Israeli President Reuven Rivlin

Pope Francis received the President of the State of Israel in the Vatican Thursday to discuss Israeli-Palestinian relations as well as the “Jerusalem question,” in a meeting described as cordial and positive.

NATO is not obliged to come to the aid of partner Israel if Iran attacks, secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg revealed, amid rising tensions between the Middle East rivals.

TEL AVIV – President Reuven Rivlin told his Polish counterpart Andrjez Duda on Thursday while on a visit to the concentration camps in Poland that while some Poles helped rescue Jews during the Holocaust, others participated in their extermination.

President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday slammed Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s comments that there were Jewish perpetrators in the Holocaust, calling them “a new low.”

The Algemeiner reports: JNS.org – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that Iran and Hezbollah were attempting to create a permanent foothold in Syria that would “force Israel to react.”

The Algemeiner reports: JNS.org – Senegal and Guinea, two Muslim-majority West African nations, will be sending their first-ever full-time ambassadors to Israel this week. Ambs. Talla Fall of Senegal and Amara Camara of Guinea are scheduled to present their credentials to Israeli

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday hosted domestic Muslim leaders and foreign diplomats from Muslim countries at his residence in Jerusalem for a traditional Iftar meal marking the end of a day of the month-long Ramadan fast.

President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday declared that Jews will always live in the West Bank city of Hebron, including under any future peace deal with the Palestinians.

TEL AVIV — A post from Hezbollah-aligned Lebanese politician Wiam Wahab, stirred up a lively debate on his Twitter account as he hinted at criticism of Saudi Arabia for the extravagant welcome given to President Donald Trump when he landed in Riyadh as opposed to the smaller reception that Trump and his wife, Melania, received in Israel.

President Donald Trump was welcomed to Israel on Monday with at a red carpet ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv featuring a large delegation that included Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah as well as Netanyahu’s cabinet and Knesset Members.

A new invitation for the British Royal Family to visit Israel for Balfour Declaration commemorations has been issued. It comes just days after UK media reported a previously-planned trip to the Holy Land had been binned by Whitehall bureaucrats.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sought to move past a diplomatic dispute between his country and Israel while visiting Sunday, saying ties were strong enough to endure “turbulence”.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said the persecution of Middle East Christians was “a stain on humanity,” during a meeting on Wednesday with leaders of Jerusalem’s Christian community.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis is set to travel to Israel next week as part of a Middle East and Africa tour meant to “reaffirm key US military alliances,” the Pentagon announced on Friday.

JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called on world powers to intervene in the Syrian civil war and to remove chemical weapons from Syria according to its “obligation” from 2013.

The British royal family has been invited to visit Israel to help mark centenary commemorations of the Balfour Declaration that formally outlined the establishment of a Jewish homeland.

TEL AVIV – The recent wave of antisemitic acts in the U.S. is “disgusting” and “reprehensible,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Sunday, adding that his state would take “extraordinary measures” to fight the trend.

TEL AVIV — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s office apologized to Mexico for a tweet in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemingly endorsed President Donald Trump’s plans to build a border wall with Mexico.

“We were gathered here, and sent along ‘the path to death’,” says Raisa Maistrenko, pointing to a Kiev ravine that 75 years ago witnessed one of the worst atrocities of World War II.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Israelis and Palestinians not to allow extremists on either side to fan violence, as he arrived as part of a Middle East tour.

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas refused to meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin while the two are in Brussels it was reported on Thursday.

TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent condolences to the families of the victims of the Orlando massacre, saying that Israel stands “shoulder to shoulder” with the United States in the fight against terrorism.

TEL AVIV – Radical Muslims and liberal elites continue to perpetuate the anti-Semitism witnessed during the Nazi regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday night at a ceremony for Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Washington Post reports:  JERUSALEM — Israel viewed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he was removing the bulk of his troops from Syria with a mix of surprise and concern. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with Putin in Moscow

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has hosted Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, hailing friendly ties between the two nations. While welcoming Rivlin in the Kremlin, Putin noted that nearly 1.5 million Israeli citizens have origins in Russia and other former Soviet nations,

A Russian diplomat sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday that its security would not be harmed by the winding down of Moscow’s military intervention in Syria’s civil war, but a top Israeli lawmaker said the ramifications could not yet be

TEL AVIV – Jewish American comedienne Roseanne Barr will be in Israel for a conference on combating the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement in March, Ynet reported. Barr was invited to the conference by pro-Israel group StandWithUs, which focuses on

TEL AVIV – Fearful of violating his “draconian” parole, abstained from giving an address at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Monday, JTA reported. Aaron Troodler, a spokesman for the group Justice for Jonathan Pollard, said Pollard