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Ariel Kahana is a diplomatic correspondent for Israel Hayom.
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By Ariel Kahana
The evacuees, who departed via Ramon Airport in Israel, possess foreign citizenship that will facilitate their resettlement abroad.
By Ariel Kahana
The senior American official published clarifications and corrections to statements he made on television networks following Israel's strongly worded messages to the White House.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel has finalized arrangements to enable thousands of Gazans to leave daily through three routes.
By Ariel Kahana
From Tehran's nuclear ambitions to a Gaza war resolution, the incoming president arrives with a detailed blueprint for the Middle East.
By Ariel Kahana
The terror group systematically intercepts aid shipments and resells essential supplies at premium prices to the local population.
By Ariel Kahana
President-elect signals immediate action against the international court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
By Ariel Kahana
The parents of Yonatan Samerano, whose body is being held by Hamas, have sued the U.N. agency over its employee's involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
By Ariel Kahana
The former president sees loyalty as a key criterion as he considers a mix of familiar faces and new allies for top positions.
By Ariel Kahana
Tehran now conducting tests before any new attack due to the massive failure rate in April.
By Ariel Kahana
At least some of the experts mentioned by Khan had expressed negative views towards the Jewish state long before the outbreak of the war.
By Ariel Kahana
"There is no food shortage in Gaza, and there never was," says an Israeli official familiar with the situation in the Strip.
By Ariel Kahana
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is scheduled to meet the Saudi ambassador to Washington in pursuit of an historic agreement.
By Ariel Kahana
Six of the seven men were not known to the Shin Bet or Israel Police, an investigation shows.
By Ariel Kahana
Among the many challenges facing Israeli leaders, there is no choice but to go to battle over Biden's Executive Order targeting individual Israelis with sanctions.
By Ariel Kahana
Netanyahu showed Blinken proof of terrorists' use of the agency's premises.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan also envisions normalization between Israel and the Arab world, the release of captives and a new regime in Gaza.
By Ariel Kahana
Three jurists analyzed the situation and wrote that no such duty exists under international law.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli intelligence did not know the severity of the smuggling situation before the war.
By Ariel Kahana
"Battling violence is an objective that we share—but our efforts must not stray from the facts and the truth," the lawmakers write.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel will respond to Houthis attacks when it deems it necessary.
By Ariel Kahana
The Saudis are not pressuring Israel to make hefty concessions to the Palestinian Authority.
By Ariel Kahana
Accounting measures, drop in gas tax boost P.A. coffers.
By Ariel Kahana
Amid reports on Saudi demands that Israel make "significant concessions" to the Palestinians before official ties are announced, Israel is signaling that the formula that worked for the Abraham Accords could work now too.
By Ariel Kahana
When the Israeli president meets his counterpart this week, he should make it clear that the White House's boycott of Netanyahu runs against the very core of Biden's statement that he is a Zionist.
By Ariel Kahana
Anyone who doubted Israel's ability in light of the judicial reform – and the protests and refusal of military service that followed – are witness to clear visions that brought them back down to earth very quickly.
By Ariel Kahana
The commissioner for neighborhood and enlargement says P.A. schools should support peace and coexistence.
By Ariel Kahana
Washington is examining Riyadh's conditions for peace with Jerusalem, including establishing a civilian nuclear program.
By Ariel Kahana
The alarming reality is that a significant number of the calls to boycott and punish Israel – come from Jews who grew up in a pro-Israeli environment.
By Ariel Kahana
According to an Israeli source, "2023 is predicted to be a decisive and difficult year" when it comes to antisemitism in the American mainstream.
By Ariel Kahana
The "Red Wave" that everyone thought would bring back the man with the red hat ended in barely a splash.
By Ariel Kahana
Disagreements over the post of defense minister has lead to an impasse in coalition negotiations, with Netanyahu attempting to assuage concerns over the matter, asking his supporters for “a little patience.”
By Ariel Kahana
Resolved to meddle in Israel's domestic politics, the US should judge the head of Otzma Yehudit by the merits.
By Ariel Kahana
"Just like diplomatic ties were upgraded, so too could they be downgraded if needed. But if we can now reconcile, then why not?" the official adds.
By Ariel Kahana
The Israeli defense and finance ministries are operating a secret fund through which money is transferred to Ramallah, a reality revealed in the state’s response to a petition filed with the High Court of Justice by the Kohelet Policy Forum.
By Ariel Kahana
“There’s nothing left of Palestinian democracy,” says attorney Maurice Hirsch, the head of legal strategies for Palestinian Media Watch, which produced the report.
By Ariel Kahana
Senior authorities are deceiving the public and their elected representatives because they know that any financial ties with the Palestinian Authority expose Israel to the risk of involvement in money laundering, and even funding terrorism.
By Ariel Kahana
State official says the government is prepared to present existing financial agreements with Ramallah to the High Court of Justice, but only "behind closed doors."
By Ariel Kahana
Although Israel’s High Court has ruled six times that the contested area must be evacuated, our leaders avoid following through.
By Ariel Kahana
In the current Israeli political reality, everything is personal. Gone are the days when politicians argued over policy and ideology.
By Ariel Kahana
Outgoing PM Bennett made mistakes, but he stood up for his principles in dealing with the Americans, tackled the lack of governability and trained Hamas to stay relatively quiet.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel may have lost in the media arena, but not in the diplomatic arena, and that’s what’s important.
By Ariel Kahana
UNRWA chief ties move to criticism of P.A. curriculum taught in U.N. agency’s schools. The U.K. was the third largest UNRWA donor in 2020.
