Tag: Embassy
Pentagon mum on whether airman’s self-immolation sign of ‘bigger issue’
Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the U.S. Defense Department press secretary, twice dodged an Associated Press reporter’s questions at the department’s Feb. 26 press briefing about whether Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation protest outside the Israeli embassy in Washington,...
Fiji to open its first embassy in Israel
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...
Kamala Harris to celebrate US-Israel ‘unshakeable bond’ at embassy event
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will celebrate the “unshakeable” U.S.-Israel bond and will “reaffirm the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security” in a June 6 talk, an unnamed White House official told Axios.
The vice...
China brokers an Iran-Saudi rapprochement
In a move on Friday that came as a surprise to some, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced renewed ties brokered by China, including the reopening of their respective embassies within two months. It came...
Works at German art festival cause stir over anti-Israel, anti-Semitic nature
Anti-Semitic images at a leading art festival in Germany are being removed or covered up after German Jewish organizations and the Israeli embassy in Berlin came together to denounce a biased curation.
The images appeared...
How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa
Three Israeli documentary filmmakers arrived home safely from Nigeria at the end of last week, after what they described as 20 “hellish days” detained under inhumane conditions by the government’s Department of State Services (DSS)...
Honduran embassy inaugurated in Jerusalem
Honduras dedicated its new embassy in Jerusalem on Thursday, becoming the fourth country to open an embassy in Israel’s capital, following the United States, Kosovo and Guatemala.
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who flew to...
Chinese embassy posts, then deletes, anti-Semitic image on Twitter
The Chinese embassy in Japan recently uploaded, and then deleted, an anti-Semitic image on its official Twitter account.
The embassy tweeted on Thursday a cartoon image that showed the United States as the Grim Reaper, dressed in...
Kosovo delivers on promise to open embassy in Jerusalem
Kosovo opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, joining the United States and Guatemala as the only countries with embassies in a city whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian...
In preparation for embassy opening, UAE delegation visits Peres center
The first official advance delegation from the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry visited the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation on Wednesday as part of a wider visit to prepare for the opening of the United...