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Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has announced the closure of the country’s embassy in Ireland on Sunday, citing “extreme anti-Israel policies.”

Israeli officials are in disagreement over how to handle the threat posed by the Iran-backed militia in Yemen following most recent escalation

Israeli media is reporting the country's Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa'ar, blasted Penny Wong during a phone call on Tuesday, accusing Australia of abandoning Israel in its most difficult year.

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India has maintained a balanced position on the evolving situation in West Asia given its close and strategic ties with both Israel and Arab states.

Amid escalating tensions between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the Houthis would face the same fate as other regional enemies of Israel.

Israel said it had wiped out the vast majority of the Syrian military's assets, including huge chunks of its air-defense network.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar ordered the closure of Israel's embassy in Ireland on Sunday, over the European nation's recognition of a Palestinian state and criticism of the Middle Eastern country.

Israel slammed Ireland as "antisemitic" while announcing the closure of its Embassy in Dublin, kicking off a charged back and forth between the two countries.

Israel is working to convince governments abroad to designate the Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist organization. The Houthis are an Iranian proxy; Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military organization has already been designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

The Houthis pose a threat not only to Israel but to the region and the entire world,” Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a statement. By Joshua Marks, JNS Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has