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Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog. Credit: Israeli Embassy Washington.

Israel completes purchase of DC home for its ambassador

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Israel has completed the purchase of an official residence for its ambassador in Washington. Michael Herzog will be moving into an 11-bedroom, 12-bathroom home with a listing price of $10 million, Jewish Insider reported on Thursday. It is...
Fiji. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Fiji to open its first embassy in Israel

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The South Pacific island country of Fiji announced on Monday that its first embassy in Israel will open next year. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen welcomed the announcement, calling Fiji a "true friend" of Israel. "I congratulate the...

Herzog receives credentials of six new envoys to Israel

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog received on Monday the credentials of the new ambassadors from Moldova, Ghana, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Mongolia and, for the first time ever, Palau, in a series of ceremonies at his...
Nearly 200 people filled the ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., for the American Friends of the Hebrew University annual SCOPUS Award Gala on April 28, 2022. Shown on the screen is Albert Einstein, who was among the university's founders. Photo by Nathan Posner.

‘Light onto the nations’: Hebrew University and affiliates strive for knowledge, achievement and peace

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American Friends of the Hebrew University held its annual SCOPUS Award Gala on April 28, where two politically involved couples from opposite parties were given the prestigious award in a show of bipartisanship and...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in 1998. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Madeleine Albright’s role in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy reverberates to this day

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“Close the gates! Close the gates!” It sounds like lines ripped out of a movie, but it was Madeleine Albright running in her heels in the United States ambassador’s residence in Paris. Albright, the...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press availability with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

Israel invited by Biden administration to participate in summit on democracy

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The U.S. State Department published a list of countries invited to participate in its virtual Summit for Democracy next month with Israel listed alongside more than 100 other countries. Israel and Iraq were the only Middle...
Angel Sanz-Briz. Credit: Centro Sefarad.

Spain seeks descendants of Hungarian Jews saved from Nazis by diplomat

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The Spanish government released the names of Hungarian Jews who evaded Nazi persecution with the help of a Spanish diplomat in an effort to find their descendants and share their stories with the world. Yad Vashem recognized Angel Sanz-Briz...
Ines Demiri, the chargé d’affaires of Kosovo, in front of the country's embassy in Jerusalem. Source: Ines Demiri/Twitter.

Kosovo’s envoy to Israel looks back on ‘important and exciting historical step’

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After more than 10 years of covert relations, the State of Israel and the Republic of Kosovo agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations on Sept. 4, 2020. In September and early October of last...
Hillel Newman, Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest. Credit: Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles.

Diversity shapes LA consulate’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism, show ‘true face of Israel’

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The new mural on the wall of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles building, unveiled on Aug. 23, contains the State of Israel’s logo at the bottom of the artwork. Rather than a...
Ambassadors from several nations pose at the Aish HaTorah Center in the Old City of Jerusalem overlooking the Western Wall. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Ambassadors tour Israel to better comprehend its multifaceted security challenges

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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan is back on his home turf, leading 16 of his colleagues—ambassadors to the United States and the United Nations—from countries around the world, along with some...