Gabi Ashkenazi

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Likud officials reveal interest in Gideon Sa’ar joining the coalition to strengthen Netanyahu against Ben-Gvir.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during an session in the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2024
National Unity leader MK Benny Gantz speaks during a Knesset faction meeting on May 29, 2023

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 GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

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Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset.

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First-ever UAE ambassador to Israel presents credentials

Ashkenazi: We have a historic opportunity to present a model of warm, comprehensive peace.

UAE Ambassador to Israel Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi

UAE's ambassador to Israel expected to arrive Monday for first visit

Upon arrival, the new ambassador is expected to undergo a coronavirus test and await results.

UAE Ambassador to Israel, Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khaja

IDF prepared to take action to stop Iran from obtaining nukes - Gantz

Foreign Ministry: “Without supervision, Iran will continue to act in the dark to promote its nuclear plan.”

Paratroopers' brigade participate in a drill simulating battle against Hezbollah (August 6, 2018).

US pledges support for two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also told Foreign Affairs Minister Gabi Ashkenazi he is opposed to one-sided actions against Israel in international forums.

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, last week.

Coronavirus: Greece to test Israeli ‘miracle drug’

“We would all be very relieved if we could find a drug that could cure the disease itself.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen holding a vial of the anti-coronavirus "miracle drug" alongside the project's director Prof. Nadir Arber at Sourasky Medical Center.

Vaccine rollout for diplomats abroad gets underway

All Israeli diplomats abroad, their family members, and other Israeli staff members are allowed to take part in the vaccine operation.

Employees of Israel's Embassy in London upon arrival to Israel on Friday, February 5, 2021.

Israel, Kosovo establish diplomatic ties over Zoom

The ceremony is said to be the first of its kind.

Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi signs the agreement establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and Kosovo during a virtual ceremony with Kosovo's Foreign Minister Meliza Haradinaj Stublla, in the Israeli foreign ministry in Jerusalem February 1, 2021.

Bahrain FM mourns victims of Holocaust in letter to Ashkenazi

He wrote that the day "stands as a solemn memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an enduring reminder of the need to uphold our universal commitment to rejecting all forms of antisemitism."

BAHRAIN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani addresses a news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Ashkenazi warns against ‘confrontational’ Israeli approach to Biden

FM says military option against Iran must be on the table, and speaks on panel with UAE, Bahrain counterparts.

FOREIGN MINISTER Gabi Ashkenazi greets his Bahraini counterpart at Ben-Gurion Airport in November.

New Secretary of State Blinken calls Israeli counterpart Ashkenazi

Ashkenazi congratulated Blinken on his confirmation and the two agreed to continue speaking regularly and meet in person as soon as possible, in light of coronavirus limitations.

Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a welcome ceremony at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021.