Israeli Foreign Ministry

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world...

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has accused Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of fuelling anti-Semitism in a report prepared by the ministry's Political Research Centre. The report claims that...

Following a humiliating meeting organised by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, Israel has now entered a new arena of abuse and strained relations with Turkey. The meeting, during...

A report in the Hebrew daily Maariv has pointed out that Israel is in the midst of a diplomatic crisis, with three ambassadors leaving their posts in Muslim countries...

Israel has reacted with fury to a UN report which holds the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) responsible for the deaths of a number of refugee protesters on Nakba Day...

Israel's parliament has passed the first reading of a bill which will allow the government to impose fines or sanctions on individuals, groups or states which take part in...

Israel has announced that it will boycott a 2011 UN summit commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Durban declaration against racism on the grounds that the Durban conference has...

The Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, Yitzhak Levanon, has recently sent a telegram to the Israeli Foreign Ministry complaining of being given 'the cold shoulder' by senior officials in the...

An Israeli media reported on Monday that the country's foreign ministry has expressed concerns over the broadening of the Norwegian initiative to boycott Israeli settlement produce. The Norwegian Foreign...

The Egyptian government have informed Israel of their decision to cancel an agreement to supply them with natural gas signed by the previous regime. The cancelled agreement provides Israel...

The government of Israel has decided to cut ties with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a week after the council declared its intention to open an investigation into...

The speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Dr Saad El Katatni, has declined an invitation to visit Tel Aviv from his Israeli counterpart; Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin. On Thursday, January...

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has rejected France's criticism of the decision to construct hundreds of illegal settlement units in Occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli government maintains that it has the...

Media reports in Israel say that the government is planning to send a diplomatic envoy to Turkey. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has named lawyer Joseph Levy-Safri as the proposed Chargé...

The Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Foreign Ministry has produced a film called 'The fact about Jerusalem' which contains "provocative content" about the Al-Aqsa...

A media report in Israel claims that Washington gave six European countries the green light to summon Israeli ambassadors to protest against Tel Aviv's decision to expand settlement construction...

The Israeli occupation has called on the EU countries not to receive the former Palestinian hunger striker, The Prisoners Centre for Studies (PCS) said on Wednesday. PCS said that...

Jordan's ambassador in Tel Aviv has told the Israeli government to stop the "systematic attacks" on the holy places in Jerusalem, saying that they "undermine" efforts to achieve peace,...

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth claims that the Israeli government is looking at the possibility of sending military support to South Sudan. The unit would integrate with the activities...

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has insisted that it had no knowledge of the spy network which has been broken in Cairo. In a brief statement published in Israeli newspaper...

Britain's minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, has condemned the Israeli Foreign Ministry's announcement approving the construction of over 900 new housing units in the...

Israel's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Dutch Ambassador in Tel Aviv over the Dutch water supplier Vitens' decision to end its partnership with the Israeli water company Merokot because...

By Pascal Boniface Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs has summoned his country's ambassadors in European countries and given them clear instructions to make use of public relations experts to...