Eli Cohen
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The Haifa Municipality has signed an agreement to remove pollutants from Haifa Bay, a deal that residents have been waiting for decades. The hazardous materials storage facility, located near residential buildings, educational institutions, and business areas, will be dismantled. Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav called it a "historic agreement."
Israel-Gaza War, Hostage Deal
With rumors swirling about the details and terms of a hostage deal with Hamas, former Foreign Minister and current Energy Minister addressed the question on Army Radio.
![Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2024](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/21/80e0ab50-472e-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h267_w400.jpg)
Hostage release, ceasefire deal, Israel-Hamas, Gaza
Minister Eli Cohen from the Likud party disclosed that this is the time when the deal with the captives will be finalized. He referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to the United States and the timing when Israel is expected to reach a deal with the captives: "Military pressure has brought Hamas to surrender."
![Energy Minister Eli Cohen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/20/50dd6d60-2f07-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hezbollah
Cohen's statements is just one of a number of statements indicating Israel is heading for a general war in the north.
![Energy Minister Eli Cohen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/20/50dd6d60-2f07-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hezbollah
Cohen reassured the public in a statement that the odds of a days-long electricity collapse are low due to multiple fortification efforts.
![Energy Minister Eli Cohen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/10/e57b3b80-f75a-11ee-aef9-dd72173416da__h5504_w8256.jpg)
Hezbollah, Energy Ministry
Cohen: "There's no reason to panic, the rumors are baseless."
![Loyalty Declaration: 'Zoabi Law' will be Submitted for Final Approval](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/01/e2b9acf0-a8aa-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpg)
'Zoabi Law'
The Knesset's Constitution Committee approved Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's law, which will require every diplomatic appointment to declare their recognition of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.
![Government Confirmed: Israel Katz will Replace Eli Cohen](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/31/3951bb20-a7de-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Ministries Rotation
A year into the government's tenure and the rotation in the ministries is underway. The government has confirmed that Israel Katz will enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in place of Eli Cohen who will replace him in the Ministry of Energy and will receive a place in the political cabinet.
![Minister Eli Cohen and Shlomo Neeman](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/25/0ac8a800-a369-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpeg)
History in Judea and Samaria
For the first time since the establishment of the state, an honorary consulate will be opened in Judea and Samaria by the state of Papua New Guinea. Chairman of the Yesha Council Shlomo Ne'eman: "We ascended from practical Zionism to political Zionism."
![Neguise](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/17/710d12a0-9d0a-11ee-9a03-69bb9c71f7c0__h331_w650.jpg)
Appointments
The government today approved the appointments of 21 ambassadors appointed by a committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among the ambassadors can be found the former member of the Knesset, Dr. Avraham Neguise, for the position of Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia.
![Before the Inauguration: President of Argentina Met with the Families of the Abductees](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/10/2f0c2040-9791-11ee-9a03-69bb9c71f7c0__h331_w650.jpg)
Millay Met with the Families
Just before his inauguration, Argentina's incoming president Javier Millay met with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and the families of the Israeli abductees. In his words, Millay pledged to act to declare Hamas a terrorist organization in his country.
![Thailand's Foreign Minister Met with the Released Abductees](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/28/5bd4d060-8dfd-11ee-bc33-7941d28036f3__h331_w650.jpeg)
Released Abductees
The Foreign Minister of Thailand and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with the 17 Thai citizens who were released from Gaza in recent days. Cohen pledged: "We will not stop until we return all the abductees home - Israelis and foreigners alike."
![Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/26/67ece130-8c4a-11ee-bc33-7941d28036f3__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel At War
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen instructed to summon Ireland's ambassador to Israel, Sonya McGuinness, for a reprimand conversation - this following the tweet by Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar about the release of the kidnapped girl Emily Hand, in which he described her as an "Innocent girl who was lost".
![Foreign Minister Eli Cohen](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/26/c56e5910-8c36-11ee-8914-e3c659c1040a__h331_w650.jpg)
"Needs A Reality Check"
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen reacted angrily to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's tweet about the release of the girl Emily Hand, in which he claimed that she was "lost": "It seems that you have lost your moral compass and need a reality check".
![FM Eli Cohen: PA Not Solution for the Day After](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/20/f01cb840-87d2-11ee-a019-5f70af786fc3__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Palestinian Authority
The Foreign Minister said that those who think the Palestinian Authority is the solution for governing Gaza is "wrong, big time."
![Herzog to the Airlines: "Start Returning to Land in Israel"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/19/f6623300-86d9-11ee-8c78-a91dcb9f8533__h331_w650.jpeg)
"Land in Israel"
President Isaac Herzog participated in a situation assessment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and called on the foreign airlines to "start returning to landing in Israel, to demand it from them. It's time to see them here."
![Cohen to the President of the Red Cross: "We Must Visit the Abductees"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/14/c69e6b00-832a-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.jpeg)
"We Must Visit the Abductees"
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Health Minister Uriel Buso met in Geneva with the president of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and demanded action to visit the abductees in Gaza. Representatives from the families of the abductees joined the meeting.
![The Foreign Minister Estimates: Within 2-3 Weeks the Political Pressure will Increase](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/13/12ec4620-8246-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Political Pressure
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said in a press briefing that the international pressure calling on Israel to stop the attacks is expected to increase in the coming weeks, estimating that the remaining political window is about two to three weeks.
![Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/03/bbff2520-7a35-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Germany, Hamas
Israel welcomed Germany's decision to prohibit Hamas activity in the country and declare the Palestinian Samidoun organization as a terrorist one.
![Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/01/0aa9d940-78d3-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Red Cross
The Foreign Minister also demanded of the Red Cross President that they visit the hostages held by Hamas.