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Israeli Foreign Policy

Largely under the radar of official policy channels, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has been networking with European right-wing parties.
In the two and half months since flights between Tel Aviv and Baku resumed in mid-March, more than 8,000 Israelis visited Azerbaijan, a 50% increase compared to the same period last year.
Released at the 90th anniversary of Bialik’s death, the photos “reveal aspects of the national poet’s private life and teach us more about the person he was,” according to KKL-JNF’s Efrat Sinai.
Ambassador Rabbi Shimon Wahnish—the spiritual leader of Argentina’s pro-Jewish president—previously led the Moroccan Jewish community of Buenos Aires.
Bahrain cut relations with Iran in January 2016 following Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut ties with Tehran.
“Wake up and stand with Israel!!” wrote Ofir Akunis, consul general in the Big Apple.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will reportedly still meet his Israeli counterpart, Tzachi Hanegbi, who was already en route to Washington.
The Israeli prime minister said that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to fully resume the flow of weapons.
“Given the ideological resistance to theater by some Jewish and Christian authorities, it is all the more striking when they appropriate its forms,” author Courtney Friesen told JNS.
“It felt like people needed to be there,” one attendee told JNS. “People needed to show up to stand with Israel.”
The two leaders agreed to bring bilateral relations to new heights.
The Oscar-winning actor said so many in the world “don’t know the true story of the existence of the Jewish people.”