Carmel Shama HaCohen

Man sets Ramat Gan cafe on fire after threatening owner over Saturday opening

Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen condemned the arson, stating that it was not only an attack on the cafe, but a direct attack on “the character of Ramat Gan as a city of liberty for everyone.”

Israeli firefighters applaud medical staff battling coronavirus outside the Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2020.
 People ride the new Metropolitan Light Rail on September 20, 2023. The Light Rail runs through Tel Aviv and surrounding central cities.

City of Ramat Gan votes to rename light rail station after US President Biden

Carmel Shama HaCohen before a cabinet meeting on March 11, 2018

Ramat Gan politicians clash over arrest of ex-Mexican diplomat

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Mirror, mirror but no Netanyahu on the wall


In gratitude to US, Israel to announce UNESCO exit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday instructed Shama Hacohen to submit a formal withdrawal letter to Audrey Azoulay, the organization’s director-general, before the end of the year.

Israel's Ambassador to UNESCO Carmel Shama HaCohen with a replica of a Jewish menorah from the Gate of Titus in Rome following the destruction of the Second Temple.

How Israel lost the Hebron vote

The latest defeat in the increasingly bitter battle between Israelis and Palestinians for cultural and historical recognition at UNESCO, under whose auspices the World Heritage Committee operates.

The Cave of Patriarchs, Hebron.

State Dept. shortages under Trump are hurting Israel, experts say

“The issue of staffing at the State Department is critical — at UNESCO and in the myriad other areas where US leadership is crucial," says ADL chief.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley delivers remarks at the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the UN Headquarters, in New York, US, April 7, 2017

UNESCO’S Hebron vote just the opening Palestinian salvo against Israel

Israel now fears the fight to retain its historical legitimacy has extended itself to Hebron, a city that has had an almost continuous Jewish presence since the time of King David.

Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs, sacred to Jews and Muslims

Israel: ‘Shame on’ Germany for comparing Palestinians to Holocaust victims

“Is there no difference between Anne Frank and a Palestinian teenager stabbing innocent Jewish children with knives?”

Israel’s Ambassador to the UNESCO Carmel Shama HaCohen listens during a past heari ng at UNESCO