Israel’s top diplomat met last week with the president of Chad, the latest African nation—many of them with Muslim majorities—to strengthen its ties with Israel in recent weeks. Israeli Foreign Ministry director-general Dore Gold met with Chadian president Idriss Déby on July 14 at the presidential palace in Fada, the Israeli Foreign...

Trade between Israel and Mexico reached $700 million last year, up 300 percent since a free-trade agreement was signed between the two countries in 2000, Israel’s ambassador to Mexico announced Thursday. Ambassador Jonathan Peled told the Mexican newspaper El Universal that the two countries will work to triple the trade in the coming years....

Israel and the West African nation of Guinea announced on Wednesday that they had reestablished diplomatic ties, 49 years after the Muslim-majority country withdrew its recognition following the Six-Day War in 1967. The agreement was signed in Paris between Dore Gold, the director-general of Israel’s foreign ministry, and Khalil Kaba, chief of staff to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes to Jerusalem on Tuesday, calling him a close friend who defended Israel “in difficult circumstances.” Cartes, the first Paraguayan leader to visit Israel, regretted that the trip did not take place earlier as the two countries were “so close” and “friendly,” but indicated that it...

The recent agreement to reestablish diplomatic ties between Israel and Turkey will not be affected by the attempted military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. “Israel and Turkey recently agreed on a reconciliation process,” Netanyahu noted ahead of his weekly cabinet...

While Mahmoud Abbas continues to rebuff invitations to bilateral talks, the tantalizing prospect on the lips of many Israeli politicians is of a regional peace conference. In the absence of one-on-one negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has endorsed the Arab Peace Initiative as a “good foundation” for talks, provided that...