Ambassador

Braverman asks Supreme Court to lift travel ban, argues diplomatic post, foreign relations at stake

Tzachi Braverman has asked Israel's High Court to overturn a district court ruling reinstating restrictive conditions, including a travel ban, preventing him from assuming his London ambassador post.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman pictured attending a funeral in Modi'in, February 17, 2026; illustrative.
THE FIRST residential Ambassador of Fiji to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu, meets President Isaac Herzog, February 3, 2026.

Herzog welcomes new Fijian, Thai ambassadors to Israel, ceremony cut short due to rain

Fiji is the seventh country to open an embassy in Jerusalem. The other countries with embassies in Israel’s capital are the US, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Paraguay.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Ambassador Eitan Na'eh at his first day in the Manama, Bahrain embassy, November 30, 2021.

Eitan Na'eh, Israel's first ambassador to Bahrain, dies at 62

Na'eh, aged 62, served as Israel's first ambassador to the Gulf country, following the signing of the Abraham Accords.

|ByJAMES GENN
Palestinian Ambassador to Iran, Salam al-Zawawi (R) at a swearing-in ceremony hosted by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (L) at the president's residence in Amman, Jordan, January 2022; illustrative.

Iranian protesters attack Palestinian Authority ambassador's residence, injure ambassador - report

Around 200 protesters stormed the residence of the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador in Tehran, injuring Salam al-Zawawi and embassy staff and causing extensive damage, Iranian media reported.

|ByJAMES GENN

UK ambassador: Ties with Israel ‘strongest they’ve ever been’

UK Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan spoke about UK-Israel cooperation on Iran, diplomacy, and disagreements over settlement construction.

JUNE 21, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
UK Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan on Sunday evening posthumously honoured a British officer at the Jaffa port where he saved many Jewish lives during the May 1st riots 100 years ago.

US Ambassador Nides: Israeli democracy is alive and well

“People call me and ask ‘what’s going on in Israel? Is democracy ending in Israel?’” Ambassador Tom Nides recounted. “The reality is that democracy is alive and well.”

JUNE 11, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides in conversation with predecessor David Friedman and Jpost Editor-in-Chief Avi Mayer

Israel’s ‘prince of protocol’ shapes next generation of ambassadors

Yizhak Eldan founded the Ambassadors Club of Israel and its school that provides Israeli youth with the tools for future careers in foreign service.

JUNE 9, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
LEADING A Young Ambassadors delegation in Morocco: Inside Mausoleum of Mohammed V.

Grapevine June 7, 2023: An example set by King Hussein

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 7, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Mayor Ron Huldai, Ambassador Khaled Yousif Al Jalahma and Ennis Center CEO George Mansour.

Israel-Azerbaijan ties based on ‘shared values for future’ - ambassador

Azerbaijan recently opened an embassy in Israel and Israel’s foreign minister and president both traveled to Baku in recent months.

JUNE 5, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Azerbaijani envoy to US Khazar Ibrahim speaks at the Jerusalem Post 2023 Annual Conference in New York, June 5, 2023

Russia is not taking Ukraine war seriously, Moscow's UK envoy claims

Russia's Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin warned that any weapons supply to Ukraine by the West will only result in an escalation in the war.

MAY 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom Andrei Kelin speaks during an interview with Reuters, inside the residence of the Russian Ambassador, in London, Britain, May 20, 2021

Ambassadors, embassies in Israel attack new NGO tax bill

The bill is set to be brought to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday.

MAY 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023

Six new ambassadors present credentials to President Herzog

Herzog suggested that a positive step in this direction would be to have the president of Sri Lanka come to Israel with a delegation, and the ambassador said that he would be happy to recommend it

MAY 23, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog with incoming Ethiopian Ambassador Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh

UN ambassadors make visit to Israel while conflict continues

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned civilian deaths in Gaza as 'unacceptable' and appealed for them to 'stop immediately.'

MAY 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan lights a candle to commemorate Israel’s Memorial Day during his speech to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "The Middle East, including the Palestinian question" at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 25, 2023.

Grapevine: Remembering Dr. Hashkes

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

MAY 5, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market