Britain, France and Germany on Friday reiterated their "grave concern" over Israel implementing a law forbidding any contact between its officials and UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA. "We urge the government of Israel to work with international partners,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron had given him assurances that Israeli companies would be able to take part in the Paris Air Show.

France, Britain and Germany on Friday reiterated their "grave concern" over Israel implementing a law forbidding any contact between its officials and UNRWA as the UN Palestinian relief agency warned that any forced halt of its work would put a fragile ceasefire deal in Gaza at risk.

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who masked militants shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands, drew an angry protest from Israel. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the fragile ceasefire and an ever-uncertain road to peace, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza welcomes Gershon Baskin, former Israeli Negotiator, Columnist, Speaker, Socio-political Activist, Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation and Founder and Director of IPCRI, the Israeli-Palestinian Public Policy Institute.

Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that went into effect Nov. 27 between Israel and Hezbollah that aims to end their war. France helped broker the deal and a French officer is a member of the ...

Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional stability in the long term.

adding France had "no news on their health status nor on the terms of their detention". Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, on the first ...

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Israel on Friday to accelerate its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, as a deadline nears for the pullout under the terms of a ceasefire that ended the war with Hezbollah last year.

In October, France announced a decision to bar Israeli companies from exhibiting at the Euronaval defense show. In response, then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced “legal and diplomatic ...

Air France to resume operations to Tel Aviv starting January 25. Transavia, the low-cost airline within the Air France-KLM Group, will restart flights to and from Israel beginning January 27.

Israeli defence companies were last year banned from participating in a defence industry exhibition held in Paris as Macron called for Israel to cease some military operations in Gaza. That ban ...