Czech israel

New Czech foreign minister announces intention to move embassy to Jerusalem

Petr Macinka expressed solidarity with Israel and the Jewish community, and noted that one way of acting on that solidarity would be to move the embassy to Jerusalem.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
PETR MACINKA receives a certificate of appointment as Czech Foreign Minister from President Petr Pavel during the cabinet's inauguration ceremony at Prague Castle in Prague, December 15, 2025.
TSG command and control

Israeli defense firm to help shield Czech skies from drones

The capabilities are intended to strengthen the Czech Republic’s defenses against increasingly sophisticated aerial threats

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
‘I am the only one in Europe today dealing in military munitions with Israel, and that is why I am often criticized by colleagues,’ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said a few months ago.

Actions, not words: The three European countries that came to Israel's aid after Oct. 7 - analysis

Editor's Notes: With the exception of the United States, every Western ally refused to sell Israel ammunition. Only three unexpected partners filled the gap: Hungary, Serbia, and the Czech Republic.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
THE WRITER (left) welcomes his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar in Prague in November.

Czech FM to 'Post': Israel will always be our most important Mideast ally - opinion

Czechia stands with Israel. Our support is, and will remain, resolute. Together, we hope to bring an end to a tragic war, bring all hostages home, and end all hostilities.

|ByJAN LIPAVSKÝ

Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Slovakia leaders to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has forged ties with central European countries viewed as more sympathetic to Israel's struggle.

JANUARY 28, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, and Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini

Czech Republic volunteers fly in to work in Carmel Forest

Six volunteers from the Czech Republic come to Israel to volunteer for 10 days in the Carmel Forest, an annual tradition since the great fires there in 2010.

JANUARY 24, 2019ByKKL-JNF
L-R: Volunteers Petr Jezek, Dalibor Pisula, Rudolf Vrba, Stanislav Bocek, Pavel Kana, and Roman Sova, with KKL-JNF's Yaakov Cohen, in Carmel Forest

Jerusalem of lead: Is Jerusalem is deteriorating?

The president of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, visited Israel this week and came under heavy pressure to follow the US lead in moving the country’s embassy to Jerusalem.

NOVEMBER 30, 2018ByNACHMAN SHAI
Slichot at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, September 2018

Zeman opens Czech House in Jerusalem, possible forerunner to embassy

“I firmly believe that my fourth visit to Israel will be the opening of the Czech Embassy.”

NOVEMBER 27, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Czech President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the inauguration of the Czech House in Jerusalem

Czech president meets Rivlin, says Israel is his second home

"In the current situation our friendship is more important than ever," President Rivlin told his counterpart.

NOVEMBER 26, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CZECH PRESIDENT Milos Zeman welcomes President Reuven Rivlin at Prague Castle

Prague to open ‘Czech House’ in Jerusalem as possible prelude to embassy move

The Czech Republic was one of only five of the 28 EU countries that abstained on a UN resolution in December slamming the US for the move.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends an interview with Reuters at the Hrzan's Palace in Prague

The girl from Prague

"You were the girl from Prague who got out of Soviet occupied Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. We all admired you for your tremendous courage.”

AUGUST 22, 2018ByROBERT HERSOWITZ
Jana and her sister Eva with their parents, at her father’s newspaper office in Prague, in 1958, reflected in the glass of his desk

Czech out these classic films

This year’s festival will commemorate 100 years since the founding of Czechoslovakia as an independent state.

AUGUST 12, 2018ByHANNAH BROWN
JÁN KADÁR’S Oscar-winning ‘The Shop on Main Street’ will be among the films screened at the Czechoslovak Film Festival in Israel

Czech Republic says Jerusalem consulate first step on path to embassy move

Czech Republic President Milos Zeman, an ardent supporter of Israel's, first spoke of an embassy relocation four years ago

APRIL 25, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Czech Republic President Milos Zeman addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 19, 2017.

Israeli and Czech aerospace giants cooperate on new attack aircraft

Prague recently paused a NIS 500 million deal with IAI/ELTA systems for eight new 3D mobile air defense radars.

APRIL 24, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
L-159 trainer