Israel in the World

September 13, 2024

Muslim-majority Albania to open economic mission in Jerusalem

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama during a meeting in Tirana, Sept. 12, 2024. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO. (JNS) — Albania will open a commercial liaison office in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish state, Prime […]
September 9, 2024

Pursuing partnerships: Africa-Israel Parliamentary Summit launches in Ethiopia

People take photos at a newly-built walkway and bike lane in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 27, 2024. Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images. by Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — Thirty-five African lawmakers are gathering in the Ethiopian capital of […]
July 25, 2024

Large Israeli delegation hopes to bring Olympic medals home

Israeli Olympic athletes pose for a photo at Ben Gurion Airport ahead of departing for the 2024 Paris Games on July 22, 2024. (Courtesy Olympic Committee of Israel) Two days before the Opening Ceremonies, Israel’s Olympic team was already in […]
May 28, 2024

Norway, Ireland and Spain: Is this what you had in mind when recognizing Palestine?

by Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch) — Following Norway, Ireland, and Spain’s recognition of a Palestinian state, PA Chairman Abbas’ Fatah Movement published the above cartoon. It shows exactly what “Palestine” the PA and Fatah say, the European countries […]
May 23, 2024

Don’t downplay the effect the ICC indictments on Netanyahu will have on Israel’s future

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the “Unto Every Person There is a Name” ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 6, 2024. Credit: Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic and […]
May 5, 2023

French parliament rejects resolution labeling Israel as “apartheid”

Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation, which honors those deported to Nazi concentration camps, in Paris. Photo by Menachem Wecker. (JNS) — After a group of far-left members of France’s National Assembly put forward a measure labeling Israel an […]
May 1, 2023

Abraham Accords also boosting Israeli-African ties

Ayoob Kara, former Knesset member and current Israeli Minister of Communications, in 2016. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. by Avi Kumar (JNS) — Ayoob Kara’s Dubai office contains framed photos of him talking with former President Donald Trump and with Pope […]
April 26, 2023

UN holds anti-Israel session on Memorial Day, Israel’s ambassador lights candle and leaves

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan lights a memorial candle for Israel’s fallen soldiers and those killed in terror attacks at the United Nations in New York on April 25, 2023. Source: Screenshot. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — […]
February 27, 2023

Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem

A view of Port Moresby “Town” from Touaguba Hill. MSchlauch via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — The Oceana nation of Papua New Guinea will open its first embassy in Israel in Jerusalem this year, Israel’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced on […]
February 4, 2023

Meet the Israeli doctor providing eye care to thousands of Ethiopians

Volunteers test patients for short- and near-sightedness. Photo by Elisa Hartstein. by Andrew Jose (JNS) — When Israeli ophthalmologist Morris Hartstein visited Gondar in 2014 for a family volunteering trip, he did not know he would start an initiative that […]
October 12, 2022

Israeli MK to Christian parliamentarians: ‘Demand your governments sanction Iran’

Israeli parliamentarian Sharren Haskel cuts her hair in solidarity with Iranian women protesting state-sanctioned oppression, at the annual Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem on October 11, 2022. Credit: Maayan Hoffman. by Maayan Hoffman (JNS) — Israeli lawmaker Sharren Haskel on […]