{"id":184426,"date":"2026-04-22T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:17:20","slug":"lukasenka-ready-to-expand-ties-with-israel-as-middle-east-conflict-settles","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184426\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka ready to expand ties with Israel as Middle East conflict settles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 22,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has called for a peaceful settlement to the Middle East conflict in his message of greetings to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on his country\u2019s Independence Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the situation gets back to normal, Minsk is ready to expand contacts and cooperation in the areas of education, health care, technologies, agriculture and tourism,\u201d the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office quotes the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka also pointed to the role of Belarusian Jews in Israel\u2019s foundation, common historical roots and close people-to-people ties, stressing that both peoples \u201cwent through the common ordeal of the Second World War and Holocaust tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Late Belarusian doctor awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 15, Pozirk. The Righteous Among the Nations medal has been posthumously awarded to Minsk physician Michai\u0142 U\u0142adysik, who died in 1948, the Israeli embassy in Belarus reports. 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