FM Yair Lapid said that he doesn’t think there will be a violent conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine’s ambassador for a reprimand on Thursday, after the diplomat accused Foreign Minister Yair Lapid of repeating Russian rhetoric. Lapid said a day earlier that his evaluation is …

The world is now a “safer place” after the killing of Islamic State leader al-Qurayshi, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The leader of Islamic State died in a US Special Forces raid in northern Syria on Thursday when he detonated a bomb that killed him and family members, US …

The defense minister is visiting Bahrain where the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding. A mere 200 kilometers away from Iran, Israel’s defense minister Benny Gantz made a clear statement: We are building bridges with your neighbors and we are here to stay. Gantz was in Bahrain for a …