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Israel-Georgia relations

People pass by a flag on the wall in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, February 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
August 12, 2024, 10:34 am
IDF places limitations on soldiers’ travel abroad amid fears of Iranian attack
Air Force bars career officers, NCOs from traveling, as army said to order any servicemembers in Georgia, Azerbaijan to leave
By ToI Staff
From left: Gallery owner Rita Licht; Itsik Moshe, president of the Israel-Georgia Chamber of Business; Daniel Licht, who runs Ashkara Falafel; architect Ilana Slutsky; and jewelry designer Mikhail Gilichinski all gather at the Licht home in Tbilisi to enjoy a Shabbat afternoon with fellow Israelis. (Larry Luxner via JTA)
June 26, 2024, 6:47 am
As Israeli tourism to Georgia has boomed, these Israelis have put down roots in Tbilisi
Frustrated with Israel’s prices, politics and worsening security situation, hundreds of Sabras seek a new promised land – but they may have left one divided country for another
By Larry Luxner
Trio Mandili. (Courtesy)
June 1, 2024, 8:28 am
Georgian stars Trio Mandili to perform throughout Israel in show of post-Oct. 7 support
Virally popular threesome of women singers, considered their country’s best-known musical export, to also put on charity concert for displaced Israelis while touring June 4-8
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli tourists in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, June 28, 2021. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
July 15, 2023, 4:19 pm
Israeli tourist struck and killed by car in Tbilisi
Woman, who has yet to identified, was fatally hit while crossing a street in the Georgian capital
By ToI Staff
Israeli-Georgian businessman Itzik Moshe (Nesi315 CC BY-SA 4.0)
November 15, 2022, 8:57 pm
Iran’s Quds Force tried to kill Israeli businessman in Georgia, Jerusalem says
IRGC directed Pakistani terror cell to assassinate Israeli-Georgian businessman Itzik Moshe in Tbilisi, government sources say
By Lazar Berman
Israeli tourists in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, June 28, 2021. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
November 15, 2022, 2:30 pm
Georgia says it foiled Iranian attempt to murder Israeli on its soil
Security agency says several people arrested in raid, including Pakistani citizen acting on orders of Iranian operating abroad
By ToI Staff
FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
October 21, 2021, 4:07 pm
Ex-general Gal Hirsch indicted for tax evasion totaling $1.9 million
Withdrawn candidate for police commissioner and 3 business partners accused of evading taxes on more than $12 million of income from defense deals in Georgia
By ToI Staff
Gal Hirsch, a former IDF brigadier-general who had been tapped to be the next head of the Israel Police, arrives to testify before the Turkel Committee vetting his appointment at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 1, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
October 17, 2021, 11:46 pm
Ex-general Gal Hirsch expected to be indicted within days — report
Withdrawn candidate for police commissioner and 3 business partners accused of evading taxes on more than $11 million of income from defense deals in Georgia
By ToI Staff
Georgia's ambassador to Israel Lasha Zhvania in his office, May 2021 (courtesy)
June 14, 2021, 4:39 am
Georgia’s envoy warns his country’s heritage in Israel is at risk
Marking 30 years of his nation’s independence, Ambassador Lasha Zhvania says Georgians have never given up claims to key Jerusalem sites
By Lazar Berman
Gil Haskel, head of MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, in Nepal. (MASHAV)
February 23, 2020, 11:41 am
Trade instead of aid? As export markets shrink, Israel looks to developing world
Country’s much-lauded and decades-old overseas development arm faces uncertain future amid budget shortfall, efforts to bring private sector into game
By Sue Surkes
FILE: Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch gives a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing his entry into politics, December 26, 2018. (Flash90)
August 5, 2019, 2:13 pm
Likud’s Gal Hirsch, who was nominated for top cop, accused of massive tax fraud
Four-year investigation into former IDF general, long panned by him as politically motivated, clears him of bribery suspicions in Georgia business deals
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Georgian Defense Minister Levan Izoria attend an honor guard ceremony in Tbilisi, Georgia, on September 12, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
September 12, 2018, 10:14 pm
Liberman visits Georgia, signs defense cooperation agreements
Defense minister, first in his position to travel to eastern European nation, agrees to work with Tbilisi on counterterrorism, cybersecurity
By Judah Ari Gross
A view of Ben Gurion International Airport near Lod on May 8, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 6, 2018, 11:39 pm
‘Miracle’ at airport as wheelchair-bound man walks after arrest
Airport officials suspect ‘nephew’ and ‘aunt,’ who said they came for urgent medical treatment, were trying to enter country illegally
By ToI Staff
A view of Mount Kazbegi and the Gergeti Church overlooking the Georgian village of Kazbegi (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 18, 2017, 11:43 am
For bumpy but beautiful travel, keep Georgia (the country) on your mind
Though still somewhat dilapidated, the former Soviet republic boasts soaring vistas, savory dumplings and architectural gems
By Jessica Steinberg
This undated photo provided by the National Museum of Georgia in November 2017 shows a 3-inch (8-centimeter) shard of pottery vessels about 8,000 years old, found south of Tblisi, Georgia. (National Museum of Georgia via AP)
November 14, 2017, 11:52 am
World’s earliest evidence of wine-making found in Georgia
8,000 year-old pottery shards found by researchers from Israel and elsewhere push back earliest production from grapes by 1,000 years
By Kerry SHERIDAN
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