Ofir Akunis

Former ADL national director Abraham Foxman passes away aged 86

Israel's Consul General in New York City, Ofir Akunis, eulogized Foxman as a "good friend, beloved Jew, proud Zionist, and a warm and kind-hearted person," in a post on X/Twitter.

Abraham Foxman, pictured in 2011.
 Participants at NYC's Israel Day Parade, May 18, 2025.

WZO invites Mamdani to NYC Israel Day Parade, consul Akunis fires back

Talik Gvili, the mother of Ran Gvili, at her home in Meitar, Israel, December 7, 2025

Mother of deceased hostage Ran Gvili expected to join Netanyahu on upcoming US trip

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ofir Akunis, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023

Abraham Accords to expand soon as Hamas and Hezbollah regroup, Israeli diplomat Ofir Akunis says


From walkouts to warm embraces: Netanyahu's post-UN pivot to friendly audiences - analysis

At two private events in New York, Prime Minister Netanyahu gathered friendly faces to discuss fighting for Israel, but the Prime Minister faces remarkably different rhetoric from critics at home.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with pro-Israel American influencers at the Israel Consulate of New York.

NYT quietly alters Gaza starvation story to include key details of child's medical condition

“We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated" Gazan child Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, the New York Times wrote.

Child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who suffers from cerebral palsy, alongside mother and brother.

Israeli consul-general brings NY diplomats to Nova site, vows to keep horrors in world's memory

The visit, organized with the American Jewish Committee (AJC), included the consuls general of Argentina, Bulgaria and Slovakia.

 Israeli Consul General in New York Ofir Akunis leads delegation to the site of the Nova Music Festival.

Ofir Akunis welcomes US talks with Hamas, urges Trump to intensify pressure

“So if it's a direct negotiation with Hamas and they put them under pressure to release more hostages, more than welcome," Israel's consul-general in NY said.

 Israel's consul general to New York, Ofir Akunis, in his Manhattan office, August 14, 2024. (Luke Tress)

FBI arrests Virginian who planned attack on Israeli consulate in New York

According to the indictment, Hassan was apprehended after providing detailed bomb-making and planting instructions to an undercover agent.

An FBI investigator

Ofir Akunis at 'Post' Summit: 'We are closer than ever to a new deal'

Akunis said now is the time to focus on educating the next generation about Jewish roots in Zionism and that "Israel is the wonder of the new era in the world."

 Israeli Consul General to New York Ofir Akunis is seen speaking at The Jerusalem Post Miami Summit, on December 10, 2024.

Israeli diplomacy to take centerstage at upcoming ‘Post’ Miami summit

The Jerusalem Post Miami Summit will take place on December 9-10 at the Shul at Bal Harbour in Miami, Florida.

 L to R: Gilad Erdan, Ofir Akunis, and Danny Danon in front of Israeli and US flags

Israeli envoy: ‘Pro-terror’ protests should worry all New Yorkers

Ofir Akunis, 51, a veteran lawmaker and former minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, became Israel’s consul general in New York in May.

 Israel's consul general to New York, Ofir Akunis, in his Manhattan office, August 14, 2024. (Luke Tress)

'Responsibility to ensure Jewish, Israeli students are safe,' says Ambassador Akunis

The discussion was prompted by a concerning rise in antisemitic incidents on campuses during the last academic year, with reports of rhetoric escalating into violence.

 Ambassador Ofir Akunis convenes a meeting in New York on antisemitism on university campuses. August 22, 2024.

Ofir Akunis: Israel's new iron wall of defense in New York

Ofir Akunis will arrive in a city where US Jews felt most at home in the US but now view themselves as under assault from antisemitism fueled by the Gaza war.

 ISRAELI CONSUL-GENERAL in New York, Ofir Akunis.