Gabi Ashkenazi

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Erdan: Israel-Bahrain deal marks historic day for Israel, the Arab world

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi welcomed on Friday Bahrain agreeing to establish full diplomatic relations.

U.S. President's senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) meets meets Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (C) and Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (R) during his visit to Manama, Bahrain, September 1, 2020

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Ashkenazi says normalization replaced annexation, sparks coalition row

THe UAE-Israel deal “is a very strong demonstration that only through dialogue and negotiation can we make progress," Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said.

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

Ashkenazi to meet EU foreign ministers on first diplomatic trip abroad

The Foreign Minister also called on Germany to join the effort to stop the UN arms embargo from running out in October.

Minister Of Foreign Affairs Gabi Ashkenazi meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 10, 2020.

Israel ‘disappointed’ at European inaction on Iran, FM says

“We were disappointed to see our friends, the E3 countries, not voting to extend the arms embargo on Iran and thus prevent its adoption,” Ashkenazi said.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab meets Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on his arrival in Israel, August 25, 2020

The real reason Netanyahu kept Gantz in the dark on UAE deal

The process that led to last week’s announced peace deal with the UAE was starkly different from what happened at Camp David.

Once upon a time things were different. From Right - Ezer Weizman, Moshe Dayan, Anwar al-Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at theas they walk in Gettysburg during the Camp David Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations in 1978.

Ashkenazi: Not aware of any security promises made to UAE

The Foreign Minister called the agreement “historic and very significant for Israel.”

Israel's new Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi

Gantz: UAE peace deal emphasizes Israel's eternal aspiration for peace

The peace deal was the product of lengthy discussions between Israel, the UAE and the United States that accelerated recently, White House officials said.

Blue and White leader and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a Blue and White faction meeting, May 27, 2020

Netanyahu, Ashkenazi hint Hezbollah behind Beirut blast

UNIFIL is a ‘half-empty vessel,’ Foreign Minister Ashkenazi warns ahead of UNSC discussion of renewing its mandate.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Right)

Ashkenazi urges Latin American countries to ban Hezbollah

Foreign Minister offers Beirut disaster aid: “We differentiate between Hezbollah and the Lebanese people.”

Gabi Ashkenazi pictured alongside the ambassadors from Latin America and the Caribbean.