Sri Lanka

India, Sri Lanka, and Israel’s overlooked Indian Ocean opportunity  - opinion

Sri Lanka may not top Israel’s Asia agenda but its location, its ties with India, and its emerging role in the Indian Ocean make it a strategic opportunity hiding in plain sight.

Sri Lanka air force IAI Kfir fighter jets fly past a national flag during the National Victory Ceremony in Colombo June 3, 2009.
A gathering of local Sri Lankans protesting a Chabad House in the town of Hiriketiya, on Friday, August 14, 2026

Buddhist monks, locals protest Chabad House in Sri Lanka amid threats, harassment

President Isaac Herzog is pictured with the Ambassador of Georgia to Israel, Beka Dvali on August 3, 2026.

Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7

Prisoners board a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2026.

At least 25 dead, 100 injured in clashes between prisoner groups at Sri Lanka jail, sources say


Sri Lanka rescinds monkey sale to China amid fears they will be eaten

“I am very happy to hear this,” Sanjeeva Jayawardena, the President's Counsel, is cited as having said. “These monkeys will end up in Chinese restaurants.”

A group of monkeys rest on a wall at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, October 16, 2009.

Six new ambassadors present credentials to President Herzog

Herzog suggested that a positive step in this direction would be to have the president of Sri Lanka come to Israel with a delegation, and the ambassador said that he would be happy to recommend it

 President Isaac Herzog with incoming Ethiopian Ambassador Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh

Israel is 75, but how are other countries celebrating independence?

In Sri Lanka, an island nation southeast of India in the Indian Ocean, they also celebrated 75 years this year in February.

 ‎Israeli Air Force aerobatic team fly during a military training for the upcoming Israel's Independence day, April 17, 2023.

2022 deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned

Nearly 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar are living in crowded facilities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.

 Locals stand near a wooden boat used to carry Rohingya?refugees at a beach in Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 25, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Sri Lankans storm prime minister's office, demanding he quit as well

Sri Lanka president tells parliament speaker he will resign on Wednesday * Protesters storm President's and PM's homes * PM also declared a state of emergency

 Demonstrators enter the Presidential Secretariat and President's House after Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa fled, in Colombo

Sri Lanka PM offers resignation after protesters storm, set fire to president's house

Sri Lankan President to step down from the presidency on July 13 * Israel issues travel warning to Sri Lanka

 Demonstrators protest inside the President's House, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, in Colombo

Trump political donor sentenced to 12 years in prison

Imaad Zuberi was sentenced by US District Judge Virginia A. Phillips and ordered to pay over $15 million in restitution and a criminal fine of $1.75 million.

A MAN topples a cardboard cutout depicting former president Donald Trump outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

Grapevine February 12, 2021: The walk to freedom

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

YEHUDAH GLICK

Let’s get real about Pakistani-Russian relations

Khan needs to understand Putin, as well the country that the latter has been ruling since 1999, to launch meaningful ties with the powerful bear to the north.

A PAKISTAN ARMY vehicle carrying the long-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missile passes a portrait of the nation’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in 1999.

Netanyahu: Israel wants to build, terrorists want to destroy

Netanyahu said that the premeditated and indiscriminate targeting of civilians tells much about the terrorists’ goals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem