Yisrael Katz
![Houthis in Yemen](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/03/06/ec09bea0-dbb1-11ee-bbda-93c9fb230a79__h331_w650.jpg)
Foreign Minister Israel Katz acknowledged that the distance to Yemen represents a significant weakness in Israel's fight against the Houthis and admitted: "We prefer that the U.S.-led coalition takes the lead in the war against the Houthis."
![2024 Olympics. Eiffel Tower.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/25/c5b32180-4a68-11ef-9f41-019fe144673f__h3024_w4032.jpg)
France, Iran, Terrorism
The Foreign Minister provided this warning as the Israeli Olympic team remains under very heavy security.
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Knesset, Congress speech, reactions, Netanyahu
The political system reacted to Netanyahu's speech in the American Congress. President Yitzhak Herzog greeted: "an important speech". Foreign Minister Israel Katz: "The enormous sympathy of the members of Congress - evidence of the strong alliance between Israel and the USA."
![Mahmoud Abbas and Yahya Sinwar.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/23/30bf2480-4927-11ef-8df0-f9bb5062dc0c__h383_w624.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War
The Foreign Minister responded to the reported agreement between Fatah and Hamas to jointly rule the Gaza Strip by saying Israel will not allow it.
!["A barking dog doesn't bite": FM Katz responds to Hezbollah propaganda video](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/09/7666c330-3df6-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Hezbollah, IDF
In response to a new Hezbollah video showing sensitive IDF sites, Foreign Minister Israel Katz posted in English and Arabic on X, stating that Hezbollah has more to lose in a war.
![Foreign Minister Katz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/04/421749a0-3a28-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Israel, Ukraine, Iran
Katz and Kuleba "exchanged views" on the threats posed by Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
![Foreign Minister Katz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/17/9d1d7e70-2cc5-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h4024_w6048.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Northern Front
Following a broadcast of a drone showing many sensitive security areas in Hezbollah, Foreign Minister Katz warned that "We are very close to the moment of decision to change the rules of engagement with Hezbollah and Lebanon."
![Foreign Minister Katz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/17/9d1d7e70-2cc5-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h4024_w6048.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Palestinian Authority
The campaign, which currently includes digital ads with hundreds of thousands of views, will soon also include official interviews for the media explaining the folly of the move.
![Foreign Minister Katz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/21/9d044420-175b-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Iran
The Foreign Minister responded on X to the Iranian Supreme Leader's boast that Israel is "coming to an end."
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Israel-Gaza War, Norway, Ireland
FM Katz: "Israel will not restrain itself in the face of those who undermine its sovereignty and endanger its security."
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Israel-Gaza War
The Foreign Minister posted this response on X/Twitter to the revelation that accusations of IDF soldiers raping Palestinians proved themselves to be false according to a Hamas investigation.
![Foreign Minister Katz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/18/19e754e0-e51c-11ee-87ff-7f8f8e59a688__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Humanitarian Aid
In a tweet posted on X/Twitter, Foreign Minister Katz said that Israel provides extensive humanitarian aid, Minister Fontelles should stop attacking Israel and recognize its right to self-defense against Hamas.
![UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/04/00740140-da52-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3466_w5200.jpg)
UN, UNRWA
A UN report confirmed multiple acts of rape and sexual abuse by Hamas on October 7.
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Israel-Gaza War, Brazil
After being declared persona non grata in Israel for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that his ambassador would be recalled and Israel's ambassador reprimanded.
![FM Katz summons Brazilian ambassador over Lula's comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/18/d767aa80-ce68-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3648_w5472.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Brazil
After the Brazilian President compared the war in Gaza to Hitler's genocide of the Jews, Foreign Minister Katz announced that the Brazilian ambassador would be summoned to be reprimanded.
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Israel-Gaza War, UN
The ban on Francesca Albanese, imposed by the Foreign Ministry and the Interior Ministry, comes after her comments on October 7 as being due to oppression, not antisemitism.
![Javier Milei Lands in Israel, Declares Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/06/fd1b8730-c4f7-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3029_w5176.jpg)
Israel-Argentina Relations, Jerusalem
The Argentinian President, a sworn friend of Israel, declared that he was moving his country's embassy to Jerusalem.
![FM Katz: We Will Submit Evidence on UNRWA Terror Ties to Independent UN Investigation](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/05/99973510-c452-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h3585_w5378.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, UNRWA
The Foreign Minister posted this announcement on X/Twitter after UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced an independent investigation into alleged UNRWA terror ties.
![Foreign Ministry: World Food Programme Main Candidate to Replace UNRWA](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/05/a6c996c0-c424-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h3209_w4814.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, UNRWA, Humanitarian Aid
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has drawn up a list of potential candidates to replace the functioned previously served by UNRWA, after employees of the latter were found to have participated in October 7.
![Foreign Minister Katz Commits to "Disengage" UNRWA from Gaza](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/04/2d5a42d0-c389-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h4480_w6720.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, UNRWA
In posts published on his X/Twitter account in both English and Hebrew, Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said that UNRWA is "part of the problem and not part of the solution."