16, 2017, 1:30 pm
Eran Lerman
Diplomatic delusions in Paris
To suggest the conference’s international pressure will yield Palestinian goals of statehood is unfair and disingenuous
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 71st session of United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22, 2016. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
September 28, 2016, 8:52 am
Netanyahu: UN’s automatic majority against Israel will soon end
PM sees positive shift in attitudes toward Israel, ‘unprecedented blooming’ of international relations
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows his map of Israel's world relations, at a session of the Knesset State Control Committee, on July 25, 2016. To his side is committee chair Karin Elharar of Yesh Atid. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2016, 4:17 pm
In Netanyahu’s new illustrated world, Israel has just five enemies
The PM this week prepared a map to show MKs how he sees Israel’s place among the nations. It makes for fascinating, and surprisingly optimistic, viewing
By Raphael Ahren
Saul Singer
June 8, 2015, 9:58 am
Saul Singer
You can’t play soccer alone
By stoking the flames of fear, Bibi dooms Israel in the international arena
Israel's UN envoy Ron Prosor addresses the UN Security Council in New York, on April 29, 2014 (screen capture: YouTube)
From the WebSeptember 27, 2014, 4:37 pm
Israel’s man at the United Nations
The Atlantic profiles Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, and looks at the international body’s preoccupation with the Jewish state
Last week in Vienna, 99 Jewish and Muslim activists convened for the fifth annual Muslim-Jewish Conference. Here, group members recite mourning prayers in Hebrew and Arabic at the former Nazi forced labor camp Mauthausen, outside Linz, Austria (photo credit: Daniel Shaked)
August 18, 2014, 2:40 pm
In Vienna, Muslim-Jewish dialogue tackles conflict head-on
From dozens of countries including Pakistan and Iraq, participants talk about divisive issues while learning the ‘other’ is just like them
By Matt Lebovic
Foreign Ministry workers protesting in Jerusalem on March 24, 2014. The sign reads "Strike here." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 1, 2014, 11:46 am
Suppose they gave a strike and nobody came
Hardly anyone cares that Israeli diplomats are in the second week of all-out labor action, raising the question: Is the Foreign Ministry necessary?
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli diplomats protest in Tel Aviv holding a sign reading 'Lost diplomacy = an isolated Israel,' July 3, 2103 (Flash90/Roni Schutzer)
July 24, 2013, 10:05 am
Proudly representing Israel, unable to make ends meet
The Times of Israel is invited to watch the embassy in Paris in action, to better understand Foreign Ministry staffers’ complaints about their employment terms
By Elhanan Miller
Minister of International Relations Yuval Steinitz with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (R) in Jerusalem, April 4, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
April 24, 2013, 8:49 pm
Israeli diplomacy in disarray as Foreign Ministry strike looms
PM’s trip to China and president’s visit to Vatican under threat as staffers, angry about pay and their ministry being ‘hacked to pieces,’ prepare to expand already damaging sanctions
By Raphael Ahren
Yuval Steinitz (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2013, 2:07 pm
Steinitz admits new ministry post ‘cobbled together’
International relations, intelligence, and strategic threats minister says his position was created as the result of coalition negotiations
By Gavriel Fiske
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