Kazakhstan

Herzog meets Kazakhstan's Jewish community, hails important role during diplomatic visit

President says trip could boost Israel–Central Asia relations as he tours innovation hub and meets local leadership.

President Isaac Herzog during his visit to Kazakhstan on April 28, 2026.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebration in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 27, 2026.

Isaac Herzog will visit Panama in May, Panamanian president confirms

  Israel's Embassy to the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic has condemned a Kyrgyz hotel for a sign with the words "Jews and animals are not allowed."

Outrage after Kyrgyz hotel displays antisemitic 'Jews not allowed' sign

FILE PHOTO: A Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with a Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 22, 2026.

New Russian space launch vehicle undergoing final tests, top official says


Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to quell uprising

Armored personnel carriers and troops arrived in Almaty on Thursday. Internet in the country is mostly shut down. Eight police and national guard troops killed, 1,000 people injured during protests

 Kazakh law enforcement officers are seen on a barricade during a protest triggered by fuel price increase in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022.

Israel-Kazakhstan: Celebrating 30 years of cooperation - opinion

There still remains tremendous potential for the two countries to reach full economic cooperation in the areas of technological and agricultural development, as well as in many other areas.

 THE OFFICIAL residence of Kazakhstan’s president, and the Baiterek monument in the modern city of Nur-Sultan.

Journalist Netty C. Gross told the stories no one else would - obituary

Her lengthy and numerous features about organizational Jewry, Jewish history and culture, and life in Israel, began with cinematographic anecdotes and pressed on with urgent, compelling prose.

 Netty Gross in a mosque in Kazakhstan in 2010.

Kazakhstan: Chabad rabbis fined in first group photo since pandemic

More than 200 Chabad rabbis congregated for a traditional picture in Almaty, Kazakhstan in first gathering since the beginning of COVID, only to be fined for violating distancing measures.

Chabad annual meeting of emissaries  in New York

Maccabi Haifa’s Champions League hopes go down drain with Kazakhstan loss

MACCABI HAIFA fell 2-0 to Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan in the second leg of their Champions League qualification duel pushing the Israeli champion down to Conference League qualifying.

 MACCABI HAIFA fell 2-0 to Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan in the second leg of their Champions League qualification duel late Wednesday night, pushing the Israeli champion down to Conference League qualifying.

Kazakhstan adds Chabad leader's grave to national heritage site list

Thousands of pilgrims travel each year to his gravesite in Almaty, the largest city in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.

Men pray around the grave site of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2016.

Overnight brawl in Kazakhstan leaves 8 dead, scores wounded

Some 70 people were involved in the initial brawl on the outskirts of the Masanchi village, close to the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border.

Police officers detain opposition supporters during a rally on Independence Day in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan December 16, 2019

Plane crashes in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff, at least 12 dead

The plane crashed near Almaty in Kazakhstan having lost altitude in take-off.

Emergency and security personnel are seen at the site of a plane crash near Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 27, 2019.

Leaders of Kazakhstan, Democratic Republic of Congo keen on Israel trip

Netanyahu made the groundbreaking visit to Kazakhstan's capital Astana in 2016, after visiting Azerbaijan, which – like Kazakhstan – is a Muslim majority country.

Felix Tshisekedi holds the country's coat of arms during the inauguration ceremony whereby Tshisekedi was sworn into office as the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 24, 2019

Lawsuit at center of investment in hi-tech company

A case of businessman Zhabargali Kesikbaev, from Kazakhstan, against Israeli entrepreneur Max Bluvband.

A cityscape of Tel Aviv is seen during the night-time in Israel May 27, 2017. Picture taken May 27, 2017.