By Costas Raptis Crises bring them closer. The arrest of a couple of Israeli tourists in Istanbul last November for photographing Tayyip Erdogan’s summer residence gave the Turkish president the opportunity to intervene in person, including with his counterpart Isaac Herzog in a political meeting in 2010. between the two sides. In fact, the Israeli […]
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Israel: Calls on Citizens to Leave Turkey for Fear of Iranian Attack
Israeli Foreign Minister Gair Lapid today called on Israeli citizens in Turkey to leave the country “as soon as possible” amid fears of Iranian attacks. “Following a series of Iranian terrorist attacks in recent weeks against Israelis on holiday in Istanbul, we urge the Israelis not to board the flight to Istanbul and … if […]
In Israel, the Minister of Climate Crisis Chr. Stylianidis
The Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidis, is in Israel, where he will have a series of contacts aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the two countries in the field of Civil Protection. More specifically, the minister will have a meeting with the Israeli Deputy Minister of Defense, Alon Schuster, with whom […]
USA: Saudi Arabia and Israel will be visited by Joe Biden in July
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel next month, and the White House plans to formally announce the visits later this week, a source in Washington told Reuters on Sunday. Mr Biden’s trip to Riyadh may include a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the same source. The […]
Reuters: Greek Foreign Minister conveys to Lebanon that Mediterranean mining ship does not belong to the government
The Lebanese Foreign Minister told Al Mayadeen TV on Friday that the Greek Foreign Ministry had invited the Lebanese envoy to Athens. The Greek Foreign Ministry, according to Reuters, informed the Lebanese envoy that the mining ship in the Mediterranean does not belong to the Greek government. The Lebanese envoy was summoned on the occasion […]
Syria: Flights to and from Damascus airport suspended after Israeli raid on capital
Flights to and from Damascus International Airport have been suspended, Syrian authorities said, hours after an Israeli raid hit nearby targets. The suspension of the flights is due, according to the Syrian Ministry of Transport, to technical reasons. But an employee at Damascus airport told AFP that his activities were influenced by the Israeli invasion. […]
Syria: New Israeli missile strike
A Syrian army official said Israeli missiles had targeted facilities south of the capital, Damascus, according to state media. The Syrian air defenses intercepted the Israeli missiles and shot down most of them, but at least one civilian was injured and there was material damage, according to the officer. This is the second Israeli attack […]
EU prepares draft agreement on gas supply with Israel and Egypt
A draft European Union agreement with Egypt and Israel on boosting gas imports from the eastern Mediterranean has been drafted by the European Commission in a bid to reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, according to the European Commission. Reuters. The draft memorandum of cooperation is dated June 7, according to the agency, […]
Israeli Prime Minister’s surprise visit to Abu Dhabi
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett paid a surprise visit to the United Arab Emirates today to meet with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to an Israeli statement. Bennett’s visit to Abu Dhabi – the third in recent months – had not been announced before. According to the statement, the two leaders, whose countries […]
Meeting of the Heads of GEETHA Greece-Israel in Tel Aviv
Meeting of the Heads of GEETHA Greece-Israel in Tel Aviv The bilateral and multilateral collaborations and synergies of the Greek and Israeli Armed Forces, the situation in Ukraine, the environment and the security architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the general consequences of revisionism and delinquency and […]