Gabi Ashkenazi

Who might be the next defense minister?

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

Did Gantz deliver heavy blow to IDF reservist-quitting movement? - analysis

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

Generals in Israeli politics are no longer hot commodities - opinion

Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset.

Netanyahu's prime minister's office was bugged for a decade - report


Ashkenazi: Bahrain FM to visit Israel

Knesset authorizes normalization with Manama; Israeli delegation to go to Khartoum next week.

The national flags of Bahrain, Israel and America, flutter in near the Israeli flag carrier El Al plane, October 18, 2020

How Netanyahu failed to please both Biden and Trump - analysis

The fact that Netanyahu waited more than twelve hours to congratulate Biden made news around the world and will probably not win him friends in Biden’s circle.

Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at each other as they deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016

Malawi to be first African state with embassy in Jerusalem

Malawi is one of the few African states with which Israel has continuously had diplomatic relations since its founding in 1964.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi welcomes Malawian counterpart Eisenhower Mkaka, November 3, 2020

Blue and White deadline passes without decision on coalition

"If this is not fixed by the end of the month, there is no point in continuing.”

DEFENSE MINISTER and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 31.

Ashkenazi: Greece, Cyprus partnership will bring security and stability

Regional cooperation is “a central strategic component for ensuring peace, stability and economic prosperity."

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi

Ashkenazi: Russia should respect Iran arms embargo

“We must continue implementing the arms embargo and prevent Iran from undermining stability in the Middle East."

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Athens on October, 26, 2020.

Ashkenazi heads to Athens, will meet Russian FM Lavrov

Tensions between Greece and Cyprus and Turkey are likely to come up in the meeting.

Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi speaks during a joint news conference with his British counterpart Dominic Raab in Jerusalem August 25, 2020

Shifting perceptions of the Holocaust in the Arab world

It is not everyday that a minister of an Arab or Muslim state visits a Holocaust memorial.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet with German's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, October 6, 2020

Ashkenazi tells Emirati FM of family story at Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

Ashkenazi and Bin Zayed were invited to Berlin by the German Foreign Ministry.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet with German's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, October 6, 2020

Gabi Ashkenazi to meet UAE counterpart in Berlin

Ashkenazi will depart on Tuesday morning on a German military plane.

Israel's new Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi