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(Former) Israeli Public Security and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during a ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israel set to formalize appointment of Gilad Erdan as new UN, US ambassador

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The Israeli government is set to formalize the appointment of outgoing Regional Cooperation Minister and previous Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan as the country’s next ambassador to the United Nations. The appointment is expected...
Baggage claim area at Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 2020. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Israel bars foreigners from entering nation; minister says headed for ‘full shutdown’

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Israel banned foreigners from entering the country unless they have residency permits in order to try to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the Population and Immigration Authority. “Following two weeks of restricting entry...
Israeli Interior Security Minister Gilad Erdan gives a statement to the press at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 6, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Total lockdown ‘inevitable,’ says Israel’s Public Security Minister

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In a conference call Tuesday night with the heads of the country’s security branches, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan instructed the police and the rest of Israel’s domestic security apparatus to make preparations...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 8, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israeli COVID-19 cases hit 250, government mulls stricter measures

Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed Monday that the number of COVID-19 patients in the country had increased to 250. Four patients are in serious condition and the rest are showing little to no symptoms, according...
Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan speaks during a ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israel Police close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem over incitement

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Israel Police closed multiple Palestinian institutions on Wednesday on orders issued by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, The Jerusalem Post reported. The order was given after intelligence revealed that the Palestinian Authority was operating a branch of...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an exchange ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli security minister Erdan: ‘Arab society is a very, very violent society’

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Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Monday morning blamed the violence of Arab society for a recent wave of murders in Israel’s Arab sector, drawing criticism from Arab Knesset members. “Arab society—and I say...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an exchange ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israel, US urge EU lawmakers to break ties with BDS orgs

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Israeli and U.S. officials warned in a meeting with European lawmakers on Wednesday of a rise in hate crimes against Jews in Western Europe, and urged the European Union to cut funding to organizations...
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem on Nov. 21, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel’s strategic affairs minister says, ‘It’s time for PA leader Abbas to go’

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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday urged the international community to take immediate action to oust Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, saying this was the only way to ensure the diplomatic process...
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during a press conference for the foreign media on Feb. 3, 2019. Photo: Flash90.

Israeli minister links Chabad synagogue shooting and anti-Semitic ‘Times’ cartoon

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In a Facebook post about Saturday’s synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif., Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan claimed the shooter had been influenced by a blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon that appeared last week in The New York Times. Erdan...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

How is the EU funding NGOs with ties to BDS?

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Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs came out with a scathing report last month—its second on the issue—accusing the European Union of funding Palestinian and European organizations that promote BDS, the boycott of Israel. In...