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MK Gilad Kariv leads an Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 11, 2025.

Police question Gilad Kariv on suspicion of leaking confidential docs

By SARAH BEN-NUN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

Netanyahu, Greek counterpart Mitsotakis meet in Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the EU-Israel Association Council in Brussels, Belgium. February 24, 2025.

Israel's 2025 budget boosts public diplomacy, transportation with major investments

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

European Jewish Congress blasts Chikli for inviting far-right figures to antisemitism summit

By ELIAV BREUER

President Isaac Herzog received the Diplomatic Credentials of the new Ambassador of China, Xiao Junzheng, on Wednesday: "China is a world leader with great influence and impact. I send my warm regards to President Xi Jinping."

Lies about China can't be masqueraded as truth in its relations with Israel

By ZHANG GUOPING

Gideon Sa'ar, Foreign Affairs Minister, March 28, 2024.

'Hasbara' has failed: Israel must adopt rights-based diplomacy

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser.

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser appointed head of Jerusalem security think tank

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE WRITER (left) welcomes his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar in Prague in November.

Czech FM to 'Post': Israel will always be our most important Mideast ally

By JAN LIPAVSKÝ

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends a press conference, in Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2024.

Iraq positions itself for diplomatic role in Mideast region

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

US VICE President JD Vance delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference last week. He took the opportunity to tell the audience that in a democratic society, no party should be ostracized. He also met with the leader of the AfD after endorsing the party as a political partner the writer notes

Vance faces backlash in Munich for defending Germany’s far Right AfD

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meet in Munich, February 14, 2025.

Fiji to open embassy in Jerusalem, Israel's FM Gideon Sa'ar announces

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Relatives hug a released Thai hostage, who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and held in Gaza, as the hostages arrive in Thailand following their release, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Samut Prakan, Thailand

Thai nationals held captive by Hamas for 15 months return home

By REUTERS

The parents of a 26-year-old Thai man kidnapped by Hamas hold up his photo.

Hamas is about pure bloodshed, not resisting oppression

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Released Thai hostages stand for a picture with Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Sangiampongsa, in Beer Yaakov, Israel

Five Thai nationals released from Gaza captivity given permanent resident status

By JOANIE MARGULIES

A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, October 29, 2019. Picture taken October 29, 2019.

18 Israelis injured as bus overturns in northern Laos

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of State, arrives ahead of the Presidential Inauguration of Trump at the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2025.

Senate confirms Marco Rubio as US Secretary of State

By REUTERS

THEN-US PRESIDENT Donald Trump stands alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the UAE (right) and Bahrain at the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House in 2020.

Zionism means Jewish people must put their own needs first

By URI PILICHOWSKI

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends the Israel Hayom security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, 2024

Israel has spent millions trying to win hearts and minds abroad, will spend 20 times more

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA