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Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis.

Exiled Palestinian official walks back Jared Kushner ceasefire claim as Israeli strikes hit Gaza

 View of the Israeli Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea, on January 31, 2019.

Israel launches new search for natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea

Eli Cohen, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure attends Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 25, 2026.

Israel can topple Iranian regime, war may last a few weeks, Energy Minister Eli Cohen tells 'Post'


Israel's Eli Cohen aims to make more diplomatic breakthroughs than ever

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is working like a man in a hurry, visiting Kyiv, advancing normalization with Sudan and trying to strengthen ties with Europe.

FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen: We are the only Middle Eastern country to send a foreign minister to Kyiv. That means something.

FM Cohen offers Leo Dee, husband, dad of terror victims, envoy role

Leo Dee’s wife Lucy, 48, and daughters Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, were murdered on Passover by Palestinians who opened fire at their car in April.

 Rabbi Leo Dee is seen speaking at an Israel Remembrance Day ceremony.

Eli Cohen makes first Israeli FM visit to Sweden in 22 years

The visit follows a thaw in relations between Jerusalem and Stockholm since 2021, after years of tensions.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström at the Israeli Embassy in Sweden.

Grapevine May 10, 2023: A historic rescue operation

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 A JUBILANT Carmel Shama Hacohen holds up a pack of diapers, as an amused Idan Raichel attempts to calm a laughing audience.

Israel's Cohen, Modi discuss India's role in strengthening Abraham Accords

The foreign minister said that he and Modi also discussed advancing a free trade agreement between their countries. Trade between Israel and India was $10 billion in 2022.

Modi, FM Cohen discuss Indian role in strengthening Abraham Accords

Grapevine April 28, 2023: Farewell but probably not goodbye

Katz had warm words for his successor Avi Mayer, who he is sure, will carry The Jerusalem Post to new heights.

 THE STAFF of ‘The Jerusalem Post’ bid farewell to Yaakov Katz (seated, second from right) on Independence Day.

Israel's Eli Cohen lands in Turkmenistan in historic visit

This if the first visit to Turkmenistan in 29 year by an Israeli foreign minister since the two countries established relations in the 1990s.  

 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen lands in Turkmensitan on Wednesday night, April 19, 2023

Israel's Eli Cohen visits Azerbaijan, seeking united front against Iran

Azerbaijan is a strategic partner for Israel and the trip to Baku comes in the wake of Azerbaijan opening an embassy in Israel in March.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Azerbaijani counterpart.

Grapevine April 7, 2023: Olena Zelenska to meet Michal Herzog

President Isaac Herzog has been heavily engaged in diplomacy. But so has his wife Michal – albeit not to the same extent - hers is more in the nature of soft diplomacy.

 FROM LEFT: Jacob Frenkel, Urs Bucher, Gideon Hamburger, Avichai Mandelblit.

Jerusalem, Paris pushing IAEA to bolster anti-Iran stance, Israel says

In his meeting with the Czech President Peter Pavl and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, Cohen plans to discuss the threat Iran poses to Israel and the world.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.