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IRELAND’S ‘TAOISEACH’ (Prime Minister) Simon Harris speaks to the media during Ireland’s general election, in Greystones, Ireland last month.

Israel’s Irish embassy closure: ‘Short-term gestures, long-term losses’

By DANIEL GOLDMAN

US Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) nominates Rep. Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker prior to an 8th round of voting on the third day of the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, January 5, 2023.

Stalwart Israel defender Brian Mast tapped to lead House Committee on Foreign Affairs

By HANNAH SARISOHN

PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters rally outside the US Embassy in London, last month. In Britain, YouGov polling shows there is now more sympathy for Hamas than Israel.

Not rocket science: Israel needs clear political messaging regarding war in Gaza

By JIM NATHANSON

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after signing bilateral agreements in Ankara, in September.

Israel should look towards Mediterranean horizon to build stronger alliances with allies

By ARIEL HARKHAM

ZIONIST UNION MK Nachman Shai addressing the Inter-Parliamentary Union in October 2018

Israeli delegation faces massive walk out during speech to Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustrative: View of a wildfire following a missiles attack from Lebanon, near Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar, northern Israel, August 17, 2024.

Hezbollah anti-tank fire kills 27-year-old Thai foreign national in North

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini attends a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian Territory at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2024.

Bills to block UNWRA activity in Israel advance in Knesset

By ELIAV BREUER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) speaks to reporters in the Longworth House office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, October 11, 2023.

House Foreign Affairs Committee calls for WH to expedite arms sale to Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

THEN-US PRESIDENT Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the foreign ministers of Bahrain (left) and the UAE, at the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, September 15, 2020.

Redrawing Israel's geopolitical map on Abraham Accords' anniversary

By HARRY RICHER

EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF Josep Borrell joins US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers during NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, in July.

EU foreign affairs rep. Josep Borrell is obsessed with Israel

By David Ben-Basat

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the NATO Summit in Washington on June 10, 2024.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz must look before he leaps

By TOVA HERZL

Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Foreign Agents Registration Act. July 17, 2017.

Leaked documents reveal Israel's strategy to avoid US foreign lobbying law

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Republican candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks as he attends a presidential debate with Democrat candidate, U.S. President Joe Biden, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024.

Following first US Presidential debate, overseas allies brace for Trump return

By REUTERS

Yitzchak Goldknopf, Minister of Construction and Housing attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024.

Knesset defense committee to resume haredi draft bill debate with classified meeting

By ELIAV BREUER

MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, June 18, 2024

Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee resumes haredi draft debates

By ELIAV BREUER

INDIA’S PRIME Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi in June.

Israel must gear up for the evolving political landscape in India

By Hriday Sarma , NINA SLAMA

Left-to-right: Elan Carr, CEO of the Israeli-American Council, Zvika Klein, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, and Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.

Diaspora Affairs Minister details ministry’s activities since October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Flags of Israel and Egypt are flown at the Nitzana Border Crossing in southern Israel, February 18, 2024

Egypt-Israel relations in a deep valley, but not for the first time