Israeli, Slovak leaders discuss Ukraine crisis

Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid concluded a two-day working visit to East Europe in Bratislava. By Jonathan Hessen and Erin Viner  Strong bilateral ties during peacetime have been further…

Zelenskyy asks to make speech in Israel

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address Israel's parliament about the Russian invasion of his country and has asked to deliver remarks by video to the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance…

UN Envoy stresses urgency of JCPOA deal

The world body’s facilitator of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action joins Western leaders in warning that time is running out to revive the deal. By Erin Viner "This really needs…

Lapid, Blinken discuss Ukraine, Iran

The meeting comes after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held surprise talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow over this past weekend at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Israel to shelter 15,000 Ukrainians by month’s end

More than 1.7 million Ukrainians are estimated to have fled the 24 February Russian invasion, announced the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees agency yesterday, while thousands of others continue…

Bennett meets with Putin in Moscow

Israel will continue trying to mediate between Russia and Ukraine even if success is hard to achieve, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said after returning from surprise talks with Russian President…

Finland to buy Israeli defense systems

Helsinki has narrowed its preference of a list of international developers of anti-aircraft equipment to one of two Israeli companies. By Erin Viner The Nordic country issued bids for the…