Sri Lanka
India, Sri Lanka, and Israel’s overlooked Indian Ocean opportunity - opinion
Sri Lanka may not top Israel’s Asia agenda but its location, its ties with India, and its emerging role in the Indian Ocean make it a strategic opportunity hiding in plain sight.
Buddhist monks, locals protest Chabad House in Sri Lanka amid threats, harassment
Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7
At least 25 dead, 100 injured in clashes between prisoner groups at Sri Lanka jail, sources say
Sri Lanka rescinds monkey sale to China amid fears they will be eaten
“I am very happy to hear this,” Sanjeeva Jayawardena, the President's Counsel, is cited as having said. “These monkeys will end up in Chinese restaurants.”
Six new ambassadors present credentials to President Herzog
Herzog suggested that a positive step in this direction would be to have the president of Sri Lanka come to Israel with a delegation, and the ambassador said that he would be happy to recommend it
Israel is 75, but how are other countries celebrating independence?
In Sri Lanka, an island nation southeast of India in the Indian Ocean, they also celebrated 75 years this year in February.
2022 deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned
Nearly 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar are living in crowded facilities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
Sri Lankans storm prime minister's office, demanding he quit as well
Sri Lanka president tells parliament speaker he will resign on Wednesday * Protesters storm President's and PM's homes * PM also declared a state of emergency
Sri Lanka PM offers resignation after protesters storm, set fire to president's house
Sri Lankan President to step down from the presidency on July 13 * Israel issues travel warning to Sri Lanka
Trump political donor sentenced to 12 years in prison
Imaad Zuberi was sentenced by US District Judge Virginia A. Phillips and ordered to pay over $15 million in restitution and a criminal fine of $1.75 million.
Grapevine February 12, 2021: The walk to freedom
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Let’s get real about Pakistani-Russian relations
Khan needs to understand Putin, as well the country that the latter has been ruling since 1999, to launch meaningful ties with the powerful bear to the north.
Netanyahu: Israel wants to build, terrorists want to destroy
Netanyahu said that the premeditated and indiscriminate targeting of civilians tells much about the terrorists’ goals.
