Israeli Foreign Policy
Israel has repeatedly accused the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah of preventing agency peacekeepers from carrying out their mandate.
![A plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorating the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre reads, in German and Hebrew: “The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.](https://static.jns.org/dims4/default/62b8df7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2986x1678+0+72/resize/500x281!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-jns-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F08%2FGerman-Plaque-to-Munich-Olympics-Massacre.jpg)
The German government has reportedly agreed to pay the families of the 11 victims $28 million, opening the way for them to attend an event in Germany marking the 50th anniversary of the attack.
Washington’s influence, coupled with the Abraham Accords, have lent a tailwind to Israel-India relations, say experts.
What does the future hold for India-Israel relations as India’s role as a great power in the Middle East grows?
British Gen. Orde Wingate “bravely defended Jews in Palestine against murderous Arab gangs in the 1930s. He was a committed Zionist, revered as a hero and friend in Israel,” said Col. (ret.) Richard Kemp.
Are Hezbollah and Lebanon one and the same? It depends who you ask.
Lior Haiat, the head of Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Directorate, talks about how his unit worked to counter Palestinian lies during “Operation Breaking Dawn.”
He made his first public statement at Berlin’s Bebelplatz, the site of one of the infamous book-burnings by the Nazis in May 1933.
The move was part of a series of gestures Israel is making to improve Palestinian living conditions in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Lebanon are reportedly closing in on a deal to end a longstanding dispute over contested offshore natural-gas deposits.
Arrow-3, which neutralizes ballistic missiles in outer space before they reenter the Earth’s atmosphere, is considered one of the most state-of-the-art interceptors.
The deal has reportedly been finalized, although the number of batteries purchased and their estimated delivery date remain unknown.
