'We have seen how instead of settling the original refugees, UNRWA has acted to increase the number of refugees,' said Deputy Foreign Minister Hotovely.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for official relations with Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population and often hostile to Israel.
Although Indonesia's foreign minister refused to meet senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem on a recent visit to the region, the two countries continue to maintain unofficial diplomatic ties.
The EU is claiming diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution in Israel over illegal building for Palestinians in Judea and Samaria with foreign taxpayer funds.
Papua New Guinea, suffering from severe drought, will receive the Israeli mobile desalination unit, which will provide clean drinking water in remote locations.
Hotovely rejected attempts by foreign entities, and chiefly the EU, to determine Israel's future by funding illegal projects in order to create facts on the ground.
Palestinians terrorists apparently set fire to a synagogue and burned Torah scrolls in an Israeli community in Judea. International leaders have yet to condemn the incident.
Tzipi Hotovely called on the world to investigate where their aid to the Palestinians is going. Few donor countries appear aware that they are helping to fund Palestinian terrorism.
Completely ignoring reality, the EU has again placed the onus for all conflicts in the Middle East solely on Israel and ruled that Judea and Samaria are prohibited from being included in any deals with the Jewish State.
In response to Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom's recent misguided remarks about Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely declared that Swedish officials are no longer welcome to visit Israel. Jerusalem is, however, maintaining low-key ties with Stockholm.
A Brazilian lawmaker went beyond his country's rejection of Israel's envoy Dani Dayan, a supporter of Jewish rights to Judea and Samaria, by likening him to Nazi guards and apartheid South Africa torturers.
Dolls that had been destined for Palestinian towns and cities in order to help brainwash Palestinian children to hate Jews, were discovered by Israeli customs officials recently. Instead, the dolls will now be used to educate the world about Palestinian incitement.
In further effort to tackle the roots of Palestinian incitement against Jews, Israel has established a new online task force to identify and target problematic posts on social media. Last week, Google and YouTube promised to assist in this campaign.
According to German ambassador to Israel Clemens Von Goetze, the EU’s initiative to mark products originating in Judea and Samaria is merely a technical step. Most Israelis are not convinced.
While the European Union demonstrates unfair bias against Israel and is working to label products produced in Judea and Samaria, most Israelis across the political spectrum are furious over the decision, considering it a gift to terrorism and anti-Semitism.
Israel's deputy foreign minister says cadets training to become diplomats will now visit Judea and Samaria and be taught how to defend Jewish rights there.