Posts Tagged: Gabi Ashkenazi
Israel Calls on UN Security Council to Enforce Resolution 1701 and Disarm Hezbollah
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi urged the UN Security Council on Tuesday to enforce Resolution 1701 -- the measure that ended the Second Lebanon War...
Video Highlights Israel’s Role in Global Fight Against Coronavirus
In a video published on Thursday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry highlighted the role the Jewish state has played in the global fight against the coronavirus,...
Israel and India to Cooperate on Testing New Coronavirus Diagnostic Technology
Israel’s Defense, Foreign Affairs and Health Ministries will cooperate with India’s Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to test a number of new diagnostic techniques...
Netanyahu’s Top Coalition Partner Wants IDF to Front Anti-COVID Campaign
The military should take over responsibility for keeping Israel's spreading coronavirus epidemic in check, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main coalition partner said on Tuesday, in comments...
Annexation Fulfills Zionist Dream
Yossi Klein Halevi has long been one of my favorite Israeli writers. Our shared New York boyhoods -- his in Brooklyn and mine in Queens...
Report: Netanyahu Says Annexation to Be Pursued in Stages, Still Unclear Where Gantz Stands on Issue
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he wanted to annex half of Area C in the West Bank and annexation would likely happen...
Netanyahu Tells German FM Israel Must Retain West Bank Security Control in Any Future Peace Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass on Wednesday that the Jewish state must retain security control over the West...
New Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz Vows Support for Trump Peace Plan ‘With Everything It Includes’
New Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz vowed on Monday to work toward implementing US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan “with everything it includes.” Speaking...
Trump Peace Plan ‘a Historic Opportunity,’ Will Be Pursued ‘in Coordination’ With Neighbors, New Israeli FM Ashkenazi Says
Newly-installed Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday called US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace proposal a "historic opportunity," but also sought to reassure Israel's...
But for the Grace of God — Iran in Syria and the Lessons for Israel
"Israel has a strategic interest in disassociating Syria from the extremist axis that Iran is leading. Syria is not lost, Assad is western educated and...
Israel’s Political Circus Comes to New York City
JNS.org - “Israel is the most embattled democracy on earth. And what a democracy it is—robust and rollicking, with an often rancorous parliament,” Prime Minister Benjamin...
Israeli Police Recommend Indicting Former IDF Chief Ashkenazi
JNS.org - The Israeli police on Tuesday recommended that former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi be indicted for breach of trust and divulging...
Former IDF Chief Ashkenazi on Syrian Chemical Threat: “Doing Nothing is Not an Option” (VIDEO)
Former IDF Chief Gabi Ashkenazi told CNN's Christiane Amanpour Sunday that "doing nothing is not an option," when it comes to the threat posed by...
Turkish Court Trying Israeli Officers in Absentia in Flotilla Case
A Turkish court has begun a trial of four high-ranking Israeli officers in absentia for their involvement in the 2010 Gaza Flotilla incident. The trial, which...
