Join us LIVE for the inauguration of Guatemala's Embassy in Jerusalem: 🇮🇱🇬🇹

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Celebrating Israel-Guatemala friendship! 🇮🇱🇬🇹

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Hamas stops Israel's humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza. Watch how:

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Hamas has been sending terrorists to storm into Israel from Gaza.

Israel is protecting its citizens from Hamas terrorists.

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We launched a new facebook page in Iraqi-Arabic dialect, dedicated to creating a dialogue with the people of Iraq.

👉Full story: https://t.co/RwgE0K9uOT
👉Link to page: www.facebook.com/IsraelinIraqi

The people of Gaza are victims of Hamas. Here's how:

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https://twitter.com/IsraelMFA/status/997117130301730817?s=19

⬆️🎦 Ramadan Kareem to Muslims in Israel, the Middle East & around the 🌍

Watch these greetings from Israelis for everyone marking the holy month of Ramadan:

(Communicated by MFA Spokesperson's Bureau)

Israel totally rejects the resolution of the UN Human Rights Council, that once again has proven itself to be a body made up of a built-in anti-Israel majority, guided by hypocrisy and absurdity. The results of the commission of inquiry set up by the UNHRC resolution are a foregone conclusion inherent in the wording of the resolution. It is clear to all that the purpose of the commission is not to arrive at the truth, but rather to impair Israel's right to self-defense, and to demonize the Jewish state.

Time and again the UNHRC ignores flagrant human rights violations all over the world, choosing instead to attack the only true democracy in the Middle East. Indeed, the Council has adopted more resolutions against Israel than against all the other states in the world combined.

In contrast to claims by the Council, the vast majority of Palestinians killed were members of Hamas, as leaders of that terrorist organization readily confirmed.

Israel strenuously rejects claims that Israel's defense forces are acting illegally when they carry out their mission to protect Israel's borders and Israeli civilians. Israel is acting legally and correctly in protecting its sovereignty and preventing the masses from charging the border with the aim of killing Israelis and committing terror attacks, all orchestrated by the Hamas terror organization.

Israel has an independent, professional judicial system that has already begun investigating the events along the Gaza Strip-Israel border, in the accepted manner. Israel rejects the attempt to impose an external investigation driven by inappropriate political motives.

Israel will continue to defend itself and its citizens against both terrorism and international bodies that attempt to hinder its right to defend itself.

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⬆️🎦 #WorldBeeDay raises awareness of the bee's important role in our lives & its importance for the ecosystem.

Israel pursues a wide range of projects sharing know-how to help the developing world make the most of the ecological benefits offered by bees & beekeeping.

"There is nothing peaceful about knives, machetes, guns, pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives: all of which the Palestinians used in their ‘peaceful protest’."

Read the full piece by Israel's Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748801/Israels-Ambassador-UK-Mark-Regev-says-agrees-Hamas.html

Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes arrived in Israel tonight, ahead of tomorrow's opening of Paraguay's new Embassy in Jerusalem.

Welcome to Israel, Bienvenido en Israel Presidente Cartes 🇮🇱🇵🇾

"By not giving Hamas the PR victory it seeks, the media would actually be doing something to save innocent Palestinian lives rather than being complicit in their tragic deaths."

Read the op-ed by Israel's Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer in today's Washington Post 🔗👇

https://t.co/Q3UUslENWx

Response to ICC Referral:

The State of Israel takes a severe view in relation to the purported Palestinian referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is a cynical step without legal validity. The Palestinians continue to exploit the Court for political purposes, rather than work towards resuming the peace process with Israel.

It is absurd that the Palestinian actions vis-à-vis the Court come at a time when the Palestinians continue to incite to acts of terrorism, while exploiting women and children as human shields for violent attacks against the security of Israel's citizens.

The purported Palestinian referral is legally invalid, and the ICC lacks jurisdiction over the Israeli-Palestinian issue, since Israel is not a member of the Court and because the Palestinian Authority is not a state.

Israel expects the ICC and its Prosecutor not to yield to Palestinian pressure, and stand firm against continued Palestinian efforts to politicize the Court and to derail it from its mandate.

Israel acts in accordance with independent and thorough judicial review mechanisms, befitting a democratic state, and in accordance with international law.

MFA Spokesperson following UNRWA Commissioner General's statements on recent violent events in Gaza, failing to mention Hamas' prominent role in them:

"The hypocrisy of UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl knows no bounds. UNRWA is determined to demonstrate that it is part of the problem and not of the solution.

The Commissioner-General is deliberately ignoring Hamas’ responsibility for the instigated violence. He is ignoring the large number of Hamas casualties and he is also ignoring the fact that Hamas used Gaza residents as human shields."

Happy #AfricaDay from Israel!

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