Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson @IsraelMFA. Former Director, Arms Control Department. Israeli, Jew and a Zionist. Views are my own.

Israel
In response to statements of the Arab group and the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran @UN, I called out their #Palestinianism. When the truth means nothing, the Palestinians and their supporters shine.
56
100
436
29,488
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
We mourn the loss of two IDF soldiers from the 7007th Battalion, 16th Brigade, who fell in combat in Gaza: 🕯️ Master Sergeant (Res.) Nadav Kali, 24, from Har Halutz. 🕯️ Master Sergeant (Res.) Ofek Moalem, 23, from Jerusalem. Our hearts are with their families and loved ones. May their memory be a blessing. 🕯️
87
155
1,068
16,675
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
It’s a difficult time for my family and me. A Palestinian terrorist rammed his car into my son, on reserve duty, while driving at full speed. Earlier today, I spoke to the press at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem where my son Neriyah (G-d’s flame) is being treated for severe injuries. And if you don’t watch the whole thing, this is the bottom line: hundreds of thousands of people around the world are praying for our dear Neriyah, a 39 year-old economist and father of four. We feel those prayers, and we are deeply grateful for every one of them. But his life is still in danger. Please keep praying for him. We need a miracle. (Video: Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
1,723
1,509
9,756
289,965
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
1942: Don’t buy from Jews 2026: Don’t buy from Jews
591
1,731
6,691
148,107
Thank you so much Oren! Grateful and honored to take on the mission of Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Looking forward to representing #Israel with conviction and clarity.
After two and a half years as the Spokesperson of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs - perhaps the most challenging two and a half years in the history of Israel’s foreign service - the time has come to say thank you and move on to the next challenge. Today, I begin my new role as Head of the European Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I now pass the spotlight to my friend @MichalMaayan, the new Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and wish her every success in her new role. My thanks to the many friends and colleagues, both within the Ministry and beyond, who have been with me throughout this journey. “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.” (Ethics of the Fathers) Thank you all for your partnership in the struggle - one that never ceases for a moment - to present the world with the truth about Israel.
6
5
60
1,543
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
Being the spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the past three years has been one of the most challenging and demanding experiences of my life. It has meant navigating crisis after crisis, and facing moments I never could have imagined. One of the hardest came this morning. I was with Ambassador @yechielleiter in New York, on our way to an interview about the UNGA, when he received the devastating news that his son, Neria, had been injured in a terror attack. Just moments earlier, we had been preparing for a full day of interviews. In this morning’s interview on @Newsmax — our last interview before we received the news — the Ambassador spoke about the unimaginable reality we have been living with in Israel, and made this point around the same time the terrorist attacked his son: “We sent in our troops on the ground to prevent mass bombings, we lost our children because of this, and still get accused of committing a genocide.” The Ambassador has already endured the unimaginable loss of his eldest son, Moshe, who was killed in Gaza almost 3 years ago. Please keep Neria, and the entire Leiter family in your thoughts and prayers. 🙏
18
77
328
20,921
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
No amount of words or lengthy speeches can conceal the crimes committed by the Iranian regime against its own people, the peoples of the region, and beyond. No amount of rhetorical gestures can conceal the murderous nature of a regime that is the world’s number one instigator, supporter, and perpetrator of terrorism. No amount of lies can conceal the fact that this dangerous regime is seeking to acquire the world’s most dangerous weapon. This must never be allowed.
#Iran’s President Pezeshkian at the UNGA: "Iran has not attacked any country in 200 years, yet they accuse us of being terrorists. We seek power solely to defend ourselves."
66
174
659
21,048
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
A wave of Palestinian terror during the holiest time of the Jewish calendar. Today, a Palestinian terrorist carried out a ramming attack in central Israel, severely wounding Neria Leiter. We pray for Neria’s full recovery.
I am grateful to the IDF, to the medical team at Shaare Zedek who are now fighting to save the life of Neria Dov ben Chana, and for the prayers of the people of Israel. I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe that when the people of Israel unite, miracles happen. Neria needs a miracle. Neria continued to serve in the reserves after losing his older brother, Moshe Yedidya Leiter, of blessed memory. Since October 7th, he has served hundreds of days in the reserves on multiple fronts. Palestinian terrorism seeks to uproot the people of Israel from their land. They choose death - we choose life.
25
92
346
18,431
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
I am grateful to the IDF, to the medical team at Shaare Zedek who are now fighting to save the life of Neria Dov ben Chana, and for the prayers of the people of Israel. I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe that when the people of Israel unite, miracles happen. Neria needs a miracle. Neria continued to serve in the reserves after losing his older brother, Moshe Yedidya Leiter, of blessed memory. Since October 7th, he has served hundreds of days in the reserves on multiple fronts. Palestinian terrorism seeks to uproot the people of Israel from their land. They choose death - we choose life.
1,965
1,764
12,512
1,431,078
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
The world has a lot to say about Judea and Samaria. Much less about the Palestinian terrorism there. From January through July 2026: 2,335 terror attacks carried out. 2,285 foiled. 4 Israelis murdered. 67 wounded. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad & Fatah-affiliated terrorist attacks. Shootings, IEDs, Rammings and the Palestinian Authority’s Pay-for-Slay policy. Just this Sunday, on Erev Yom Kippur, a Palestinian terrorist murdered an Israeli father of six. You cannot ignore Palestinian terror and pretend to understand Judea and Samaria. 📸 Palestinian Islamic Jihad Terrorists in Jenin
85
184
574
20,553
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
Replying to @TheModerateCase
Zero. Hamas declared none throughout the war, nor agreed to any specific safe zones for civilians to escape harm. All designated humanitarian or safe areas (like al-Mawasi and later expansions) were unilaterally set by Israel via evacuation orders and maps. Hamas instead operated from civilian areas, launched rockets from the Israeli zones, and actively discouraged people from leaving to use them as human shields.
