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“That says more about the U.N. than it does about Israel,” the Israeli ambassador to the global body in New York told JNS.
S. Jaishankar met with Israel’s leadership in the capital to strengthen the strategic ties between the nations.
Hebrew University researchers uncovered 8,000-year-old pottery showing floral patterns built on precise geometric progressions.
The two leaders agreed to exchange high-level visits and deepen cooperation in security, agriculture and tourism as diplomatic ties are formally restored.
Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat hailed San José as “a natural trade partner” for the Jewish state.
At Ben-Gurion Airport, Gal Hirsch, Israel’s hostage affairs coordinator, reaffirmed Israel’s pledge to recover the body of the last hostage, Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, still held in Gaza.
Amir Baram, the director-general of Israel’s Defense Ministry, said that the project is a “central component” of its new strategy.
Sid Miller of the Lone Star State cited “shared values, shared security interests and a shared belief in the power of free people working together.”
Diplomat Simon Karam, a Maronite Christian and critic of Hezbollah, headed the Lebanese team in what Israeli officials described as a breakthrough.
Israeli authorities are “working tirelessly” to bring home the remains of Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage in Gaza.
Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka is among a small group of senior leaders from Kyiv who have traveled to Israel since the outbreak of the war with Russia.
Two municipal leaders are urging approval of a 130,000‑resident city on Samaria farmland.