Czech israel

Czech Republic receives all four Israeli Rafael SPYDER air defense systems

The Czech Defense Ministry unveiled all four Rafael SPYDER air defense systems after completing a deal with Israel to modernize the country’s air defenses.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems SPYDER air defense system delivered to the Czech Republic, published September 20, 2026.
Czech Ambassador to Israel, Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova.

Israel-Czech relations are strong, have been so for decades, Prague's ambassador tells 'Post'

Prague will continue blocking anti-Israel measures inside the European Union and opposes publicly setting “red lines” for allies, Czech Ambassador Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova told the 'Post.'

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
PETR MACINKA receives a certificate of appointment as Czech Foreign Minister from President Petr Pavel during the cabinet's inauguration ceremony at Prague Castle in Prague, December 15, 2025.

New Czech foreign minister announces intention to move embassy to Jerusalem

Petr Macinka expressed solidarity with Israel and the Jewish community, and noted that one way of acting on that solidarity would be to move the embassy to Jerusalem.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
TSG command and control

Israeli defense firm to help shield Czech skies from drones

The capabilities are intended to strengthen the Czech Republic’s defenses against increasingly sophisticated aerial threats

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Czech home owners find Jewish belongings from WWII

Amongst the findings were shoes and photos hidden by Jewish prisoners of the Holocaust.

DECEMBER 12, 2014ByREUTERS
Gate with the slogan "Work makes (one) free" in Terezín's Fortress.

Grapevine: A friend in need

It’s not every day that one hitches a ride with the president of the state.

DECEMBER 9, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN (R) shakes hands with Gustavo Antonio Otero Zapata, the new Peruvian ambassador

Grapevine: A gathering of moguls

News briefs from around Israel.

DECEMBER 4, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Czech Republic's Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka speaks during joint statements with Binyamin Netanyahu

What’s important is to stay on the wheel, Rivlin tells Czech Prime Minister

Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka names Israel one of the republic's greatest allies, making room for cooperation in innovation, research, and development.

NOVEMBER 26, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Reuven Rivlin

Unilateral recognition of Palestinian state is non-effective says Czech Foreign Minister

Lubomir Zaoralek is in the region to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and is due to travel to Ramallah on Thursday.

NOVEMBER 5, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek

Flying under three flags

Gino Narboni, 90, revisits the Tel Nof air base where he once landed aircraft in defiance of international embargoes.

JUNE 16, 2014ByBERNARD EDINGER
Free French Air Force Sergeant Narboni after his first solo flight aboard a PT-17 trainer aircraft, Orangeburg, South Carolina, November 1944

Ceremony recognizes Jews who saved Jews

JNF chairman calls 6 million trees planted in honor of the Holocaust victims: "6 million green candles."

APRIL 29, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
TOVA ECKSTEIN (center, with cane) stands with other participants in front of the Scroll of Fire memorial, yesterday. Her late father, Jonas, was honored for saving 2,000 Jews in the Holocaust.