Israeli Foreign Policy
Jacob Baime, CEO of the Israel Campus Coalition, told JNS that there has been “a huge surge in Jewish pride and interest” since Oct. 7.
“I am proud to represent my country everywhere, and this certainly won’t deter me in the future,” said Ran Ben Shimon, the head of Israel’s national soccer team.
Authorities were determined not to repeat the July 22 incident in which Israeli tourists were prevented from disembarking at the Greek island of Syros.
The assailant reportedly cried “Free Palestine” and “I am Hamas” at the Israeli and his wife before attacking them.
The suspect immigrated to the Jewish state from Iran in 1999.
Stephan-Andreas Casdorff of the Friends of Yad Vashem Germany cited Germany’s “historical responsibility” for the Shoah as reason to cut off Israel.
U.S. President Donald Trump also dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan, telling reporters that “what he says doesn’t matter.”
CRIF on Macron’s Palestinian state notice: Three months ago, he conditioned recognition on the release of the hostages and the surrender of Hamas.
Hungary announced that it would begin withdrawing from International Criminal Court jurisdiction while the Israeli prime minister was in Budapest.
“I’ve never once heard a negative word about being a Jew in Azerbaijan,” Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Shneor Segal tells JNS.
What connects the countries is not just a peace treaty but a shared strategic understanding of both common and unexpected threats that cross borders.
Mikhail Gusman, a senior TASS executive, recently participated in the 3rd Shusha Global Media Forum.
