Diplomacy

Trump isn’t fed up with Bibi, he’s angry about what he was sold - comment

Kushner and Witkoff don’t trust Bibi. But they aren’t the president, and Bibi knows it, which is why every meeting becomes an attempt to convince an audience of one over the heads of his advisers.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
 A man holds a picture of Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as demonstrators protest outside the Iranian embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, April 25, 2026.

Iran’s Crown Prince Pahlavi says crisis cannot be solved through talks with Tehran's regime

A streak of light illuminates the sky during a missile attack from Iran towards Israel, as seen from Jerusalem, June 7, 2026.

Iran's missiles over Israel are telling a larger story - opinion

Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, in front of the elephants at Jerusalem’s Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. June 4, 2026.

Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit


Understanding Arab paradoxical positions in the Iran war - opinion

Arab states avoid direct war with Iran while shaping its outcome, using economic pressure and strategic distance to weaken a regional rival without escalation

Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on March 14.

WATCH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President of Argentina Javier Milei

A central announcement during the visit is expected to be the launch of a new direct El Al route between Israel and Argentina.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President of Argentina Javier Milei in Israel, April 19, 2026.

Spanish Prime Minister calls for EU to break Association Agreement with Israel

"A Government that violates international law and, therefore, the principles and values of the EU cannot be our partner," Sanchez wrote

 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after attending a special summit of European Union leaders to discuss transatlantic relations following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on goods from a list of EU countries over his demands

Argentinian president Milei lands in Israel, set to meet with Netanyahu, announce new El Al flight

Argentina’s foreign minister, who is accompanying Milei, is also expected to meet Sa’ar for separate talks focused on counterterrorism cooperation and technological collaboration.

Argentinian President Javier Milei at Western Wall, April 19, 2026.

Israel's Somaliland envoy sparks regional backlash from 15 Arab, Muslim states

Several Arab and Muslim states condemned Israel's decision to send a diplomatic envoy to Somaliland, while the Republic of Somaliland responded, accusing them of hypocrisy.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in first diplomatic visit to Somaliland on January 6, 2026.

Spain reopens embassy in Tehran following US-Iran ceasefire

“Together with my committed team, I have reopened today the Spanish Embassy in Tehran in order to join in efforts for peace from every possible quarter,” the Spanish Ambassador to Iran said.

A shuttered window of the Spanish embassy in Argentina is seen as Spain has recalled its ambassador after Argentina's President Javier Milei called Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife Begona Gomez "corrupt" during a far-right rally in Madrid, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 19, 2024.

Iran sees jihad, the West sees geopolitics - and that gap is dangerous - opinion

Despite weeks of pressure, Tehran’s defiance exposed deeper failures in Western strategy, deterrence, and understanding of the conflict

 The Islamic Republic uses its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas to conduct jihad: a religious war aimed at imposing a radical interpretation of Sharia law worldwide.

Israel needs a diplomatic alternative to war with Iran - opinion

Peace usually begins not with trust but with exhaustion. When both sides conclude that war no longer serves their interests, diplomacy becomes thinkable.

Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

End of multilateralism: Iran war exposed NATO's irrelevance - opinion

The resounding silence echoing from Brussels following Israel’s necessary, preemptive strikes on Iranian military infrastructure represents far more than a transient diplomatic lapse.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich attends a joint news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium January 22, 2026.

Iran war reshapes diplomacy as old dealmakers are sidelined - who replaces them?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The month-long war now under way has done more than degrade Iran’s air defenses and cripple parts of its military-industrial complex - it has upended the diplomatic cast.

IRAN’S NEW cast: Former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sits between parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (left) and judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei during a mourning ceremony in Tehran. If diplomacy resumes, Ghalibaf could play a prominent role.