Danny Ayalon

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has sparked outrage after releasing a controversial video in which he refers to the West Bank as "not occ...

Israel is worried. The protests have already led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, Israel's closest Arab ally. I met Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, for an exclusive interview at his office in Jerusalem.

Disasters are often opportunities for good will and human empathy to get some momentum and move those in conflict in a healthier direction.

For some in Israel, the issues of Jewish settlements and Iran's nuclear program are not connected. But for the United States, they are becoming more and more intertwined.

The current Israeli government -- and its supporters here in the United States -- are clearly rattled by J Street. And not because J Street is anti-Israel but because it is not.

TEL AVIV, Israel — A visiting U.S. congressman lashed out at Israel's number two diplomat Wednesday, saying he was snubbed by the Foreign Minist...

As the US finally announced that it is reinstating an ambassador to Syria, Israel needs to consider some gestures to ease the negative attention it has received and start looking to the North to resolve its own disputes with Syria.

Both Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki Al Faisal and Israeli Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon have downplayed the importance of a handshake between them - alth...

Since the Jewish state's military attack on Lebanon in 2006, it has been itching for a "do-over." Why? Because for the first time in its history, Israel did not win a war -- an intolerable outcome by the standards of the Israel Defense Forces.

A year after Israel's offensive in Gaza drove a wedge between Turkey and Israel, emotions are still overriding reason, causing what was recently seen to be a diplomatic breach on the verge of crisis.

Diplomacy is not always as its name suggests. For this week's lesson in its niceties (or lack thereof) we are indebted to Daniel Ayalon, Israel's deputy foreign minister.

The Turkish government, in a host of statements and actions -- many by a prime minister who wants to have his cake and eat it too -- that has been treating Israel not like an ally but more like an enemy.

The recent episode with the Turkish ambassador has made Israel into a laughing stock around the world, including among Iran's intellectual elite, a ma...

JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday caved in to demands from Turkey and apologized over an insult to its ambassador, a government statement said, an...

JERUSALEM — Even in the tough world of Middle East diplomacy, it was a startling snub: The Turkish ambassador was seated lower than his Israeli ...