Gideon Sa'ar
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Translated from HebrewA good and important meeting at the Slovenian Parliament with Foreign Policy Committee Chairman @FrancBreznikSDS and Defence Committee Chairman @sreckoocvirk. We discussed the strategic challenges facing our countries and ways to deepen our bilateral relations. I explained how the Iranian regime continues to undermine security and stability across the Middle East. Israel has good friends in Slovenia. Together, we will continue to strengthen this friendship.
A good and important meeting at the Slovenian Parliament with the chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee @FrancBreznikSDS and the chairman of the Defense Committee @sreckoocvirk. We discussed the strategic challenges facing our countries and advancing relations between them. I explained how the Iranian regime is undermining security and stability throughout the Middle East. We have friends in Slovenia, and together we will strengthen this friendship!
Translated from HebrewLast night, at a festive event attended by Slovenian Prime Minister @JJansaSDS, Foreign Minister @TKajzer, and ministers from current and previous governments, we celebrated the opening of Israel’s new embassy in Ljubljana. Israel is on the map in Ljubljana too. Shana Tova! https://t.co/KHfag95Q3S
Last night, at a festive, well-attended event attended by Slovenia’s Prime Minister @JJansaSDS, its Foreign Minister @TKajzer, and ministers from past and present governments, we marked the opening of Israel’s new embassy. We are on the map. In Ljubljana too. Happy New Year!
Translated from HebrewIn a moving ceremony, together with my friend and colleague @TKajzer, the Foreign Minister of Slovenia, I inaugurated the Embassy of Israel in Slovenia just an hour ago. This is the fifth new Israeli embassy within a year and a half. We have friends in Europe and around the world, and we must strengthen relations and cooperation with them. I will continue to expand Israel's diplomatic network around the world.
At a moving ceremony, together with my friend and colleague @TKajzer, Slovenia’s foreign minister, I inaugurated Israel’s embassy in Slovenia a short while ago. This is the fifth new Israeli embassy in a year and a half. We have friends in Europe and around the world, and with them we must strengthen relations and cooperation. I will continue to expand Israel’s diplomatic network around the world.
Translated from HebrewGreat conversation with Reform UK leader @Nigel_Farage following the anti-Israel moves by the Labour Government. I thanked him for his and his party’s support for Israel. He told me he was pleased to have addressed the Reform Friends of Israel event at the party conference in Birmingham last week, and assured me unequivocally that, in government, Reform UK would reverse the damage done to the UK-Israel relationship by the Labour Government and its policies.
Thank you my friend, @TKajzer, Foreign Minister of Slovenia, for the warm welcome at the beginning of this historic day in the relations between our nations. In a few hours, I will open the first Israeli embassy in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. This expresses our commitment to our common future and to strengthening the relations between our countries. Together we will succeed for the sake of our peoples! 🇸🇮🇮🇱
Thank you, my friend, @TKajzer, Foreign Minister of Slovenia, for the warm welcome at the outset of a historic day in relations between our two countries. In a few hours I will open the first Israeli embassy in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. This expresses our commitment to strengthening relations between the two countries and to a shared future. Together we will succeed for the sake of our peoples!
Translated from HebrewGood to speak this evening with @MelissaLantsman, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, about the Canadian Government’s outrageous statement on the banning Israeli goods. She reaffirmed the Conservative Party’s strong support for Israel and its firm opposition to the Canadian Government’s intentions in this regard.
Great conversation this evening with UK Opposition Leader @KemiBadenoch and Shadow Foreign Secretary @TomTugendhat. I thanked them for their firm opposition to the hostile Labour Government’s announcement today and its series of anti-Israel policies since taking office. I welcomed their support for the friendship with Israel and their commitment for the future relations between our countries. We know that we have many friends in the UK, but unfortunately we are faced with the ongoing hostility of the current Labour government. I also thanked Kemi for her warm wishes ahead of the Jewish New Year.
This evening I announced our countermeasures in response to the new series of sanctions announced by the foreign secretary of the Labour government in the British Parliament, following two years of unilateral moves against Israel. The British consulate in Jerusalem - will be closed. The British representatives will be expelled from the International Aid Center for Gaza in Kiryat Gat. British activity to train Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank will be halted. The entry into the country of 12 elected officials and British citizens involved in anti-Israel and antisemitic activity will be prevented. The message to every government that harms us is clear: Whoever acts against Israel, Israel will act against them, and they will lose their influence and relevance in the region. Measures against Israel will not go unanswered.
