Eleven high-ranking diplomats from seven African countries toured Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, in what is the latest indication that diplomatic ties between Israel and African countries are improving. The diplomats’ tour was sponsored by Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce in an effort to promote Israeli-African business ties. Diplomats typically don’t visit...

A Royal Navy warship arrived Tuesday in the northern Israeli port of Haifa, following joint sea exercises with Israeli counterparts. The HMS Bulwark is part of the Royal Navy’s Joint Expeditionary Force (Maritime) Task Group and has been patrolling the eastern Mediterranean for several months. The visit to Haifa comes just...

Egyptian-Israeli relations are at their “highest level in history,” regional analysts told the Qatari-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera on Monday, with Cairo and Jerusalem having forged a “full partnership and unbreakable alliance.” The two countries share mutual defense concerns, particularly the extensive coordination between Hamas and Sinai Province, an ISIS affiliate...

Iran is smuggling weapons to the terrorist group Hezbollah inside commercial flights to Lebanon, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations has charged in a letter to the UN Security Council. Such actions would violate several Security Council resolutions. Citing reports from Israel’s intelligence agencies, Ambassador Danny Danon wrote that “the Iranian Al-Quds...

A delegation of Israeli parliamentarians met with counterparts from the European Parliament and called for closer ties in a number of areas. The meeting took place on Thursday at the European Parliament in Brussels. Yesh Atid MK and former Science Minister Yaakov Peri, along with Kulanu MKs Eli Alalouf and...

Israel  appointed a new ambassador to Turkey on Tuesday, filling a post that has been vacant since 2010. Israel’s new envoy in Ankara will be Eitan Na’eh, who is currently deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom. Na’eh, who is considered an expert on Turkish affairs, worked as a diplomat in Turkey...