Ofir Akunis

Mother of deceased hostage Ran Gvili expected to join Netanyahu on upcoming US trip

Walla also learned that Shira, Ran Gvili's sister, was invited by Israeli Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, to light the fifth Hanukkah candle at the Consulate General. 

Talik Gvili, the mother of Ran Gvili, at her home in Meitar, Israel, December 7, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ofir Akunis, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023

Abraham Accords to expand soon as Hamas and Hezbollah regroup, Israeli diplomat Ofir Akunis says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with pro-Israel American influencers at the Israel Consulate of New York.

From walkouts to warm embraces: Netanyahu's post-UN pivot to friendly audiences - analysis

Child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who suffers from cerebral palsy, alongside mother and brother.

NYT quietly alters Gaza starvation story to include key details of child's medical condition


Sparks fly in Knesset after ceremony honors Jew with controversial legacy

Likud minister Ofir Akunis stormed out of when MK Michaeli lit a candle in honor of her grandfather, who saved Jews but some claimed "sold his soul to the devil."

Mk Merav Mikhaeli and mother Susie Kastner light a candle for Rudolph Kastner in Knesset ceremony April 12, 2018

Ahead of Int'l Women’s Day, minister tells feminists 'stop whining'

“You want to mark [the day], and that’s perfectly fine, and I’m going with the flow,” Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said.

MK Ophir Akunis

A Likudnik mayor for Tel Aviv?

Science and Techology Minister Ofir Akunis weighing run to replace Ron Huldai after 20 years at the head of the White City.

Ofir Akunis at the JPost Annual Conference 2017

Israeli launches world’s first flight of nano-satellites

The project has been developed by a team of researchers headed by Prof. Pini Gurfil, head of the Asher Institute for Space Research and a member of the aerospace engineering faculty at the Technion.

VENuS Satellite - Israel Space Agency & Israel Ministry of Science and Technology

Science minister’s mission to make Israelis the future leaders of humanity

Science Minster Ofir Akunis said the ministry is spending half-a-billion shekels to ensure that the next generation of Israelis are at the forefront of science and technology innovation.

Graduate student Yifat Baruchi in Prof. Ronen Rapaport's lab, testing a photon measurement setup, at the Hebrew University's Quantum Information Science Center

Liberal groups to hold alternative 'Space Week' in Jerusalem

Cancellation of public events due to haredi pressure spurs NGOs into action.

Mahaneh Yehuda by night