Milorad Dodik

Israel’s survival story inspires vision for Republika Srpska’s future, Milorad Dodik tells 'Post'

EUROPE AFFAIRS: In Banja Luka, Milorad Dodik tells the ‘Post’ of his support for Israel and the political dream he says has never disappeared: breaking away from Bosnia and uniting with Serbia.

|ByALEX WINSTON
GROWING TIES: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, and Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, last week.
1: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli and Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, September 3, 2026.

Israel opens first Chamber of Commerce office in Republika Srpska, Bosnia

New Banja Luka office aims to expand Israeli trade, investment and technology ties • Chikli: ‘We are opening a door’

|ByALEX WINSTON
BOSNIAN SERB leader Milorad Dodik delivers a speech in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in February 2025.

Sanctioning Dodik won't bring a Muslim apocalypse, just accountability for his crimes - opinion

To portray sanctions as an attack on communal balance rather than a response to individual conduct is to obscure responsibility and dissolve the distinction between law and identity.

|ByMUSTAFA CERIC
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meets with former Republic of Srpska president Milorad Dodik and current President AnaTrisic-Babic in Jerusalem, as Israel balances diplomatic outreach with growing global scrutiny over the participants and messaging of its antisemitism conference.

‘Israel of the Balkans’: Srpska fights like Israel for survival, Milorad Dodik tells 'Post'

The invocation of 'shared historical trauma' echoed through Dodik’s remarks; trauma rooted in the genocidal horrors of the ’40s , when Jews and Serbs were murdered together in places like Jasenovac.

|ByALEX WINSTON