Foreign affairs

Several Israelis injured in bus accident in northern Thailand, one in critical condition

The Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it's on its way to the accident site in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, where a bus carrying ten Israelis was overturned.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Motorcycles are seen at a bustling street in Pattaya, Thailand (illustrative)
The South Yemen flag flies as soldiers from the Southern Transitional Council stand guard outside the compound of the Presidential Palace in Aden, Yemen, December 9, 2025.

Yemen’s southern upheaval creates new risks, opportunities for Israel - opinion

Territorial shifts in southern Yemen may help Israel counter the Houthis or deepen regional instability.

|ByYOSSI MANSHAROF, NOA LAZIMI
Director-General of Somaliland's Foreign Ministry, Mohamed Abdirahman.

Israeli recognition is historic 'lifetime achievement,' Somaliland official tells 'Post'

“This process did not happen without meetings,” Abdirahman explained. “Officials from Somaliland and Israeli officials have been meeting and discussing these matters for some time."

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
US Senate floor

Democrats urge Trump to reverse mass ambassador recalls

Democratic senators warn that President Trump’s decision to recall nearly 30 career ambassadors creates a leadership vacuum, weakening US influence as rivals like China and Russia expand their reach.

|ByREUTERS

Israel's foreign policy score plummets amid diplomatic blunders

"These findings make it possible to describe the 37th Knesset as a 'political minority government.'"

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) speak to reporters as part of Israel's efforts "to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons" in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023.

Israel doesn't take foreign affairs seriously - opinion

The devaluation of the status and influence of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in decision-making has added to the continuously decreasing ministry’s budget in constraining creativity.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
‘THE NUMBER One Diplomat of the State of Israel,’ Abba Eban, understood the potential weight of the office, says the writer.

Netanyahu seizes control of back-channel diplomacy after Libya fiasco

Following Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's diplomatic uproar, Netanyahu will need to approve all secret diplomatic meetings ahead of time.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023

Israeli minister builds economic bridges in Vietnam

Economy Minister Barkat's trip is an effort to strengthen trade ties with the Southeast Asian country.

AUGUST 14, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference. June 6, 2023

Rescue mission saves 13 Israelis from Ethiopia conflict

Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer said that Israel is closely following the state of emergency in Ethiopia due to conflicts in the Amhara region.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByYOAV ETIEL/WALLA!
A Tigrayan Militia member stands next to construction machinery destroyed during the fighting between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) allied with Amhara Special Forces and Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) on the outskirts of Samre, Ethiopia.

Israel's first ally: The forgotten Paris-Jerusalem alliance - opinion

If the UK, US, and USSR had no desire to become Israel’s military ally, it was not too long before Paris filled the vacuum.

JULY 13, 2023ByMARK REGEV
THEN-PRIME MINISTER David Ben-Gurion has his first meeting with France’s president Charles de Gaulle at the Palais de L’elysee in Paris, during his official visit to France in 1960.

Iran summons Russian ambassador over statement on Gulf islands

The islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, are claimed by the UAE and Tehran, but have been held by Iran since 1971

JULY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Hanegbi: Israel’s foreign policy shaped by its battle with Iran

Iran and additional normalization deals with Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia are a top priority for Israel, Hanegbi said.

JULY 10, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A man holds up a poster of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani next to a burning Israeli flag as Iranians attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

‘Netanyahu considering a visit to Ukraine’ - Ukrainian ambassador

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel: The fastest route to the White House is through Kyiv; Foreign Ministry recommends Netanyahu-Zelensky meeting.

JUNE 28, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israel's Netanyahu meets Ukrainian President Zelensky in Jerusalem

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.