Diplomacy

The IDF sent a team of 130 troops to Brazil, where a dam collapsed causing massive flooding and killing at least 58 people, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The Israeli effort earned a thumbs up from Brazil’s newly-elected President Jair Bolsonaro on Twitter. Officials in the Brazilian state of...

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Israel has warned Ireland that the advancement of “hypocritical and anti-Semitic” pro-boycott legislation will have serious repercussions for the relationship between the two countries, The Times of Israel reported Friday. Irish Ambassador to Israel Alison Kelly was given an “angry rebuke” over what Israel’s Foreign Ministry described as a “scandalous”...

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The formation of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum marks the first time Israel has been accepted into a regional alliance with Arab nations, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The creation of the forum — consisting of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and the Palestinians — was announced earlier this...

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British and Israeli ministers announced on Wednesday that they have agreed on an “in principle” post-Brexit trade agreement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as Britain prepares to leave the European Union, The Jewish Chronicle reported. Speaking at the forum, International Development Secretary Liam Fox said: “I’m delighted...

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France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that he expects a European-backed system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran, a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which allows European Union countries to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States, to take effect in the coming days. The SPV would...

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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the Security Council on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran spends $7 billion annually on terror activities in Middle East, sponsoring wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, while the Iranian economy is on the brink of collapse. “The Iranian regime’s...

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