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Mossad recovers secret Syrian archive of legendary spy Eli Cohen

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 19 May 2025 08:36:37 +0000

In a dramatic intelligence coup, Israel’s Mossad has retrieved the official Syrian archive of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen, the Prime Minister’s Office revealed Sunday. The covert operation—carried out in cooperation with a foreign allied intelligence service—successfully brought to Israel around 2,500 previously unseen documents, photographs and personal items linked to Cohen, who was executed […]

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Guterres meets freed Israeli hostages in Davos

JNS — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:53:22 +0000

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with released Israeli hostages for the first time on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The U.N. chief sat down with Nili Margalit, 41, and Moran Stela Yanai, 40, who were freed from Gaza in November as part of a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with the […]

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Papua New Guinea plans consulate in Israel’s biblical heartland

Etgar Lefkovits — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:36:34 +0000

Papua New Guinea is set to become the first nation to open an honorary consulate in the biblical heartland after inaugurating an embassy in Jerusalem earlier this year. The move by the strongly Christian Pacific nation is a mix of faith-based diplomacy and a desire for increased trade ties, and comes as several other countries […]

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London to bar ‘extremist Israeli settlers’ from entering UK territories

JNS — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:38:28 +0000

The United Kingdom has become the first European nation to bar “extremist Israeli settlers” from entering its territories, a week after the United States announced a similar travel ban. “We are banning those responsible for settler violence from entering the U.K. to make sure our country cannot be a home for people who commit these […]

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Foreign Minister bringing families of kidnapped Israelis to UN

TPS-IL — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:29:43 +0000

Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will speak about the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7 and Israel’s response at the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York today (Tue). The minister will bring with him relatives of Israelis the terrorist group abducted and took to the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry said. On Monday, the […]

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‘Positive, constructive meeting’ with Israeli FM: Wong

AAP — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:26:44 +0000

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has held a “very positive, constructive meeting” with her Israeli counterpart after Australia’s position returned to referencing “occupied Palestinian territories”. The government is strengthening its opposition to settlements, affirming them as illegal under international law. Speaking from New York on Friday, Senator Wong described her meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen […]

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Israeli foreign minister: Saudi deal ‘closer than ever’

JNS — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:54:32 +0000

Israel is closer than it has ever been to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Monday. In an interview with Channel 12, the country’s top diplomat said that the door for a U.S.-brokered deal between Jerusalem and Riyadh would remain open until the U.S. election season kicks into […]

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Israeli foreign minister announces: ‘No tweets like this again’

JNS — Thu, 18 May 2023 00:50:34 +0000

First, Elon Musk tweeted something at the very least ungenerous about George Soros. Then David Saranga, director of digital diplomacy at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said the Twitter owner had tweeted with “an antisemitic flavour.” Now, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has weighed in. “There will be no tweets like this again,” he said of Saranga’s […]

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Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem

Pesach Benson — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 23:38:53 +0000

Papua New Guinea will establish an embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday morning. The decision came after a phone call between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Papua New Guinean counterpart, Justin Tkatchenko, on Wednesday. The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1978 but never established embassies. The […]

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Oman permits Israeli planes to cross its skies

Pesach Benson — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 02:19:03 +0000

Oman announced that it is opening its skies to Israeli aircraft, opening up new and faster aviation routes between Israel and the Far East. “As part of the Sultanate of Oman’s continuous efforts to fulfil its obligations under the Chicago Convention of 1944, the Civil Aviation Authority affirms that the Sultanate’s airspace is open for […]

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