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Acting U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Hallett, Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma and Start-Up Nation Central CEO Avi Hasson at the Start-Up Nation Central offices in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Yam Lavi.

US diplomat: Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest

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A peace deal with Israel is a clear Saudi interest and will likely lead to further accords with additional Muslim countries, the acting American ambassador to Israel said Thursday. The remarks by Stephanie Hallett, the...
Betzalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir attend Otzma Yehudit party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019. Photo: Gili Yaari/Flash90

US embassy in Jerusalem again snubs Ben-Gvir and Smotrich

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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did not receive invites to the U.S. Embassy's annual Rosh Hashanah reception, continuing the Biden administration's snub of the two senior cabinet members. According...
Israeli passengers at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport celebrate with Air Astana staff the inaugural direct flight between Israel and Kazakhstan on Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS.

Kazakhstan launches direct flights to Israel

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Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, launched direct flights between Tel Aviv and Almaty on Thursday. “We look forward to much stronger, closer and mutually beneficial cooperation with Israel. Great opportunities open up with the start...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani sign the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Credit: White House/Tia Dufour.

Kushner urges Trump to support Saudi-Israel deal

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Jared Kushner is urging Donald Trump to support the Biden administration's push for Saudi-Israel normalization to cement the former president's Middle East legacy, Axios reports. Kushner, who served as senior White House adviser to his father-in-law, Trump, was a...
The Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel on July 3, 2022. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Moroccan parliamentary leader postpones Knesset visit

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Enaam Mayara, the president of Morocco’s House of Councillors, has postponed his scheduled visit to Israel's Knesset on Thursday due to an emergency health issue, Arab media reported on Wednesday. The parliamentarian canceled the highly anticipated...
Elon Musk, June 16, 2023. Credit: Frederic Legrand-COMEO/Shutterstock.

Antisemitism won’t be stopped by censoring Musk’s X

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Elon Musk may have thought that he was being shaken down by the Anti-Defamation League. But even though he believes that he’s turned the tables on the group, it turns out that he’s given them a...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017. Credit: Golden Brown/Shutterstock.

Abbas: Hitler fought Jews for their ‘usury and money’

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Adolf Hitler “fought the Jews” due to their “dealing with usury and money.” That’s a claim that Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas made in an Aug. 24 speech, per a recent translation from the Middle East...

The Oslo peace process lasted less than three weeks

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The nostalgic news media is dwelling on the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Peace Process, which began on Sept. 13, 1993 at the White House. There, Israel signed the Declaration of Principles (DOP) between...

Beyond Belligerent Nationalism

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Special to Jewish Website 7 September 2023 Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971) Emeritus Professor of International Law Purdue University lberes@purdue.edu “The dust from which the first man was created was gathered in all four corners of the earth.” Talmud Despite persistent...
Israeli singer Ishay Ribo performs live at Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Ishay Ribo draws some 15,000 to Madison Square Garden

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Some of recent history’s biggest musical acts have headlined concerts at Madison Square Garden. On Sunday, Orthodox Jewish crossover singer Ishay Ribo became the first Israeli musician to do so, joining the company of...