Foreign Ministry cables reveal how dirty diplomacy with dictatorial regimes can turn into a farce

The dictatorship in Lesotho was one of five countries on the African continent that did not cut ties with Israel in 1973 • Foreign Ministry documents reveal the compensation it received • Training death squads, eliminating the opposition and senior IDF officers who became state-sponsored arms dealers

Netanyahu's government stands out in its courtship of the world's far-right leaders, but the State of Israel has a troubling history of ties to corrupt dictators and repressive regimes

The long-standing alliance with Germany, one of Israel's two most important allies, is in jeopardy amid the never-ending war in Gaza