12
201
1,799
72,374
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
The planned October 7 demonstration in Oslo in support of the "struggle of the Palestinian resistance" - co-organised by FOR and the youth wings of the Socialist Left and Red parties - is a shocking and overt demonstration of support for Hamas terror. On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists murdered over 1,200 innocent people and took over 250 people hostage. Now, that massacre - the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust - will be celebrated in the streets of central Oslo. The Embassy of Israel calls on the Norwegian authorities to take firm action to prevent the glorification of and incitement to terror and anti-semitic violence, and guarantee the safety of Jews and Israelis residing in Norway alike.
5
27
108
4,901
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
The terror attack against the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville on the eve of Yom Kippur marks a further escalation of the antisemitism crisis in Canada. Our thoughts are with the police officer who acted with remarkable courage and was wounded in the line of duty. We pray for his full and speedy recovery. Israel stands in solidarity with Canada’s Jewish community, which faces an increasingly threatening reality. Open incitement that goes unaddressed in the public sphere, along with anti-Israel policies, is fueling antisemitism. A change is needed.
63
267
1,611
54,137
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
Hard to believe, truly. Why on earth would the Muslim Brotherhood's propaganda arm, Al Jazeera, employ journalists linked to terrorist organizations? Shocker. Absolutely shocking...
Report: Al Jazeera has fired 24 journalists and staff members who worked for the network in the Gaza Strip, amid a lawsuit filed in the US accusing the Qatari broadcaster of providing support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). jpost.com/middle-east/articl…
11
36
1,086
Take the time and listen to @dannydanon present the @UN with a reality check.
Yesterday in the Security Council, I presented the facts as they are: The Israeli security buffer zone in Syria represents 0.1% of Syrian territory. Turkey, on the other hand, occupies 5% of Syrian territory! Time and again, who is blamed? Israel! This is the UN's double standard. Watch the full speech >>
3
14
1,069
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
On the wall of my office hangs a Soviet propaganda poster from 1981. I bought it at a Moscow flea market while I was stationed there several years ago. The poster reflects the Soviet Union’s efforts to undermine the peace process between Israel and Egypt. It depicts a towering Arab figure, reminiscent of Yasser Arafat, looking down upon caricatures of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and US President Jimmy Carter. Behind them appear a Star of David and an American dollar sign, drawing upon the antisemitic trope of nefarious Jewish financial influence over American politics. In the bottom-left corner, a Russian inscription declares: “No to the Camp David Accords.” For me, the poster is a reminder that campaigns against Israel are nothing new. Today, they spread through social media; in the 1970s and 1980s, they were printed on propaganda posters. Forty-seven years after Israel and Egypt signed their historic peace treaty, we know that the opponents of peace were wrong then, just as today’s naysayers are wrong now.
Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin 🇮🇱 & Egypt President Anwar Sadat 🇪🇬 sign the Camp David Accords, witnessed by President Jimmy Carter 🇺🇸. Sadat is one of the great peacemakers of my book The Cauldron. He paid with his life. Israel returned Sinai to Egypt. The peace treaty that still endures.
8
29
3,642
If you ever needed proof that #palestinianism is strictly about erasing others, Mr. Zomlot claimes Jesus as “Palestinian.” Jesus was a first-century Jew from Galilee, Judea. Born into the Jewish people, practicing Judaism and living in a Jewish society under Roman rule. Jesus was a Jew — not merely according to historians, but according to Christianity itself. Calling him “Palestinian” imposes an identity on him that did not exist in his lifetime, while erasing an identity that is fundamental to both the historical record and Christian doctrine. A national identity confident in its own history shouldn't need to appropriate someone else's.
Palestinian Ambassador to UK Husam Zomlot: Palestinian History Was Stolen; We Are the Original Christians; The Bible Was Rewritten to Be Used Against Us; Jesus Is Our Gift to the World
1
5
10
551
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
Meet Hamas' UN spokesperson: Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs #UNtisemitism
63
162
567
9,173
Michal Maayan 🇮🇱 retweeted
An important meeting in New York with U.S. Ambassador to the UN @michaelgwaltz and my colleague, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, with whom I also held an important bilateral meeting. We agreed on significant steps to strengthen Israel-Morocco relations: upgrading our diplomatic missions to embassies and appointing ambassadors, expanding direct flights to include Moroccan airlines, concluding two important economic agreements by the end of 2026, and advancing high-level visits. All of this will happen soon, God willing. The relationship between Israel and Morocco is important and holds great potential for both our peoples. We thank our American friends for their important contribution to strengthening it. 🇮🇱🇲🇦🇺🇸
51
113
655
20,563
That such a ludicrous phrase has actually been published, tells you everything you need to know about the professional standards @nytimes .
1
5
255
Throughout the war, the IDF has taken unprecedented measures to avoid unnecessary casualties, including advance warnings and evacuation corridors despite Hamas' human shield tactics. Türk’s double standards are equally obvious when he cites Gaza Civil Defense, whose spokesperson Mahmoud Zabar Tafesh Bassal was exposed as an active Hamas terrorist. Regarding rubble removal: the UN condemns Israel for removing it, and also for not removing it from Gaza.The reality is that no matter what Israel does, the UN will find a way to condemn it.
#Israel/#Gaza: Discovery of extensive human remains under the rubble in Gaza City resurfaces concerns of war crimes and other atrocity crimes – UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk. Recovering and burying victims does not substitute for establishing the circumstances in which they were killed. ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
3
7
498