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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Israeli consulates

Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh in May 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
May 23, 2025, 10:04 am
No strangers to violence, New York Israelis say they are undeterred by DC shooting
‘It’s frightening and it’s difficult’ but ‘Israelis know that life must go on’ says one woman; New York mayor calls murder of Israeli embassy staffers a ‘depraved act of terrorism’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
NYPD officers stand guard during an anti-Israel rally at the Israeli consulate on October 9, 2023 in New York City, two days after the Hamas attack on southern Israel. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
December 20, 2024, 1:23 am
FBI arrests college student for plotting mass casualty attack on Israeli consulate in NYC
Egyptian national attending university in Virginia accused of encouraging informant to carry out attack, instructing him how to make a bomb, surveil the consulate and later escape
By Luke Tress
An anti-Israel protester shouts as she is detained in a police vehicle in San Francisco, California, June 3, 2024, after being arrested in the lobby of a building housing the Israeli Consulate. (AP Photo/ Jeff Chiu)
June 4, 2024, 12:46 am
70 arrested in anti-Israel protest at San Francisco building housing Israeli consulate
SFPD says officers issued several warnings before beginning to detain people; consul-general says demonstrators did not enter the consulate’s offices
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2024, 10:48 am
Likud minister Akunis tapped to fill New York consul general post
Position has been empty for nearly a year following former consul’s resignation in protest of judicial reform; nomination of May Golan was withdrawn over incendiary comments
By Luke Tress
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 10:24 am
Israeli diplomat fired for sexual harassment at Chicago consulate
Former consular officer accepts plea deal after being accused of having improper relations and harassing women who worked for her at the mission, but claims probe was flawed
By ToI Staff
MK May Golan during a discussion and a vote on the "Citizenship Law" at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 23, 2023, 6:57 am
Appointment of far-right Likud MK as NY consul likely off the table — reports
Government officials cited by Hebrew media say PM’s office understands move is not feasible following backlash from US Jewish leaders, Biden administration
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and May Golan in the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Netanyahu's office/courtesy)
April 20, 2023, 5:53 am
PM offers NY consulship to far-right MK, self-styled ‘mother of politically incorrect’
Vote on May Golan’s appointment as a minister nixed at last moment as Netanyahu attempts to convince MK accused of racism to take key diplomatic position instead, sparking outcry
By ToI Staff
A man alleged to be Israeli consulate worker Yonatan Maimon, accused of carrying out an attack with a glass jug in New York, February 26, 2023. (Courtesy/NYPD Crimestoppers)
March 4, 2023, 9:59 am
Israeli consulate worker charged with attempted murder for attack near NY nightclub
Member of Defense Ministry delegation to US said to have attacked man with glass jug, hitting him repeatedly in head; suspect said to be son of former senior official Israel Maimon
By ToI Staff
Damage seen to cars after a car bomb went off in the basement of the Hakoah Club in Bondi, Australia, on December 23, 1982, in an attack believed to have targeted Australia's Jewish community. (YouTube/Screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 5, 2022, 6:52 pm
Australian police offer reward for 1982 ‘cold case’ of Israel consulate bombing
Sydney building was hit by explosion on December 23, 1982, an act of ‘international terrorism motivated by Palestinian nationalism’
By AFP
A vehicle with Nazi symbols on it that was parked near the Israeli consulate in Chengdu, China (Twitter)
July 26, 2022, 10:03 am
Car covered with Nazi symbols raises alarm in China, leads to arrest of local
Israeli consulate in Chengdu alerts Chinese authorities to vehicle displaying swastika and eagle; owner, arrested, says he was not aware of their meaning
By Jordyn Haime
A Ukranian-Israeli family, including teenagers Valerina and Vera, leave behind a war-torn Ukraine from Lviv on March 2, 2022 (Credit: Lazar Berman)
March 2, 2022, 5:23 pm
Israeli tourists, cousins of Jews board rescue bus from Lviv to Poland
Embassy staff, currently in Poland, organize transportation for dozens of citizens and relatives to flee Ukraine as Russian forces encircle major cities
By Lazar Berman
Israel's Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a JNF-USA event on October 28, 2021. (Shahar Azran/File)
January 14, 2022, 6:37 pm
Israel’s new man in NY: Bring on the broad — but legitimate — criticism of Israel
Consul General Asaf Zamir says providing US youth with tools to sell both progressive and Zionist identities requires explaining conflict’s complexity more honestly than in past
By Jacob Magid
Israeli Consul General to New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a New York City event with the Jewish Federations of North America on September 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)
December 19, 2021, 3:08 pm
Israel’s consul general in New York, 12 other aides test positive for COVID
Foreign Ministry claims Asaf Zamir still waiting for results, but diplomat’s wife blows lid off story with Instagram post
By Jacob Magid
Entrance to the Israeli Consulate in New York City (screen capture: Google Street View)
December 18, 2021, 1:47 am
At least 10 COVID cases said confirmed at Israeli consulate in New York
Israeli TV says dozens of other employees report not feeling well, as New York state records highest single-day infection total
By ToI Staff and AP
Israeli Consul General to New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a New York City event with the Jewish Federations of North America on September 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)
October 13, 2021, 10:47 pm
Former minister Asaf Zamir takes up new role as consul general in New York
Diplomat vows to work with ‘diverse populations’ in the US in service of the country
By Jacob Magid
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