Life in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chad President Mehmet Déby inaugurated the African country's embassy in Israel. The move came five years after the two countries restored diplomatic ties. 

The Center for Research on the Heritage of Moroccan Judaism was inaugurated in the Israeli city of El'ad, in the presence of deputies, public figures, lawyers, academics, rabbis, as well as the head of the Moroccan liaison office in Tel Aviv, Abderrahim Bayoud.

Israel Diaspora Affairs Ministry will change its name to Diaspora Affairs and Combat Antisemitism Ministry. Incoming Minister Amichai Chikli said that the new government "managed to unite various departments dealing with antisemitism and the fight against the delegitimization of Israel under one roof".

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Bahrain on the first trip by an Israeli head of state to the Gulf kingdom, following the normalisation of relations in 2020. Herzog met with King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.

Israel’s government approved allocating NIS 3.5 million ($1 million) toward recording video testimonies of Holocaust survivors for future generations. The funding will go toward creating recordings of survivors from Israel and around the world.

Azerbaijan is set to become the first Shi’ite Muslim-majority state to open an embassy in Israel, following parliamentary approval. The new embassy will be in Tel Aviv, where the country already has a Tourism Office and a Trade Representative Office.