Eli Cohen

Eliya Cohen calls for hostages to 'press button' on Hamas terrorists as death penalty bill advances

"Raping, murdering, smashing heads, desecrating bodies, burning babies, kidnapping civilians, and torturing them 24/7, is that not a violation of the international convention?" said Cohen.

Eliya Cohen, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, is escorted by Hamas militants as he is released as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.
A man walks near fallen cables at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Israel to shut down UNRWA's water, electricity after demolition of HQ, Eli Cohen tells 'Post'

A currency dealer poses for a photo with a U.S one dollar bill and the amount being given when converting it into Iranian rials in an exchange shop in Tehran, Iran December 25, 2022

Iranian regime leaders moving millions out of Iran as they 'abandon ship,' US Treasury chief says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Power struggles emerge in Netanyahu's Likud internal elections ahead of national primaries


EU promises funding won’t go to PA textbooks inciting against Israel

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi as his first stop in Brussels on Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, May 2, 2023.

Cohen to meet Borrell in Brussels on Iran, Israel-EU tensions

Israel in particular wants the IAEA’s board to vote in June to ask the UN Security Council to reinstate crippling sanctions against Iran.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Number of diplomatic missions in Israel on the rise

Herzog urged the heads of diplomatic missions to join Israel in making the Middle East “a better, safer, kinder place.”

 President Isaac Herzog with foreign diplomats on Independence Day, April 26, 2023

Israel opens first embassy in Turkmenistan, only 17 km. from Iran’s border

Cohen's Turkmen counterpart called the embassy’s opening “historic” and underlined the importance of political and diplomatic interactions with Israel.

 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurates Israel's new embassy in Turkmenistan, located only 17 km. from the Iranian border, on April 20, 2023

Israel outreach to Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan shows diplomatic potential - analysis

The trip to Azerbaijan had a large delegation and highlighted business and trade ties. Israel already has trade relations with Azerbaijan, but these are expected to increase.

 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurates Israel's new embassy in Turkmenistan, located only 17 km. from the Iranian border, on April 20, 2023

Israel, Azerbaijan to collaborate on climate change

The agreement was signed by Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev and Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who was in the country on a diplomatic visit.

 Azerbaijan & Israel Cooperation

Cohen to visit Azerbaijan, a Shia Muslim country next to Iran

The volume of trade between the two nations now rests at $200 million but is expected to grow to half a billion this year.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Israeli high schools to add a Polish site to Holocaust trips

Yad Vashem says it won’t be involved in group visits to any site suspected of distorting events.

 A CANDLE is lit and a flower is placed on the railway tracks at Birkenau, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, last year.

Cohen, Lapid call each other ‘liars’ over tiff on Israel-Poland ties

Some may be "saddened we resolved the political crisis with Poland that began during the Lapid era,” Cohen charged on Monday.

 Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a joint press conference of leaders of the opposition parties, in the Israeli Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 13, 2023.

Middle East crisis talks: Israel will act against Hamas terror, Cohen tells FMs

In conversations with the Turkish and Bahraini foreign ministers, Cohen stressed that Israel has made an effort to prevent an escalation.

 Palestinian terrorists attend Hamas rally Solidarity with Al-Aqsa in Jabalia, northern Gaza April 7, 2023