Translated from HebrewWhen I met my friend Lionel Aingimea, Vice President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Naoero, in Fiji in May, I suggested that his country open their embassy in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. Thanks to his determination and efficiency, and to the steadfast friendship between Naoero and Israel, that vision was swiftly realized. At today’s moving ceremony, I told him: “This is a true legacy. Today, you laid a brick in the walls of Jerusalem.” Naoero’s embassy is already the ninth in Jerusalem. Next month, there will be a tenth. Welcome to Jerusalem, Naoero! 🇳🇷🇮🇱
When I met my friend Lionel Aingimea, Nauru's vice president and foreign minister, in Fiji in May, I suggested that he establish his country's embassy in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. The vision was realized quickly thanks to his determination and efficiency and thanks to the bold friendship between Nauru and Israel. At the moving ceremony I told him: "This is a true legacy. Today you laid a stone in the walls of Jerusalem." This is already the ninth embassy in Jerusalem. Next month there will be a tenth. Welcome to Jerusalem, Nauru!
Translated from HebrewI was delighted to welcome my friend Lionel Aingimea, Vice President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Naoero. Tomorrow, Naoero will become the ninth country to open an embassy in Jerusalem, our capital. Naoero is a true friend of Israel, consistently standing with us on the international stage. This evening, we discussed a range of ways to deepen and strengthen the ties between our countries. I will continue working to advance the international recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital!
I am happy to host my friend Lionel Aingimea, Vice President and Foreign Minister of Nauru, which tomorrow will become the ninth country to open an embassy in Jerusalem, our capital. Nauru is a friendly country that consistently stands by Israel in the international arena. This evening we discussed a range of issues to strengthen relations between the countries. I will continue working to strengthen Jerusalem’s status!
Translated from HebrewFollowing the visit of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, to Israel this week and his meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, we announced this evening that, together with my colleague, the Foreign Minister of the DRC @kayikwambaT, we will advance the relocation of the DRC embassy to Jerusalem alongside the opening of an Israeli embassy in Kinshasa. The DRC, a major country in Africa and a friend of Israel, is expected to become the 11th country to move its embassy to Jerusalem. I have set bringing embassies to Jerusalem, Israel's eternal capital, as a central goal. At the beginning of my tenure, less than two years ago, there were only five such embassies. I will continue working to strengthen Jerusalem's standing as our capital!
Translated from HebrewMy congratulations to @MBTileuberdi on your appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. I look forward to further strengthening the friendship between our countries and expanding our cooperation across different fields for the benefit of our peoples. 🇮🇱 🇰🇿 @MFA_KZ
I was pleased to once again welcome to Jerusalem the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, @kayikwambaT, who is accompanying President Félix Tshisekedi on his visit to Israel. We held a wide-ranging discussion on relations between our countries, Israel’s security challenges, the implementation of the agreement between the DRC and Rwanda, and other regional and international issues. The DRC is a friend of Israel, and I hope that very soon we will be able to announce a significant step forward in relations between our countries. 🇨🇩 🇮🇱 @RDC_Minafet @Presidence_RDC
I was pleased to host @kayikwambaT again in Jerusalem, the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who is accompanying her country’s president, Félix Tshisekedi, on his visit to Israel. We held a comprehensive discussion about relations between our countries, Israel’s security challenges, the status of implementing the agreement between her country and Rwanda, and more. The DRC is a country friendly to Israel, and I hope that soon we will be able to announce a significant leap forward in relations between the two countries. @RDC_Minafet @Presidence_RDC
Translated from HebrewI was delighted to meet this morning with the third J50 Forum, an initiative I established as Foreign Minister to bring together the world’s major Jewish communities and international Jewish organizations. I am pleased to see the Forum, chaired by William @Daroff, continuing to grow, with even more communities represented this year. We discussed our shared and deepening concern over the global rise in antisemitism, and the clear connection between the obsessive anti-Israel rhetoric of many governments and the growing attacks against Jewish communities. While some countries pursue an anti-Israel agenda for their own political interests, on other fronts we have dramatically expanded Israel’s diplomatic relations and international cooperation. We have doubled the number of embassies in Jerusalem, opened five new Israeli embassies, and upgraded our diplomatic relations around the world. Above all, one thing is clear: united, we are stronger. By coming together in Jerusalem, we strengthen the bond between Israel and Jewish communities around the world.
Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan continues, in the service of President Erdoğan, to spread lies and blood libels against Israel. It is the Turkish regime that hosts and supports the Hamas terrorist organization, which committed a genocidal massacre against Israelis on October 7. Erdoğan’s regime invades other countries, suppresses and imprisons opposition leaders, and arrests judges and journalists - with yet another journalist arrested just today. To divert attention from all of this, it resorts to the oldest trick in the antisemitic playbook: making false accusations against Jews and the Jewish state.
The prime minister, @sanchezcastejon, is blatantly lying. In his interview with Cadena SER today, he lied again, surprisingly accusing Israel of spreading false information about the events in Ceuta. This is a blatant lie. Continuing to spread defamatory lies will not divert attention from Sánchez’s shameful failure in managing his country’s affairs.
Translated from SpanishSpain's prime minister @sanchezcastejon is lying shamelessly. In his interview today with Cadena SER, he lied again and, unbelievably, accused Israel of spreading misleading information regarding the events in Ceuta. This is a blatant lie. The continued spread of lies and slander will not distract from Sánchez's disgraceful failure to manage his country's affairs.
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