Ireland became the first European Union member to upgrade its Palestinian diplomatic mission to an embassy. The head of the Palestinian mission will become an ambassador in Dublin and will present his credentials to the Irish president, according to Ynet. The upgrade reportedly does not mean that Ireland has recognized a Palestinian state.
An Israeli embassy was back in New Zealand for the first time since 2002.
On Feb. 6, Shlomo Cohen, Israel’s ambassador in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital city, received an unwelcome and distressing phone call. The government of Venezuela was expelling all Israeli diplomats and staff — they had 72 hours to leave the country.
Security checks are no longer just for airports in Beijing
\’Bitachon\’ on his jacket (in Hebrew) means \’security\’
As part of the war on terror, it\’s time for the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem and effectively end the dispute over Israel\’s capital. More than three years ago, Yasser Arafat branded the Palestinian Authority\’s terror campaign against Israel the "Al Aqsa Intifada."
Get them while they\’re young. The Israeli embassy has just launched a new Web site, and the hasbarah — an Israeli word which means public relations as well as propaganda — is aimed at children.
Four years after the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly passed a law that required the United States to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the mission remains firmly rooted outside the Jewish state\’s capital city.
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