Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts to discuss speeding up construction of a gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. The summit with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades took place in the Greek...

Israeli leaders welcomed President Baron Waqa of the Pacific island nation of Nauru to Jerusalem this week. In a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday, Waqa spoke of the productive technology-sharing relationship between their two nations and said he was “very pleased” to visit Jerusalem. “I want to show our solidarity...

Israel’s defense minister said that Israel, the Palestinians, and the Arab world are “closer to an agreement than ever before” in an interview broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 on Saturday. Avigdor Lieberman said that hopes for regional peace were bolstered “because Trump has arrived on the scene and because … the Arab countries...

In a highly unusual move, Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi will not meet with the Palestinian Authority during his scheduled visit to Israel next month, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. “This is going to be a purely bilateral visit. He is coming to visit us, and only us,” a...

Cutting Off Qatar In a diplomatic earthquake this week, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severed ties with Qatar over its support for terrorism and its growing closeness to Iran. Yemen, the Maldives, and the government of eastern Libya subsequently cut ties with the oil-rich emirate. Riyadh also closed its...

Top Israeli and American political leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, participated in a joint celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification on Wednesday. The event was broadcast simultaneously from the U.S. Capitol building in Washington and the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking...