Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed optimism that the new leadership emerging in the Middle East among the Sunni states could create new alliances in the region, new opportunities and positive long term change.
‘’This is truly the dawn of a new era in the ties between Israel and Argentina,’’ stressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he met with Argentinian President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires.
For the first time a sitting Prime Minister will visit South America and Central America as Benjamin Netanyahu departed for visits to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.
An Africa-Israel summit, which was due to take place next month in Lomé, Togo, has been postponed at the request of the President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, and after mutual consultations with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli foreign ministry announced.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the dangerous consequences of Hezbollah’s activities backed by Iran in Lebanon and said that that the weapons infrastructure that the Shiite group was building may require the State of Israel to respond.
The center will bear the name of Sir Naim Dangoor, an Iraqi born British businessman and philanthropist who supported projects in the fields of medicine and education in Britain and other countries around the world, including Israel.
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin will inaugurate Wednesday in Munich a memorial in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes and trainers murdered by Palestinian Black September terrorists during the 1972 Olympics.
‘There are young Palestinian men that come to us, that were brought up with deeply rooted anti-Semitism,'' says Martin Schulz, Social Democratic Party candidate for German Chancellor, in debate with Angela Merkel
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Macedonia to use whatever influence it has in Europe in an attempt to stop demands for boycotts of Israel. ‘’Israel can understand criticism he said but not boycotts, especially in matters pertaining to Jerusalem,’’ he said during a meeting with visiting Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.