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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, September 27, 2018. (AP Photo/ Jason DeCrow)
November 20, 2018, 1:41 pm
Israel’s ostensible new friends still vote against it at General Assembly
Netanyahu claims foreign ties at ‘all-time high,’ but latest resolutions — with 153 countries saying Israel violates Palestinian rights — show Jewish state still a punching bag
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Gallows (CristiNistor/iStock)
November 16, 2018, 1:39 am
As Knesset advances death penalty bill, Israel at UN joins calls to end practice
Jerusalem one of 123 nations voting for resolution hailing the ‘possibility of moving away from capital punishment through domestic decision-making’
By Raphael Ahren
A picture taken on November 12, 2018, shows smoke rising above the building housing the Hamas-run television station al-Aqsa TV in the Gaza Strip during an Israeli air strike. (Mahmud Hams / AFP)
November 13, 2018, 11:31 pm
Arab public opinion of Israel worse than in past Gaza crises — Foreign Ministry
Informal survey of Arabic-language social media shows ‘considerable hostility,’ as social media users justify Hamas attacks on Israelis
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves, as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a lunch after participating in a World War I commemoration ceremony, on November 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
November 11, 2018, 11:09 pm
Put on world stage in Paris, Netanyahu still can’t escape domestic woes
Netanyahu received VIP treatment at the WWI memorial event, but when he went in front of Israeli reporters, the submarine probe and Gaza were all anybody wanted to talk about
By Raphael Ahren
Incoming Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Ghassan Majali inspects an honor guard during a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 8, 2018, 4:05 pm
In Jerusalem, new envoys from Cairo and Amman recommit to peace with Israel
Hosted by President Rivlin, Ghassan Majali of Jordan and Khaled Azmi of Egypt urge Israel to reach peace with the Palestinians as well
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with visiting Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, in Jerusalem, November 7, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg)
November 4, 2018, 5:52 am
Fiji prime ministerial candidate promises closer Israel ties
Fiji Unity party head Savenaca Narube says he will build an embassy in Israel if he wins elections this month
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in Varna, Bulgaria, on November 1, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 2, 2018, 8:18 am
PM: Iran ‘most potent force of militant Islam’; threatens Israel, Europe alike
In Bulgaria for international forum, Netanyahu says West must ‘stand together’ in countering threat to its civilization
By TOI staff and AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov at his office in Jerusalem on September 5, 2018. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)
November 1, 2018, 3:40 pm
Netanyahu urges EU to end its ‘hypocritical and hostile stance’ toward Israel
Leaving for Bulgaria summit where he’ll meet European leaders, premier vows to keep promoting his agenda to bloc; EU in response says it is ‘a strong political ally’ to Jerusalem
By TOI staff
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini gives a press conference after an EU-Tunisia Association Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 15, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
October 29, 2018, 12:58 pm
Poll finds most Israelis see EU as a foe rather than a friend
Russia considered most important country for Israel after the US, new survey finds; 41% don’t want to visit any Arab country
By Raphael Ahren
Transportation Minister Israel Katz in front of a map of the proposed rail network on April 5, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 28, 2018, 6:55 pm
Following Netanyahu visit, senior Israeli minister to head to Oman
Transportation chief Israel Katz will travel to Muscat next week to participate in international conference, present plan for train line between Jewish state and Gulf
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
October 26, 2018, 4:43 pm
In dramatic sign of warming ties, Netanyahu makes secret visit to Oman
The first Israeli leader to visit Muscat since 1996, prime minister discusses peace process with Sultan Qaboos bin Said
By Raphael Ahren
B’Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad, left, next to Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour, at a session of the UN Security Council, October 18, 2018. (Courtesy UN WebTv)
October 18, 2018, 7:40 pm
At UN, B’Tselem chief blasts Israel; envoy calls him a ‘collaborator’
Head of dovish human rights group urges Security Council to act against Jewish state, which he compares to apartheid-era South Africa
By Raphael Ahren
The Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on September 6, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 18, 2018, 2:22 pm
Palestinian PM tells residents of Bedouin village to ‘disrupt’ demolition
On visit to Khan al-Ahmar, slated to be razed, Rami Hamdallah praises residents’ ‘steadfast and nonviolent opposition to the Israeli occupation’
By TOI staff
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda waits for the start of a trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. November 27, 2013. (Peter Dejong/AP)
October 18, 2018, 12:06 pm
Israel scolds ICC prosecutor over warning of war crimes in Bedouin village
Fatou Bensouda ignoring rocket on Beersheba house is ‘alarming’ and raises questions over her impartiality, senior official says
By Raphael Ahren
In this November 10, 2017 picture, UNESCO'S new elected director-general France's Audrey Azoulay attends a press conference at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation headquarters in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
October 11, 2018, 12:17 am
UNESCO defangs anti-Israel texts, drawing praise and one ‘strange’ Israeli jeer
Non-binding decisions were result of Israeli-Arab negotiations, but Israel’s envoy to UN slams move as proof of agency’s ‘lies and biases’
By Raphael Ahren
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