Tel Aviv-Yafo,also called Tel Aviv-Jaffa and often referred to as just Tel Aviv,is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 467,875,it is the economic and technological center of the country. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel,Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city after Jerusalem;if not,Tel Aviv is the most populous city ahead of West Jerusalem.
Foreign relations of Israel refers to diplomatic and trade relations between Israel and other countries around the world. Israel has diplomatic ties with 164 of the other 192 UN member states as of December 2020. Israel is a member of the United Nations (UN) and a number of other international organisations. Israel maintains full diplomatic relations with two of its Arab neighbours,Egypt and Jordan,after signing peace treaties in 1979 and 1994 respectively. In 2020,Israel signed agreements establishing diplomatic relations with four Arab League countries,Bahrain,the United Arab Emirates,Sudan and Morocco. As of 2021,Israel had formal diplomatic relations with 168 other countries,while twenty-eight UN member states have either never established,or have broken off diplomatic relations with Israel.
The status of Jerusalem is disputed in both international law and diplomatic practice,with both the Israelis and Palestinians claiming Jerusalem as their capital city. The dispute has been described as "one of the most intractable issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict",with conflicting claims to sovereignty over the city or parts of it,and access to its holy sites. The main dispute revolves around the legal status of East Jerusalem and especially the Old City of Jerusalem,while broader agreement exists regarding future Israeli presence in West Jerusalem in accordance with Israel's internationally recognised borders.
Mati Shemoelof,is an Israeli author,poet,editor,journalist and activist. His first short story collection,"Remnants of the Cursed Book",won the 2015 award for Best Book of the Year of "Yekum Tarbut" website. "Bagdad - Haifa - Berlin" - His first Bi-Lingual collection of poems was published in Germany by Aphorisma Verlag.
Itamar Rabinovich is the president of the Israel Institute. He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996,and the former president of Tel Aviv University (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University,distinguished global professor at New York University and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29,2011,and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8,2011. Previously,he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee,Shapiro was ordered on January 5,2017,to resign upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump. On August 30,2021,President Joe Biden appointed Shapiro as a special liaison to Israel on Iran.
Hungary–Israel relations are the foreign relations between Hungary and Israel. Hungary has an embassy in Tel Aviv and 4 honorary consulates. Israel has an embassy in Budapest and an honorary consulate in Szeged.
Georgia–Israel relations are diplomatic,commercial and cultural ties between Georgia and Israel. Diplomatic relations were formally established on June 1,1992,alongside establishing diplomatic relations with the US. Georgia has an embassy in Tel Aviv and a consulate in Jerusalem. Israel has an embassy in Tbilisi.
Bilateral foreign relations exist between Austria and Israel.
Switzerland recognized Israel on January 25,1949 and opened a consulate in Tel Aviv. Israel has an embassy in Bern. Since 1958,Switzerland has an embassy in Tel Aviv and an honorary consulate in Eilat.
David Witzthum is an Israeli television presenter and editor and lecturer on German history and culture. He is mostly known in Israel as one of the main presenters of the nightly news program MeHayom LeMahar.
Noam Braslavsky is an Israeli artist and curator who lives and works in Berlin.
Shy Abady is an Israeli artist. Over the years,Abady created "biographical" series,which followed individual figures .Other series addressed historical-political themes .In some other series,,Abady examines the language of art itself and the aesthetic influences and relationships between Western-Christian art and Jewish-Israeli art. Abady's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in many galleries and museums in Israel and abroad.
The Branch Office of the Embassy of the United States of America in Tel Aviv is part of the diplomatic mission of the United States in the State of Israel. The complex opened in 1966,and is located at 71 HaYarkon Street in Tel Aviv. It served as the United States Embassy until May 14,2018,when the seat of embassy was relocated to Jerusalem.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Tel Aviv is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the State of Israel. Opened in 1962,it is located on 18 Bnei Dan Street in the Yehuda HaMaccabi neighborhood of central Tel Aviv,across from Yarkon Park.
Ran Curiel is an Israeli diplomat.
Marina Rosenberg is an Israeli diplomat who serves as the Israeli Ambassador to Chile. She was born in Buenos Aires,Argentina,and immigrated to Israel where she was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University. She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2006,and served in multiple diplomatic roles before being appointed as the ambassador to Chile.
Dov Segev-Steinberg is an Israeli diplomat presently holding the position of Chargéd'affairs at the Israel embassy in Myanmar. In his previous diplomatic position he was the Israeli Ambassador to Finland and non-resident Ambassador to Estonia. He was also Ambassador to South Africa from 2008 until 2013 and Consul General in Mumbai. In 2022,he became Chargéd'affaires in Myanmar.
