Ofir Akunis
“This is the right place to be these days,” Ofir Akunis, longtime Knesset member and minister, tells JNS.
“Wake up and stand with Israel!!” wrote Ofir Akunis, consul general in the Big Apple.
An interview with Ofir Akunis, the incoming Israeli consul general in New York.
The position had remained vacant since Asaf Zamir resigned, ostensibly over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s now-shelved judicial reform agenda.
The incumbent, Gilad Erdan, is due to leave the post next year.
Hours before a High Court session on the issue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backs down on his controversial appointment of fellow Likud member Ophir Akunis to the post.
Shlomo Madmoni was murdered in 1939 on his way to save a Torah scroll • Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis: “This is a historic day in a historic place.”
Israeli minister visits ‘Save a Child’s Heart’ facility amid new Middle East alliances
Israel’s Minister of Regional Cooperation Ofir Akunis spoke with children and their mothers, and met doctors from Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia and the Palestinian Authority taking part in the program.
“You express the deep and long-standing friendship between the two countries, Mr. President,” said Ofir Akunis, Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space.
The new agreement is a “direct result” of U.S. policy shift on settlements announced on Nov. 18, says Israeli Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis.
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and New Right Party leader Naftali Bennett turn down the post; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may offer it to Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis.
Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis tells Israel Radio that under the Likud Party, Israel has always been a Jewish, democratic state—and will remain one.