By Ariel Kahana
The move ends a nearly 10-month period in which Washington had no official envoy in the Jewish state.
By Ariel Kahana
Despite seemingly warming ties between Jerusalem and Amman, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has issued a directive against finalizing any land deal involving “Palestinian lands.”
By Ariel Kahana
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israelis who have lost loved ones to terror warn that a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians would be a “complete Trojan horse.”
By Ariel Kahana
Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, chairman of Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee at the UAE Federal National Council, in a special interview marking the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
By Ariel Kahana
Administration officials have worked to delay a bill proposed by Knesset member Nir Barkat, which if passed into law would essentially prevent the move from materializing.
By Ariel Kahana
“Discrimination against some Jews harms all Jews worldwide,” says El Rosado Group CEO Johnny Czarninski.
By Ariel Kahana
The Polish ambassador was summoned by the Foreign Ministry over the draft legislation • Yair Lapid: “We will not allow any parliament to pass laws the purpose of which is to deny the Holocaust.”
By Ariel Kahana
The unprecedented uptick in antisemitism in the United States is forcing even the most ardent American Jews to reconsider whether the future that awaits them is as prosperous and safe as they thought it would be.
By Ariel Kahana
Eleven lawmakers were sworn in with two more to follow under Israel's "Norwegian Law."
By Ariel Kahana
Despite the dubious nature of this government, a fifth election would have been just as bad and this new government should be given a grace period.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen says that the conference will help countries bring bilateral trade back to its previous high of $1b billion annually.
By Ariel Kahana
The campaign, spearheaded by UNICEF's Gaza and West Bank branch, is aimed at putting the IDF on the list of child rights abusers published annually by the U.N. Secretary General, says the watchdog group.
By Ariel Kahana
The sovereignty clause included in former US President Donald Trump's peace plan was supposed to turn the tide of history, but was shelved.
By Ariel Kahana
Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Avi Berkowitz talk Abraham Accords, Israeli-Palestinian peace and Iran in a special interview from Morocco.
By Ariel Kahana
The Norwegian government says it has “neither the right nor the duty” to prohibit Egencia, a subsidiary of blacklisted company Expedia, from providing services inside Norway.
By Ariel Kahana
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam are said to be in Washington’s sights over their policies and affiliation with the BDS movement.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge “is a matter of U.S. law, not policy,” says U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
By Ariel Kahana
UAE Foreign Ministry director of policy planning says historic U.S.-Israeli delegation visit to Abu Dhabi was “promising,” but much work still remains.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan calls for giving budgetary support to companies that engage in sustainability and other environmentally friendly activities.
By Ariel Kahana
The E.U.'s decision to continue funding to Palestinian “civil society” organizations with terror links sets a “dangerous precedent,” says Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.
By Ariel Kahana
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is reportedly pushing to penalize Jerusalem if it moves ahead with plans to apply Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria.
By Ariel Kahana
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman believes that applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria can take place in a matter of weeks. In a special interview, he dismisses the Left's criticism, saying, "We have doubled areas A' and B' and reassures the Right it will only have to contend with a Palestinian state "if the Palestinians become Canadian."
By Ariel Kahana
Anti-Semites logged into the Yom Hashoah video conference, waved photos of Hitler and shout anti-Jewish slogans • Israeli ambassador to Germany: This was a disgraceful incident that must be condemned in the strongest of terms.
By Ariel Kahana
Outgoing Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has a lot to say about the events of the past few months. Having recently become the first Knesset Speaker in history to resign, he says he's learned to stand up for his principles, even if it comes at a price.
By Ariel Kahana
Outgoing Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has a lot to say about the events of the past few months. Having recently become the first Knesset Speaker in history to resign, he says he's learned to stand up for his principles, even if it comes at a price.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel is now targeting not only Iran’s proxy forces but also the regime itself, via “economic, diplomatic and intelligence measures, as well as with military means,” says Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
By Ariel Kahana
US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft was supposed to arrive in Israel later this week, but will remain in New York to handle the peace plan fallout.
By Ariel Kahana
Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner, along with other White House envoys, will return to the U.S. from Switzerland together with the president after inclement weather prevented them from catching their flight to Israel.
By Ariel Kahana
French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to meet with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah ahead of the 2020 World Holocaust Forum has ruffled some feathers at the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli ministers reportedly believe the International Criminal Court will launch an investigation against Israel within 90 days, and that high-ranking Israeli officials and IDF officers may be arrested abroad and extradited to The Hague.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan, which includes a $283 million expansion of the road connecting Jerusalem and Gush Etzion, aims to "end the current isolation of Judea and Samaria ... so that the area is just like any other region in Israel," according to the Transportation Ministry.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli intelligence agencies have helped prevent at least 50 terror attacks planned by the Islamic State group and Iran in 20 countries across the globe over the past three years, according to Israel's Channel 12 television.
By Ariel Kahana
U.S. former acting National Security Adviser Jacob Nagel reveals nonclassified parts of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s published security and defense outlook. According to the doctrine, Israel is no longer threatened existentially.
By Ariel Kahana
Anyone who sees himself as a public leader and is running for the Knesset must demonstrate responsibility to the values he represents and to the voters who support him. So even it entails concessions and compromises, any leader of a right-wing party must think about the big picture and not just his personal aspirations
By Ariel Kahana
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman tells Israel Hayom there is “certainly” a possibility that the United States will officially recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights.
June 26, 2026 
