Although Indonesia’s foreign minister refused to meet senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem on a recent visit to the region, the two countries continue to maintain unofficial diplomatic ties.
The EU is claiming diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution in Israel over illegal building for Palestinians in Judea and Samaria with foreign taxpayer funds.
Papua New Guinea, suffering from severe drought, will receive the Israeli mobile desalination unit, which will provide clean drinking water in remote locations.
Palestinians terrorists apparently set fire to a synagogue and burned Torah scrolls in an Israeli community in Judea. International leaders have yet to condemn the incident.
Tzipi Hotovely called on the world to investigate where their aid to the Palestinians is going. Few donor countries appear aware that they are helping to fund Palestinian terrorism.
Completely ignoring reality, the EU has again placed the onus for all conflicts in the Middle East solely on Israel and ruled that Judea and Samaria are prohibited from being included in any deals with the Jewish State.
In response to Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s recent misguided remarks about Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely declared that Swedish officials are no longer welcome to visit Israel. Jerusalem is, however, maintaining low-key ties with Stockholm.
A Brazilian lawmaker went beyond his country's rejection of Israel's envoy Dani Dayan, a supporter of Jewish rights to Judea and Samaria, by likening him to Nazi guards and apartheid South Africa torturers.
According to German ambassador to Israel Clemens Von Goetze, the EU’s initiative to mark products originating in Judea and Samaria is merely a technical step. Most Israelis are not convinced.
Israeli PM Netanyahu and leaders across the political spectrum decried the bad nuclear deal with Iran as an historic mistake which will endanger the entire world.