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Hajjar said that Israel and Lebanon had much to offer each other’s citizens, arguing that the misapplication of Lebanon’s 1955 anti-boycott law had created unnecessary barriers.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Has Israel shut the UK consulate in East Jerusalem – or downgraded it?
British Foreign Secretary Miliband said the consulate building would remain but would be called 'UK Mission, Jerusalem'.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Israel downgrades UK Jerusalem consulate after sanctions on Judea, Samaria
Twenty British diplomats will leave Israel; seven remain under an agreement that pauses retaliation while talks continue.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Colombia inaugurates embassy to Israel in Jerusalem
Colombia has opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, joining a small group of countries in taking the controversial step of backing Israel’s claim to sovereignty in the contested city. Palestinian ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Israel’s current government is failing. The next one must do better
Should Netanyahu once again emerge victorious, the government he will form in its aftermath might be even worse than the outgoing government. Voters should certainly take this into account.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: U.K., Israel both claim a moral win with apparent truce in diplomatic feud
Israel had threatened to close the U.K.'s century-and-a-half-old Jerusalem consulate over new British sanctions, but they found a way to avoid "blowing the whole relationship up." ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: UK considers expelling Israeli diplomats if Jerusalem consulate shuts, sources say
Israel on September 8 ordered Britain to close the East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days and remove its diplomats from the city, after Britain said it would impose a ban on trade of goods made in ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Israeli protesters march into Jerusalem against Netanyahu government
Protesters gathered in Jerusalem Wednesday, marching towards the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to oppose the government's resumption of the war in Gaza.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Israel is reviving a 58-year-old government order to seize vital Palestinian properties in Jerusalem
Israel is reviving an obscure 1968 government order to unilaterally seize some 50 properties directly adjacent to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Residents say the move is an effort to remove ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain
Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Eisenkot offers hawkish alternative to Netanyahu for Israeli PM
Reserved, media-shy, and a relative newcomer to Israeli politics, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot presents a clear contrast to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the veteran leader he aims to ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Government: Trump invited to Jerusalem to receive Israel Prize
Minister of Education Yoav Kisch on Tuesday invited U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the Israel Prize Award Ceremony in Jerusalem on April 22, at which he will be awarded the Israel Prize for ...