Tag: Diplomacy
Israel invited by Biden administration to participate in summit on democracy
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...
Spain seeks descendants of Hungarian Jews saved from Nazis by diplomat
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...
Kosovo’s envoy to Israel looks back on ‘important and exciting historical step’
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...
Diversity shapes LA consulate’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism, show ‘true face of Israel’
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 tour Israel to better comprehend its multifaceted security challenges
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...
Top women diplomats from Israel, UAE, Bahrain stress need for Mideast peace
Top women diplomats from Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain joined together on Thursday in a first-of-a-kind session to discuss the role of women in diplomacy, as well as the need for the...
Czech Republic announces plans to open diplomatic office in Jerusalem
The Czech Republic plans to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem, announced Israel’s Foreign Affairs Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Wednesday after speaking with his counterpart, Tomáš Petříček.
Ashkenazi tweeted: “I just spoke with my colleague,...
Trump nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in wake of Israel-UAE deal
U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, in part for helping to broker the treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, dubbed the “Abraham Accord.”
He was nominated...
In White House visit, Trump touts US alliance with Turkey; Erdoğan slams critics
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, touted at a White House press conference on Wednesday that the relationship between the United States and Turkey, a fellow NATO ally, has...
Toward A More Thoughtful Nuclear Diplomacy: An American Strategic Imperative
“Hope is by nature an expensive commodity, and those who are risking their all on one cast find out what it means only when they are already ruined.” -Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (416 BCE)
Hope is never a...