Gabi Ashkenazi

Former head of Israel Defense Forces and now chairman of Shemen Oil and Gas Explorations Ltd

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Foreign Ministry snubs EU envoy over Gaza conflict stance

Foreign Ministry representatives refused to meet with EU envoy due to dissatisfaction with EU high commissioner's statements.

FILE PHOTO: European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, holds a virtual news conference on the approval of Operation Irini, at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2020

US working on more normalization between Israel, Arab states - Ashkenazi

The Biden administration does not use the Trump-era name “Abraham Accords,” calling them “normalization agreements.”

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet with German's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, October 6, 2020

Gabi Ashkenazi should meet with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah - opinion

One key diplomatic issue has been conspicuously absent from Ashkenazi’s schedule and the MFA’s agenda – Israeli-Palestinian cooperation and peacebuilding.

EGYPTIAN FOREIGN Minister Sameh Shoukry (right) meets with then Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi at Tahrir Palace in Cairo.

Hungary FM vowed to oppose all anti-Israel UN, EU actions on Gaza

"Hungary will continue to stand by Israel and will protest on any international stage against biased decisions that ignore attacks by terrorist organizations."

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on June 1st, 2021.

Ashkenazi reprimands French ambassador over FM’s Israel apartheid comment

Ashkenazi told Danon that Le Drian’s comments are “unacceptable, baseless, far from reality and Israel wholly rejects them.”

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Ashkenazi: Israel, int’l community partnering to weaken Hamas

“This is an Israeli, Palestinian, regional and international interest that will strengthen stability in the Middle East,” Israeli FM Gabi Ashkenazi said.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi is seen with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 26, 2021.

Blinken’s dilemma: Who can make commitments for Israel

It must be extremely confusing for the secretary of state, sitting across from Netanyahu, Ashkenazi or Gantz and not knowing whether any of them can keep any of the promises they might be making.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) is welcomed to Israel by Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (R) and Israeli Ambassador to the US Gilad Erdan, May 25, 2021

Israel, South Korea to sign free trade agreement

South Korea is the first country in Asia with which Israel has a free trade agreement, and Israel is the first in the Middle East to sign such an agreement with Seoul.

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FM Ashkenazi hosts Muslim ambassadors for Ramadan fast breaking event

"The path toward peace with our neighbors in the Middle East goes through mutual recognition," Ashkenazi said during the event. "Recognizing each other's culture, traditions, ambitions and dreams."

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi hosts Muslim ambassadors for a traditional Eid al-Fitr event, May 5, 2021

Israel sends COVID-19 aid to India

The aid includes thousands of group and individual oxygen generators, which the Indian health system needs urgently.

Healthcare workers and relatives carry the body of a person, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for his burial at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 28, 2021

Foreign diplomats express their condolences for Meron disaster

Several foreign diplomats wrote their thoughts in a book of condolences.

 Ambassador of Thailand writing in the book of condolences in the memory of the victims of the Mt.Meron disaster