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Israel-Czechia friendship means business. Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar and Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs @petr_macinka opened the Israel-Czechia Business Forum in Tel Aviv, bringing together over 200 companies and business leaders from both countries. This is the second Israel-Czechia Business Forum held this year, following the first in Prague in May, which featured the largest-ever Israeli business delegation to Czechia, led by Minister Sa’ar. The ministers signed a joint declaration to deepen economic, political and technological cooperation, as well as make the forum an annual event. Thank you, Czechia, for your steadfast support in Europe and beyond. 🇮🇱🇨🇿

Prime Minister Netanyahu, today, at the Negev Conference in Dimona - in a message to Iran's leaders: "We are prepared for any scenario. I can tell you only one thing, and I will say this to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on it being quiet if you attack us. Do not count on a rerun. Because it will not be a rerun, and that was already powerful enough. This will be a different event, much more powerful. The days when someone hurts us and we do not strike them back twofold are over. We did this to the Axis of Evil in Iran, and we will continue to do so to anyone who harms us. That is what we do."

Concluded a productive set of meetings with my good friend, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Czechia, @petr_macinka. Together, we opened the Israel-Czechia Business Forum, with more than 200 business leaders from both countries holding over 100 B2B meetings. We also signed a declaration for a permanent annual business forum. Our economies are natural partners. With Israeli innovation and Czech industrial excellence, there is enormous potential for investment, business growth and long-term cooperation. In many fields our bilateral cooperation is deepening rapidly. Looking forward to continuing to deepen our strategic partnership. 🇮🇱🇨🇿

Israel continues to facilitate humanitarian aid, food, water and healthcare for Gaza’s civilian population. Here’s the data:

Today I had the privilege of inaugurating a new trauma center at the English Hospital in Nazareth. Built through the partnership of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, this trauma center will serve everyone who walks through its doors: Jew, Muslim, Christian, or anyone else. This is our Israel. This is Christianity in the Holy Land at its best: not boycotts, not slogans, not ideological manifestos, but Jews and Christians working together to save lives. The Church of England can keep passing resolutions. We’ll keep building.

Join us live for a press conference by Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic @Petr_Macinka. 🇮🇱🇨🇿 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Join us live as Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar and Czech Foreign Minister @Petr_Macinka open the Israel–Czechia Business Forum, bringing together more than 200 business leaders from both countries. 🇮🇱🇨🇿 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Welcome to Israel, my dear friend deputy PM and FM of the Czech Republic @petr_macinka. Welcome to the wonderful delegation of Czech business leaders traveling with you. I am sure you will have a successful visit, and I look forward to working with you to strengthen and enhance our great partnership.

The latest attempt by @KajaKallas to impose sanctions on Israel failed once again today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council. There was no consensus. There was no qualified majority. In fact, there was no majority at all. Yet Kallas has chosen to continue her obsessive campaign against Israel, referring the matter to the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER), in an attempt to keep the campaign alive, and find a new way to circumvent the rules. Israel’s relations with Europe should be based on dialogue and fairness. Tricks like this do nothing to advance our shared interests.

The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty. We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve.

Dear Montenegro 🇲🇪 Happy Statehood Day! Sincerely, Israel 🇮🇱 @MFA_MNE

After years of denial and turning a blind eye, the UN is finally saying what Israel has warned all along: Hamas is intimidating aid workers, seizing humanitarian supplies, and disrupting food distribution in Gaza. These are not isolated incidents. They are a pattern. Hamas is the obstacle to humanitarian aid. Hamas is the obstacle to peace. Hamas must disarm. Now.

Israel strongly condemns the shameful decision of the Church of England @Synod to grant legitimacy to the extremist Kairos Palestine document. This hateful document undermines the right of the world's only Jewish state to exist, and seeks to justify the atrocities of October 7 by blaming Israel for causing it. Even more disturbingly, it urges churches to boycott dialogue with “Zionist voices,” in practice excluding the overwhelming majority of the Jewish community in the UK from Christian-Jewish engagement unless they renounce Jewish self-determination. The irony is striking. The Church of England has itself adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, including all of its examples without qualification. So by the Church’s own standard, its decision to delegitimize Jewish self-determination falls under the definition of antisemitism. At a time of unprecedented hatred against Jews, and after centuries in which Christian institutions contributed to the persecution of Jews, the Church had a special responsibility to exercise moral clarity. Instead, it has chosen to reward extremism, damage Christian-Jewish relations, and bring profound shame upon the Church of England. And on a personal note: The Church of England had an opportunity to promote understanding by engaging the full diversity of Christian voices from the Holy Land. It did not. I say this as an Arab Christian whose family has lived in this land for centuries. Instead, the Church opted to elevate one of the most radical and divisive theological and political manifestos produced in recent years. The consequences of that decision will echo far beyond the walls of the General Synod.

Hamas is stealing aid from Gazan civilians, time and again. While even UNSCO condemns this, the WFP chooses to ignore the root of the problem: a murderous terrorist organization that steals from its own people.

I’m following with great concern the recent antisemitic incidents in Sweden. Whether it’s a Jewish doctor who was verbally abused at work, reports of medical staff participating in demonstrations where antisemitic rhetoric has been present, or yet another weekly demonstration that distorts the Holocaust in ways that make me shiver, the pattern is deeply alarming. How many times can one condemn the same hatred? When will those responsible realize that failing to act against incitement only emboldens those who spread it?

According to a UN report, on Saturday (11 July), Hamas terrorists forcibly entered a food distribution site operated by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Jabalia area, forcing the suspension of food distributions that had been providing daily assistance to thousands of families. According to the report, the terrorists also seized a WFP food warehouse and violently assaulted two truck drivers transporting humanitarian supplies. COGAT strongly condemns this serious incident. As stated by Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, this was not an isolated incident but part of a recurring pattern of intimidation, violence, and disruption of humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip. This constitutes further clear evidence that Hamas cynically exploits the humanitarian space and the aid intended for the residents of the Gaza Strip for its own purposes. The facts are clear: humanitarian aid is entering the Gaza Strip. Hamas is the party undermining the distribution mechanisms, seizing humanitarian aid, and preventing it from reaching the civilian population.

The Palestinian Authority's textbooks continue to promote hatred, antisemitism, and incitement to violence. Despite repeated promises of reform, the PA has failed to deliver. Its pledges remain just that: empty promises.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been promising "reform" for years. Yet PA payments to convicted terrorists continue. Yet incitement in PA textbooks continues. The world should stop confusing empty promises with real progress.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of U.S. Senator @LindseyGrahamSC. For decades, Senator Graham was a steadfast friend of Israel and a strong advocate for the enduring alliance between our two nations. His unwavering commitment to Israel's security and his support for the Jewish people will be remembered with gratitude. May his memory be a blessing. 🕯️

20 years ago, Hezbollah started the Second Lebanon War by killing and abducting Israeli soldiers in a cross-border terrorist attack. Armed and directed by the Iranian regime, Hezbollah still aims to attack Israeli civilians with rockets, drones, and other acts of terror - while sacrificing Lebanon's future. UNSCR 1701 adopted on 11 August 2006 is clear: Hezbollah must be disarmed.