Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meeting his Singaporean counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan. Photo: Israeli Foreign Ministry i24 News – Singapore plans to open an embassy in Israel for the first time since the two countries formed official ties decades earlier. On Monday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with his Singaporean counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan, and the official informed Lapid that the government intends to officially open an embassy in Tel Aviv. The two states first established diplomatic relations back in 1965, and though Israel opened its Singapore embassy back in 1968, the city-state did not reciprocate — instead opting for an...