Yoav Katz 🇮🇱

President of Argentina @JMilei at the 34th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires: “Argentina stands with Israel in defending freedom and confronting terrorism. In the face of terror, there can be no truce.”

It's unfair and disrespectful to @POTUS to assume that he's been dragged into something by foreign leaders - Donald Trump is not dragged by anybody. Watch my full interview on @ABC this morning: abcnews.com/video/13071492…

Coming to you from outside of our situation room at the Israeli embassy. I’ll be talking to you daily with all the updates from operation “Roaring Lion” - stay tuned!

I was honored to represent Israel at the Board of Peace summit in Washington DC. In my remarks, I recalled our heroic soldiers who gave their lives on the battlefield in the war against pure evil. @POTUS Trump's comprehensive plan addresses the root of the problem: disarmament of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, demilitarization of the Gaza Strip and deradicalization of Palestinian society there. The President's visionary leadership creates, for the first time, an opportunity for a better future. Thank you Mr. President! 🇮🇱🇺🇸

Apparently it’s the AI portrait phase. Consider this my strategic move to stay current. Thanks @ChatGPTapp

Glad to represent Israel at the Critical Minerals Ministerial Conference in Washington, with representatives from 55 countries in attendance. The conference, opened by US @VP JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio @SecRubio, with the participation of senior members of the administration, is one of the important strategic initiatives being led by the US administration. The broad international coalition led by the US aims to create a new international system that will secure for its members the supply of critical minerals for various industries, that are essential to their economies and national security. The new framework is designed to guarantee stability across the entire critical minerals supply chain, from mining through refining and processing to the production of final goods, while addressing the full range of existing failures and risks.

ערב יוצא דופן בוושינגטון עם חברינו מארצות- הברית ומאמריקה הלטינית. הידידות האמיצה בין ישראל לארה״ב, ארגנטינה, פרגוואי ואקוודור התחזקה מאוד בשנה החולפת ואני משוכנע שהיא תוסיף להתחזק. יש רוח גדולה של שינוי באמריקה הלטינית ומחנה החירות הולך ומתחזק. תודה לכם ידידינו היקרים - שר החוץ של ארגנטינה פבלו קירנו, שר החוץ של פרגוואי ראובן רמירז לזקנו שרת החוץ של אקוודור גבריאלה סומרפלד, סגן מזכיר המדינה של ארה״ב כריסטופר לנדאו, יועצת הנשיא פאולה ווייט וחברי הקונגרס מריה סלזאר ומאריו דיאז-באלארט. תודה לשגריר יחיאל לייטר על האירוח החם! Viva la libertad! @pabloquirno @rramirezlezcano @gabisommerfeld @DeputySecState Christopher Landau @Paula_White @RepMariaSalazar @MarioDB @eden_edenbt @yechielleiter

Extraordinary evening in Washington with our friends from the United States and Latin America. The strong friendship between Israel and the United States, Argentina, Paraguay, and Ecuador has grown significantly over the past year, and I'm confident it will continue to grow even stronger. There is a powerful spirit of change in Latin America, and the camp of freedom is gaining strength. Thank you to our dear friends - Argentina’s FM Pablo Quirno, Paraguay’s FM Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, Ecuador’s FM Gabriela Sommerfeld, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, Advisor to the President Paula White, and Members of Congress María Salazar and Mario Díaz-Balart. Thank you to Ambassador Yechiel Leiter for the warm hospitality! Viva la libertad! @pabloquirno @rramirezlezcano @gabisommerfeld @DeputySecState Christopher Landau @Paula_White @RepMariaSalazar @MarioDB @eden_edenbt @yechielleiter

@CobiYanovsky @PellegriniP_ Congratulations Ambassador! Happy and proud of you.

Deeply honored to have presented my credentials today to H.E. President @PellegriniP_ of Slovakia 🇮🇱🤝🇸🇰 I am proud to officially begin my tenure as Israel’s Ambassador to Slovakia. I look forward to working closely with our partners to further strengthen the bilateral ties, shared values, and friendship between our two nations. @IsraelinSK @IsraelMFA

🇮🇱🇧🇴 Israel y Bolivia, juntos por un futuro mejor. @MASHAVisrael entregó 16 sistemas de purificación de agua para comunidades indígenas de Bolivia. Esto tras la reanudación de las relaciones diplomáticas entre ambos países. Cooperación que mejora la calidad de vida.

@Nadavgoren @IsraelMFA @EmbHn_Israel @IsraelinSpanish ¡Felicitaciones, querido embajador!

They are home. All of them. 🎗️ Finally, after 842 days, following a widespread special operation by IDF troops- Ran Gvili’s remains have been returned for burial. The last Israeli hostage has been returned from Gaza. Every one of our brave soldiers who fought in Gaza, sacrificing comfort, family and often their own lives, did it so we can get to this moment. Thanks to their bravery, there will be no more yellow ribbons in the streets of Israel.

