Herzog receives credentials from five ambassadors The new envoys to Israel are from Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya and Peru. July 12, 2024
Kazakhstan launches direct flights to Israel The new flight between Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport and Almaty International Airport is scheduled to operate twice weekly. Pesach Benson Sept. 7, 2023
Religious leaders urge interfaith dialogue in Jerusalem Kazakhstan leads conference promoting interreligious dialogue in the Holy Land. Etgar Lefkovits June 6, 2023
Pope Francis, Israel’s chief rabbis discuss interfaith coexistence in Kazakhstan Religious brotherhood is a prerequisite for “global international brotherhood,” the grand imam of al-Azhar said at the conference. Sept. 22, 2022
Kazakhstan calm restored, but riots leave more questions than answers “The bottom line is that Kazakhstan is a very problematic country. Why? Because basically, it’s a target of many important global players, including Russia, Turkey, the U.S. and China, not to mention Islamist groups. They all have interests there,” said Zvi Magen, a researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies. David Isaac Jan. 14, 2022
Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan to hold naval drills in Caspian Sea The activity is scheduled for early September; it would include small missile and artillery ships from Iran, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Aug. 31, 2021
A Central Asia model for Israel and the Middle East The demise of the Soviet Union mirrors the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I and the development of separate independent states in the Mideast. Ariel Ben Solomon July 1, 2021
Muslim Kazakhstan adds grave of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson to heritage list His grave is in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the master Chassidic scholar had been exiled by the Soviet regime. Aug. 10, 2020
Israel-Kazakhstan relations continue to expand and diversify under new president The Central Asian country, former Soviet republic and Muslim-majority country has a history of strong connections with Israel and supports its local Jewish population. Ariel Ben Solomon Oct. 23, 2019