Profoundly moving to stand before the City of David. Jerusalem has endured because generations made hard choices—to build, to defend, and to invest in the future even when the costs were high. The U.S.-Israel relationship reflects that same seriousness of purpose: a partnership grounded in shared values, real capabilities, and a long-term view of history. A fitting way to conclude the trip. 🇺🇸🇮🇱

Today, we gathered in the ancient City of David in Jerusalem, setting a vision for the future of our economies while standing directly on the ruins of the Ancient World—foundations laid over three thousand years ago. In most places, ruins are a reminder of what was lost. But here, they are a reminder of what refuses to die. These stones have witnessed triumph and exile. They have seen destruction and they have seen return. They have absorbed the footsteps of a people who refused to let history be something that merely "happens" to them. The story of the City of David is, at its core, a story about persistence. And that is why this is the right place to launch a joint declaration that challenges Israel and the United States to research, pilot and build the future together: Artificial intelligence. Space. Semiconductors. Robotics. Materials science. New energy. Let this signing be remembered as a moment we took our alliance from the battlefield to the laboratories, the testbeds and the stars we are reaching for together.

It was a pleasure meeting with #Honduras President-elect @TitoAsfura and hosting Congresswoman @MaSElviraSalazar. We discussed a brighter future for Israel-Honduras relations, and opportunities for trilateral cooperation with the U.S. We're looking forward to welcoming President Asfura in Israel next week, as we continue to deepen the bond between our countries and peoples.

Israel commends the United States’ operation, led by President Trump, which acted as the leader of the free world. At this historic moment, Israel stands alongside the freedom-loving Venezuelan people, who have suffered under Maduro’s illegal tyranny. Israel welcomes the removal of the dictator who led a network of drugs and terror and hopes for the return of democracy to the country and for friendly relations between the states. The people of Venezuela deserve to exercise their democratic rights. South America deserves a future free from the axis of terror and drugs.

Israel felicita la operación de Estados Unidos, dirigida por el presidente Trump, que actuó como líder del mundo libre. En este momento histórico, Israel está con el pueblo venezolano amante de la libertad, que ha sufrido bajo la tiranía ilegal de Maduro. Israel celebra la remoción del dictador que lideró una red de drogas y terrorismo y espera que regrese la democracia al país y relaciones amistosas entre los estados. El pueblo de Venezuela merece ejercer sus derechos democráticos. América del Sur merece un futuro libre del eje del terrorismo y las drogas.

Israel recognizes Somaliland @IsraeliPM @netanyahu announced today Israel’s recognition of the independent Republic of #Somaliland. Israel is the first country to recognize the strategically located republic, which has been a stable democratic country since it declared independence in 1991. The establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Somaliland follows the spirit of the Abraham Accords brokered by President Trump. Somaliland is a Muslim country with over 6 million inhabitants. Somaliland’s geo-strategic importance cannot be overstated as it is located in the Horn of Africa, opposite Yemen and in the Gulf of Eden, gateway to the Red Sea and Suez Canal.

Felicito al presidente electo @titoasfura por su elección como nuevo presidente de Honduras. Expresamos nuestros más cálidos deseos al pueblo hondureño por su participación el el proceso democrático. Honduras tiene una larga historia de amistad con Israel y con el pueblo judío. Esperamos fortalecer nuestras relaciones bilaterales y avanzar en la cooperación en beneficio de ambas naciones. 🇭🇳🇮🇱

It’s Monday, December 22, and imagine you are given a set of data, and you ask yourself: How do I make up a famine? This is the question I imagine the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Famine Review Committee asked themselves in August when they declared that there was famine in the Gaza Strip. According to @NuritBaytch, who released a letter yesterday, here’s how they did it: Method one: count more deaths as starvation. A famine, by definition, requires more than two non-trauma deaths attributable to hunger per 10,000 people per day. To estimate Gaza’s death rate, the IPC relied on a study that explicitly distinguished between violent deaths (from combat) and non-violent ones. The IPC then blurred that line, folding violent deaths into the non-trauma mortality baseline, inflating a reported rate of 0.18 to about 1 per 10,000 people per day—a small sleight of hand that made the numbers more than five times worse than they actually were. To put it another way, in order to qualify for famine 400 people would have to die from non-violent potentially hunger related causes in Gaza per day. The real number at its peak was closer to 18. According to the IPC’s method, if you were a Hamas fighter killed in battle, congratulations—your death was hunger related. But even including the more explosive deaths of starvation, the IPC still couldn’t meet the threshold. So, they resorted to method two: wild speculation. To meet the famine threshold—increasing from one non-violent death per 10,000 to two (ten times the actual number)—the IPC simply estimated an exponential surge in starvation. Never mind that rates of malnutrition and hunger-related deaths held steady in August and even declined by mid-September; the IPC mathematically insisted that a huge increase in deaths was just around the corner. While the IPC was preaching famine, reality didn’t meet politically biased projections. The rate of nonviolent deaths kept declining—from an average high of six per day in August to fewer than one by early October. That may sound like a lot—and any death of this kind is tragic—but in a population of two million during a time of war, lack of access to medication, vaccines and reliable sources of food will lead to deaths outside of combat scenarios. Add to that natural deaths (which the Gaza Health Ministry includes) and a terrorist group intentionally causing more suffering by, for example, hoarding baby formula, and nonviolent deaths were inevitable. Bottom line: No, there isn’t, nor was there ever, a famine in Gaza. They couldn’t find the numbers, so they made them up.